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Oyo monarch assures of corruption free Nigeria under Tinubu

The Olugbon of Orile Igbon in Oyo State, Oba Francis Alao, on Saturday, said Nigeria would be great again and reclaim its lost glory under the current administration of President Bola Tinubu. He also said Nigerians should expect better governance, free of corruption, but with greater dividends of democracy from the present administration, adding that, […]

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Inauguration: My administration will discourage corruption – Tinubu

Nigeria’s new president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised that his administration will discourage corruption through the introduction of a credit culture. Tinubu stated this while delivering his inaugural speech as the 16th President of Nigeria at the Eagle Square today (Monday). The president said, “Our government will continue to take proactive steps such as championing […]

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Tokyo Olympics ex-Chair sponsor handed suspended jail sentence for bribery

The former chairman of a Tokyo 2020 Olympics sponsor was handed a suspended prison sentence Friday along with two others, in the first convictions in a spiralling bribery scandal surrounding the event. Corruption allegations have mushroomed in the aftermath of the pandemic-delayed Games, implicating major companies and damaging Japan’s bid to host the 2030 Winter […]

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Anti-corruption CSOs, lawyers petition Buhari, demand probe of EFCC under Bawa

Scores of Anti-corruption organisations and constitutional lawyers in Nigeria yesterday submitted a petition to President Muhammadu Buhari, protesting what they described as brazen disobedience of court orders by Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa. They alleged reckless politicisation of the commission under his watch and his continued stay in office, in […]

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Spanish court agrees to look into Barcelona- referee corruption case

A Spanish court has agreed to open an investigation into allegations of corruption levelled against Barcelona last week by prosecutors. Prosecutors filed charges against Barca on Friday following the revelation of payments made to the former vice president of the refereeing committee, Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira. Ex-Barca presidents Sandro Rosell and Josep Maria Bartomeu, former […]

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Naira swap necessary ‘pain’ to curb corruption, grow Nigeria’s economy – FG

The Federal Government has described the current hardship faced by Nigerians over the redesign of the new naira note as necessary ‘pain’ to curb endemic corruption and grow the nation’s economy. The Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning Zainab Ahmed stated this during the weekly ministerial briefing at the State House in Abuja on […]

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