May 22, 2015

Why Nigerian Government Should Stop Oil Swap Contract

By Innocent Edemhanria (also published on http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/05/why-government-should-stop-oil-swap/) Nigeria currently swap a part of her 445,000 barrels of the (daily) domestic crude oil allocation to refineries with some oil companies and in return receive refined products – under one of the most opaque process ever known in commercial and bilateral relations. Oil swap derives from the fact that Nigeria’s four refineries […]

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Fuel Subsidy Corruption 1 3 min read
May 22, 2015

When Are We Going To Run Government Without Oil Money?

By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku A couple of days ago, newly-elected governors of the All Progressives Congress, APC, went on a visit to the President elect, General Muhammadu Buhari. Before they got there, there were speculations in the media as to what their mission to the president elect would be. That visit threw up two questions for me: one, why were […]

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May 20, 2015

PUBLIC STATEMENT ON THE COMPLICIT LOOT REPATRIATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA AND THE ABACHA FAMILY

INTRODUCTION Transparency and accountability has remained a major problem besetting successive governments in Nigeria. For nearly four decades, the accounts of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, were not audited. But public outcry changed all of that, to the extent that when the accounts were eventually audited by a private firm, PriceWaterHouse Coopers, the audit report exposed widespread irregularities in […]

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Anti-corruption 0 6 min read
May 18, 2015

From Africa Through Monterrey To Vienna: Seeking An International Treaty On Corruption

From Africa Through Monterrey To Vienna: Seeking An International Treaty On Corruption A story of a north-south partnership against corruption. Fighting corruption at all levels is a priority. Corruption is a serious barrier to effective resource mobilization and allocation, and diverts resources away from activities that are vital to poverty eradication and economic and sustainable development” – Monterrey Declaration (2002) “The […]

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Anti-corruption 0 11 min read
May 6, 2015

Imperative Of A Second Truth And Reconciliation Commission

Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku & Innocent Edemhanria, Communications Manager and Project Officer, respectively of Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice(ANEEJ),in this piece, canvass for the setting up of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission by the President-elect,General Muhammadu Buhari to address the endemic issues of corruption in Nigeria… Buhari Buhari Relying on a paper published by Kevin Avruch and Beatriz Vejarano […]

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