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Nigeria: Presidential Pardon for Diepreye Alamieyesegha: Abuse of Power and Morality

March 19, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Olanrewaju Suraju First it came as a rumour that President Goodluck Jonathan may be contemplating a state pardon for his former boss and political benefactor Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamiyesegha aka DSP, but sane minds quickly discarded it as impossible. Alas, … read more »

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Nigeria: Of State Pardon and Ribadu’s frustrations

March 18, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Danlami Ibrahim Maikano Fact: Nuhu Ribadu is a frustrated man. He is hardly a happy man, at least outside his small cycle of family and friends. The once fiery anti-corruption czar got frustrated and disappointed on many counts. He … read more »

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Nigeria: The Real Trouble With El-Rufai And Ribadu – By Tony Eluemunor

March 2, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Tony Eluemunor Recently, one of Nigeria’s most respected opinion writers ever, Mr. Sonala Olumhense, crafted another great piece: “There Is No Rift Between OBJ and GEJ” in which he raised one very important point: why former President Olusegun Obasanjo … read more »

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Nigeria: From Oby Ezekwesili to Nasir El-Rufai; The Same “Toro Nkwocha”

February 16, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

by Tony Eluemunor First, I must confess to some nervousness! Please, how on earth did some otherwise well-educated Nigerians manage to conclude, after reading my article titled “ Oby Ezekwesili Again; Another Baseless Grandstanding”, that it was written in support … read more »

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Revealed: The Intrigues, the Conspiracy, Politics of the Imprisonment of Nigerian Politician-Chief Bode George

February 13, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

by Abdullahi Bello &Akin Akindele (Barely two years after serving a jail term handed over by a Lagos High court presided over by Justice Bunmi Oyewole, fresh facts have emerged on how a web of intrigues and political manouvering at … read more »

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Nigeria: El rufai got it wrong; Obasanjo is a criminal

February 7, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Eze Eluchie Obasanjo made four huge mistakes in office – El-Rufai: Will someone tell this character that what he is referring to as ‘huge mistakes in his Presidency’ regarding Obasanjo’s misrule of Nigeria are actually criminal acts punishable under … read more »

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Nigeria: Corruption did not begin with Jonathan’s government

November 13, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Corruption did not begin with President Goodluck Jonathan’s government. But, at the current rate, corruption would kill Nigeria on his watch. By a number of credible accounts, more than $500 billion (N80 trillion) has been stolen from Nigeria’s public coffers … read more »

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Nigeria: Jonathan aide slams critics of Ribadu report

November 11, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

The Presidency, on Sunday, slammed critics of the report of the Mallam Nuhu Ribadu-led Petroleum Revenue Task Force, saying their ignorant carping and malicious tittle-tattling are a product of mischievous attempts to politicise the report and individualise a group work. … read more »

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Nigeria: Jonathan’s Govt Lacks Will To Fight Corruption

November 10, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

The Punch The House of Representatives has excoriated the Federal Government for its subtle moves to bury the Mallam Nuhu Ribadu-led Petroleum Special Task Force report. Consequently, it said President Goodluck Jonathan’s government lacked the political will to fight corruption, … read more »

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Nigeria: Leaked Petroleum Revenue Task Force Report

November 1, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

by Danjuma Azemobo Musa  Nigeria’s ever boisterous grapevine would never lack in interesting stories. However, the popular maxim “there is no smoke without fire” however readily comes to mind when one digests any information so received. The newest story around … read more »

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Nigeria: A Spotlight On Oil Theft in Nigeria

October 23, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By William Wallis, Leadership (Abuja) The world is in the midst of a sustained oil boom. Yet Africa’s leading producer is haemorrhaging the proceeds. The Nigerian treasury, which should be raking in record revenues, has been squeezed at both ends … read more »

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African viewpoint: Scramble for Nigeria’s $15m ‘bribe’

September 6, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

In our series of viewpoints from African journalists, Sola Odunfa in Lagos wonders about the fate of $15m (£12m) deposited in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in 2007. Somewhere in the vaults of the CBN a bag containing $15m … read more »

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Nasir el Rufai: Between Terrorism And Corruption (1)

May 7, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

I was invited by Silver Knights Ibadan to present a paper at their annual May Day Lecture on the topic “Between Terrorism and Corruption – Implications for Nigeria” Considering the topical nature of the title of the discourse, I thought … read more »

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Is Nigeria EFCC Fighting Corruption Or Freeing The Corrupt?

March 20, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Uzoma Ahamefule Immediately the news broke that Nuhu Ribadu has been appointed the chairman Petroleum Revenue Special Taskforce, the first thing that came to my mind were his days in EFCC. Then I thought deeply about Nigeria and I … read more »

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Nigeria issues 1st fuel import deals after subsidy row

March 12, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Nigeria’s fuel regulator said on Monday it has issued gasoline import contracts for the second quarter, the first tender result since a public outcry forced the government to back down on plans to scrap consumer petrol subsidies in January. Permits … read more »

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Nigeria: A Revolving Combubaration

February 15, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Prince Charles Dickson One boasts only about things proper to boast about; whoever heard of the boast, “By this time yesterday I had given my parent-in-law the beating of his life”? The Federal Government has constituted a National Refineries … read more »

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Nigeria: Ribadu’s return is good news, but Jonathan must take on the State Governors

February 15, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Jeremy Weate he return of Nuhu Ribadu to the political theatre in Abuja as Chair of the newly constituted Task Force on Petroleum Revenue perhaps does just enough to finally tip the balance of forces in favour of the … read more »

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Ribadu: Some Petroleum Task Force, Another Blunder

February 9, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Ephraim Emeka Ugwuonye, Esq A well-informed Nigerian friend of mine, in a face-to-face chat recently, sighed and said to me, with a great deal of concern: “The only problem now is that whatever the President does henceforth, it is … read more »

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Nigeria fires anti-corruption chief Farida Waziri

November 23, 2011 by benim

Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan, has sacked the head of the country’s anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). No reason was given by the president’s office for Farida Waziri’s dismissal. Her predecessor at the EFCC, Nuhu Ribadu, was … read more »

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Wikileaks: Corruption under Obasanjo’s worse than Abacha’s – Ribadu

September 5, 2011 by benim

Pioneer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu allegedly described corruption under President Olusegun Obasanjo as worse than that of late General Sani Abacha, according to United States cable obtained by Wikileaks. The report released … read more »

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Latest Nigerian presidential election results

April 17, 2011 by benim

Below is a table of the latest available results from states around Nigeria from Saturday’s presidential elections. The figures show the number of seats won by the main candidates in each state as announced by the local offices of the … read more »

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Early Nigeria poll results suggest close race

April 16, 2011 by benim

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan looks set for a close race against ex-military ruler Muhammadu Buhari as results trickled in from a largely peaceful presidential election. Early results showed Goodluck Jonathan had done well in much of predominantly Christian southern Nigeria, … read more »

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Nigeria Early Election Results gave Jonathan a comfortable lead in Lagos

April 16, 2011 by benim

Check for Nigeria Election Results Live Updates HERE @ IndepthNigeria Tens of millions of Nigerians voted on Saturday in the most credible presidential election for decades, with very early results from a handful of polling stations showing President Goodluck Jonathan … read more »

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Nigeria opposition fails to strike election pact

April 13, 2011 by benim

Nigeria’s two main opposition parties have failed to reach an eleventh-hour alliance to unseat President Goodluck Jonathan, leaving them divided ahead of elections in three days time. Officials from the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and the Action Congress of … read more »

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Nigeria 2011 Presidential Candidates

April 13, 2011 by benim

Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (Peoples Democratic Party) He is the incumbent President of Nigeria, native of Bayelsa State, Christian, born in 1957. He holds a PhD in Zoology (University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria). His work experience includes civil service and … read more »

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Nigeria to vote for president

April 13, 2011 by benim

Lagos – Nigeria votes for a president on Saturday in what may be a historic moment for Africa’s most populous nation as it bids to end years of rigging and hold its cleanest polls for head of state in two … read more »

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Nigeria opposition mulls alliance to beat Jonathan

April 12, 2011 by benim

Nigeria’s two main opposition parties are mulling an eleventh-hour alliance to try to unseat President Goodluck Jonathan in elections on Saturday, opposition sources said. Officials from the two parties — the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and the Action Congress … read more »

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Nigerians’ Travails, Endless Hunt for Change and the Gathering Storm: Where Lies the Hope?

April 2, 2011 by benim

A spectre is haunting our fatherland. What a spectre!, that is occasioned by the palpable atmosphere of discontent, feelings of dispossession, sense of abandonment and ignominy of existence writ large in our land. Horror-struck and appallingly exasperated that in a … read more »

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Jonathan and Dame Patience Goodluck, Change and the Burden of History

March 24, 2011 by benim

With the impending elections, Nigerians would be seeking through the present, a future. This endeavour constitutes a change process that requires the use of our understanding of why our yesterday was miserable, moment, obscure, as determinants in seeking the realization … read more »

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Nigerian polls put president ahead in election race

March 23, 2011 by benim

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is on course to win April elections but the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) could lose control of several states, according to local opinion polls. The surveys, published in Nigerian newspapers this week, vary widely in … read more »

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