Tag: Nigeria

Nigeria emerges second most corrupt country in West Africa in 2021

Aminu Imam

…Seychelles, Africa’s smallest country, emerged as the least corrupt Despite the efforts of the anti-corruption agencies, Nigeria’s corruption data remains worrisome as a recent study ranks the country as the second most corrupt in West Africa (#154) out of 180 countries evaluated globally. This is based on statistics from Transparency International (TI)’s Corruption Perception Index, (CPI), for 2021. The index assigns a score to each country on a scale of 0 to 100, with 0 being the most corrupt and 100 being the cleanest. Nigeria has a historic low on…

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Just in… Explosion at Galadima Kogo, Niger State again

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

A report reaching us said an explosion just occured Friday evening at Galadina logo in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State with some people feared killed. The explosion is believed to be from Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) suspected to be the handiwork of terrorist bandits. This is coming few days after the first ever blast that occurred at the same Galadima Kogo, precisely on Monday this week. Casualty figure could not be ascertained as at the time of this report, as the affected areas are not yet accessible due…

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Corruption: Nigerian leaders looted $440bn dollars in 56 yrs – APC chieftain

Aminu Imam

Former presidential candidate of the Peoples Trust Party, (PTP), Gbenga Olawepo Hashim, who later decamped to the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), has said that a total of $440bn have been looted by corrupt Nigerian leaders since 1966. Hashim, however, added that First Republic leaders were not among those corrupt leaders because, according to him, ‘they lived austere lives and they were saints’. Hashim was the Guest Speaker during an occasion, on the topic: “Uthman Dan Fodio: A legacy of Anti-Corruption”, organised by Arewa House, Kaduna. He noted that the…

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‘Nigeria is a Banana Republic without enough bananas to eat’ – Don

Aminu Imam

Multiple award-winning poet, scholar, playwright and public intellectual at the University of New Orleans, Niyi Osundare, has declared that there is no government in the country, saying that ‘Nigeria is a Banana Republic without enough bananas to eat’. The accomplished academic stated this at a book reading, tagged: “An Evening with Professor Osundare”, which was held at Roving Heights in Victoria Island, Lagos on Sunday, against the backdrop of the failure of governance and governmental recklessness in Nigeria. Osundare also got the audience roaring with laughter when he said “Nigeria…

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Again, Nigeria’s corruption ranking dips

Aminu Imam

…’Only Buhari can fix it’ – NGOs President Muhammadu Buhari has the arduous task of fulfilling his pre-election promise of making Nigeria less corrupt than it currently is. Another annual international Corruption Perception Index, another year of depressing reading for Nigeria. This year’s league table of the most corrupt countries on Earth have revealed Nigeria slipping even further – dropping a further five places to 154th out of 180, making it the second most corrupt nation in West Africa. Describing this position as “a historical low”, an Independent NGO, Transparency…

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Insurgency: “We support Nigeria with £5m annually to tackle humanitarian crisis” – Belgian govt.

Aminu Imam

The Belgian Ambassador to Nigeria, Daniel Bertrand, has said that the Belgian government supports the Federal Government with £5 million annually to tackle the humanitarian crisis in the North-East region. The Ambassador made this known yesterday in Abuja, when he visited the Managing Director of the North-East Development Commission, (NEDC), Mohammed Alkali. Bertrand said the purpose of the visit was to know better what the Commission is doing and the challenges being faced and how the Belgian government can be of help. Bertrand further pointed out that what is happening…

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“Nigeria has passed the stage of military coups for good” – Buhari

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that the era of the military taking over government is gone for good in Nigeria. The President pledged his commitment to hand over a strong repositioned country in 2023, adding that democracy has come to stay in Nigeria as the country has gone past military takeovers forever. Speaking at a dinner on Monday, in honour of the 2022 Committee of Business, Political, Media and Civil Society Leaders, the President said he was looking forward to completing his tenure in 2023, leaving a legacy for a…

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Owners Of Nigeria’ meeting in progress

Aminu Imam

…Governors, ?angote, Otedola meet in Abuja Some State Governors including Aliko ?angote, Femi Otedola and other important dignitaries are attending a crucial economic meeting at the ‘Yar’Adua Centre, in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT). Other dignitaries include the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele; Spokesperson of the Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), Hakeem Baba Ahmed; Former Senate President Senator Bukola Saraki; Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim; Former Inspector-General of Police, MD Abubakar; former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ahmed Mu’azu; former…

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“We must work together to make Nigeria great” – Buratai

Aminu Imam

The Nigerian Ambassador to the Benin Republic, Amb. Tukur Buratai has called on all Nigerians to join hands and work together towards making Nigeria a great nation. Buratai made the call at the 2021 Our Nigeria News Awards, organised by Our Nigeria Magazine, with the theme: “Nigeria is Our Nigeria: We Must Join Hands Together To Make It Work Or We Perish Together,” on Friday in Abuja. The former army chief commended the management of the magazine for conceptualising the concept of recognising and rewarding excellence. He said the event…

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Nigeria drops 5 places to rank 154 on Corruption Perception Index

Aminu Imam

The 2021 Corruption Perception Index, (CPI), published by Transparency International, (TI), has revealed that Nigeria dropped five places. In the index released yesterday, which was made known by the Executive Director, CISLAC, Auwal Ibrahim Rafsanjani, during a press conference in Abuja, TI and Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, (CISLAC), indicated that Nigeria ranked 154 out of 180 countries. According to Rafsanjani, the index revealed that Nigeria scored 24 out of 100 points in the 2021 CPI, taking the nation five steps down from the 149th position it scored in 2019.…

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