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Jailed Ibori loses appeal to shorten his sentence

May 2, 2013 1 comment

Former Delta State governor, James Ibori, who is currently serving out a 13-year jail term in the UK for embezzling 50 million pounds, lost a legal appeal on Thursday to reduce his prison sentence, R...

Widespread corruption thriving under President Jonathan, US human righ...

April 21, 2013 no comments

The United States Government on Friday condemned the widespread corruption that continues to thrive under President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration. In its 2012 Country Reports on Human Righ...

Gov. Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom state

Gov. Akpabio admits to electoral fraud on video? Watch this!

March 25, 2013 no comments

It is being called a “barefaced confession to electoral fraud” by Premium Times online news portal. A video of the controversial Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom state boldly admitt...

$620,000 bribe scandal: House sacks Lawan at last

March 21, 2013 no comments

The House of Representatives has officially relieved Mr. Farouk Lawan of his duties as Chairman of the House Committee on Education. The former lawmaker who was accused of demanding bribes from busin...

Muhammadu Buhari casting a vote in previous general elections.

Nigeria’s government lacks the will to fight corruption – ...

March 6, 2013 no comments

Major General Muhammadu Buhari has said Nigeria’s weak central government is facing a losing battle against corruption. The former head of state said this during the fourth British-African Dias...

Nigeria is the most fraudulent nation in Africa according to a KPMG re...

November 24, 2012 no comments

During his last Presidential Media Chat, Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan took great care to assure the media and the public of his administration’s progress in fighting corruption, ...

ACF wants capital punishment for corruption; what that could mean for ...

November 14, 2012 no comments

Northern political group, the Arewa Consultative Forum, has recommended to the National Assembly that the sin of corruption so prevalent in every level of government in Nigeria be punishable by death...

President Jonathan has declared his assets, has no case to answer R...

September 27, 2012 no comments

Abuja (NAN) – President Goodluck Jonathan has declared his assets and has no case to answer, Dr Sam Saba, the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), has said. “As far as we are concerned, Mr P...

$620,000 bribe scandal: AGF asks police to investigate further, clarif...

September 16, 2012 no comments

It is yet another wrench thrown in the $620,000 bribery allegation against suspended lawmaker, Mr Farouk Lawan. The office of the Attorney General of the Federation has reportedly handed back the inv...

Third party joins FG, Delta state govt in battle for Ibori’s $15...

August 30, 2012 no comments

Former Delta State governor and convicted fraudster, James Ibori, may be stowed away behind bars in the UK, but in Nigeria a $15 million tug-of-war is raging between the Federal Government and the De...

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