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1 Sep 2015
To ensure speedy trial, objections shall not be taken or entertained during proceedings or trial on the ground of an imperfect or erroneous charge.
1 Sep 2015
THE recent statement by H.E. Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State to the effect that the Second Niger Bridge has gulped N140 billion in consultancy services is misleading; the facts prove otherwise.
31 Aug 2015
NO one can accurately quantify the level of corruption in Nigeria but what is undeniable is the unforgivable damage it has done to the social and economic development of Nigeria.
31 Aug 2015
UPON the restoration of civil rule in 1999, the Olusegun Obasanjo Administration ensured that the ICPC Act was enacted to deal with the menace of corruption.
31 Aug 2015
MONDAY April 20, 2015, one week before the handover, former President Goodluck Jonathan signed the National Bio-safety Agency Bill into law. The Director-General of the National Biotechnology Development Agency, Prof. Lucy Ogbadu described the signing of the bill into law as a milestone in the domestication of modern biotechnology in Nigeria, adding that this would allow the country to join the league of nations advanced in the use of this cutting-edge technology as another window to boost economic development.
31 Aug 2015
THE principal reason in the heedless pursuit of a cashless society is the belief that this will stop corruption.
30 Aug 2015
THE unfortunate result of the unprecedented graft perpetuated by a number of shameless leaders in the last few decades are visible in the abject poverty of the masses and in the lack of access to basic facilities of life as well as insecurity of lives and properties.
30 Aug 2015
WHEN the reigning Abobaku of the Kingdom and Empire and Dominion of Ile-Ife (within the modern Federal Republic of Nigeria), went missing, Trouble had to go there to help locate the fugitive Big Liver.
30 Aug 2015
THE technical competency of Mrs. Amina Zakari to hold the office of chairperson of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was not in doubt.
30 Aug 2015
As the entire world now knows, the Nigeria Senate is toying with Ibrahim Lamorde, who chairs the nation’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which is toying with one citizen Toyin Saraki.
29 Aug 2015
IT is a surprise how fast many are losing sight of the larger picture of Nigeria. It used to be that our collective worries, particularly among the ‘progressives’, were that Nigeria was not working because she is bogged down by some artificial strictures deliberately put in place to stall national competitiveness and enterprise.
29 Aug 2015
THE search for saints may end in another 48 hours. It is still a wish, because President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) may wake up on Tuesday, September 1, with an amendment to the earlier proclamation to unveil the list of incorruptible men and women with whom he would run government in the next four years, in the first instance, to bring about change in Nigeria. Signs last Thursday were encouraging all the same.

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