All is now set for the 2024 Quarterly public lecture to be hosted by the Commonwealth Institute of Advanced and Professional Studies (CIAPS). The theme of this CIAPS lecture is “Anatomy of Corruption”. A statement issued today by management of CIAPS and made available to The Frontier said the keynote speaker will be Anthony Kila, […]...
Corruption is still endemic in institutions of government in Nigeria, the United States of America has claimed. The claim, among several others, was part of its focus report on Nigeria in 2023, reports Nigerian Tribune. The report, packaged by the United States Department of State, was titled: ‘ 2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: ...
Anti-Corruption Civil Society Organisations have advised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission not to desecrate the courts in the course of carrying out its constitutional role of fighting corruption. The CSOs and human rights crusaders cautioned the EFCC and other anti-graft agencies against trampling on the rights of supposed suspects...
Lawyers, including two Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN), have called for the reduction of the powers of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) to accountability and public confidence in the nation’s judicial process. They expressed concern that the increasing challenge of accountability, lack of transparency, and corruption among others, contribu...
•Catholic Bishops of Nigeria Catholic Bishops yesterday, decried the high-level corruption in Nigeria and asked the government to improve the economy and address poverty to stem its tide. The Bishops also noted the mindless bloodletting and kidnapping in Imo State, which has had no peace in recent times, reports Vanguard. President of the Cath...
•Tinubu The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) says President Bola Tinubu must reduce cases of corruption and abuse of office among ministers and civil servants for the masses to breathe. The group, in an open letter addressed to the President and dated Jan. 8 and released in Lagos, said the CNPP listened to Tinubu’s […]
•Wabara A former Senate President and Chairman, Board of Trustees, BoT, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr Adolphus Wabara, has faulted President Bola Tinubu’s recent directive for the abolition of Treasury Single Account, TSA, and introduction of Sub-Recurrent Account, SRA. It will be recalled that the Ministry of Finance had on Decembe...
•Angelo Becciu A former deputy secretary of state in the Vatican and nine others were yesterday found guilty in the enclave’s biggest financial corruption scandal. Cardinal Angelo Becciu, Vatican employees and two outside Italian brokers were among 10 defendants described by prosecutors as “actors in a rotten predatory and lucrative system.” B...
•Antonio Costa Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa announced his resignation today after he was embroiled in a corruption investigation into the awarding of energy-related contracts. “The duties of prime minister are not compatible with any suspicion of my integrity,” Costa told a press conference after briefly speaking with President Marc...