August 10, 2015 : Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku ( Punch Newspaper) President, Muhammadu Buhari Without a doubt, serious discussions about the mitigation of corruption in Nigeria have taken a front seat since the election of President Muhammadu Buhari. As a matter of fact, if you were to take a look at the newspapers and you don’t read about how the […]
Abuja, Nigeria, 29th July 2015…The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, is happy with the appointment of a new boss for the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme, Retired Brigadier General Paul T. Boroh, as the government of President Buhari seeks to address the frustrations and mismanagement bedeviling the Amnesty programme. “We have confidence in the choice of a non-political […]
( Published July 30 2015 daily Independent newspaper) Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku, Communications manager with the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, in this piece examines the problem of inability of Media Houses in Nigeria to pay journalists’ salaries and suggest possible ways they can wriggle out of it On the 21st July, 2015, I read an article in The […]
Acknowledging that Nigerians expected a lot from his administration, the President appealed for patience and understanding while his government works diligently to speedily overcome the huge national challenges it inherited. by SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORK Jun 23, 2015 Nigeria has received ‘firm assurances’ of cooperation from the United States and other countries to recover and repatriate funds stolen from Nigeria, a […]
By Collins Olayinka, Abuja on June 3, 2015 Buhari THERE have been arguments that the monies that are looted from African countries are enough to end hunger and put the continent on the path of irreversible development. While there have been continental and inter-continental agreements reached between developing countries where these monies are looted and developed countries where they are […]
Berlin, 2 June 2015. As Switzerland prepares to return to Nigeria US$380 million in Abacha family stolen assets that have been frozen in Luxembourg since 2006[1], the UNCAC Coalition is calling attention to the importance of asset repatriation being conducted in a transparent, accountable and inclusive manner. According to various estimates, the late General Sani Abacha – the former head […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]