There is no denying the fact that corruption has become endemic in our country Nigeria and that it has eaten very deep into every fabric of the society. I listened to a vox populi on social media some days ago where Nigerians who had japa (exited) from the country were asked whether they would japada (return). Not a single one of …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been urged to prosecute seven top officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) who were allegedly involved in a bribery scandal to the tune of N12 billion. An exclusive investigative report by PREMIUM TIMES had exposed that the high-ranking officers of NCS indicted for bribery at border posts last December were grilled by …

French political philosopher, Baron de Montesquieu, in his seminal work, The Spirit of Laws, 1748, posited that the executive, legislative and judicial functions of government should be allocated to separate and independent bodies, with none of them superior or more powerful than the other; so, they can act as checks and balances on one another. In one word, they are …

The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dauda Biu has warned staff against getting involved in corrupt practices. Biu gave the warning at the first quarter Corps Marshal strategy session with commanding officers in Abuja on Wednesday, urging the staff to avoid tarnishing the image of the corps. The Corps Marshal noted that corrupt practices must be …

Public finance expert, Prof Paschal Okolie has called for a reorientation in the character and integrity of public servants and Nigerians to fight corruption in the nation’s public service. The Special Adviser to the Governor of Enugu State on Financial Matters, Okolie declared at the Audit Reporting Training workshop for journalists in Anambra and Enugu States last Wednesday that corruption …

A former Secretary of the Federal Capital Territory Council chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Rafat Salami has blamed the inability of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) to end the incidence of ghost workers on human sabotage, while urging civil servants to expose perpetrators of payroll fraud in government establishments. Salami raised the alarm during …