Mr Ibrahim Magu, the acting Chairman of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, listed how some Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) have been frustrating the battle against corruption, accusing many of them of refusal to pay taxes from the humongous fees they received from clients. The EFCC boss said this in a message…
The Acting Chairman of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has accused some Senior Advocates of Nigeria of frustrating the country’s anti-corruption war for pecuniary gains. Magu levelled the accusations in an article he wrote as the Nigeria Bar Association started its Annual General Conference. He said the senior lawyers knowingly supply the technical…
A former head of the Kenya Anti-corruption Commission and renowned law scholar, Prof. Patrick Otieno Lumumba, has decried the poor performance of Nigeria in different spheres of development in spite of her abundant human and material resources, declaring that the country should be an economy with a $3 trillion gross domestic product (GDP) and not…
Going by recent events especially regarding the participation of young people in Politics in Nigeria, the words of Attahiru Jega comes to mind. The former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in 2014 said, “Nigeria has capable youths that could chart the course for a great nation but the challenge is that they…
As we prepare towards the National Day of Action (on youth candidacy and Democratic Party primaries) scheduled for 8th August, 2018 targeted at political parties across each state of the federation, YIAGA Africa’s #BounceCorruption team wishes to implore all its anti-corruption advocates, partners and ambassadors in the various states to come out en masse in…
President Muhammadu Buhari has again vetoed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2018, citing drafting issues, which he said might affect the interpretation and application of the principal act. According to the president in separate communications to the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and the Speaker of House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, cited…
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has berated gospel preachers for failing to lend support to the Federal Government’s anti-corruption war by failing to preach against the scourge. Speaking at the 30th National Biennial Conference of the Students Christian Movement (SCM) of Nigeria holding in Enugu, Osinbajo noted preachers were preoccupied with preaching prosperity rather than righteousness.…
YIAGA AFRICA Watching The Vote was very excited to receive the Osun State Resident Electoral Commissioner of Independent National Electoral Commissioner (INEC), Mr. Olusegun Agbaje at our Training for Long Term Observers in Osun State. Ahead of the September 22nd Governorship Elections in Osun State, YIAGA AFRICA has trained 31 Long Term Observers who will…
Legislative motions to be considered at both the Senate and House of Representatives must meet the yearnings and aspirations of Nigerians, a legislative expert, Barrister Ibrahim Usman has told the National Assembly. Barrister Ibrahim from the National Institute of Legislative and Development studies said this during a technical training organized by YIAGA AFRICA’s Centre of…
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