Posted 14 March 2013 by Transparency International Secretariat Transparency International, the global anti-corruption organisation, calls on President Goodluck Jonathan to rescind the pardon granted to Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, the former governor of the oil-rich state of Bayelsa, who was convicted for money laundering and other serious corruption offences in 2007. “This decision undermines anti-corruption efforts in […]

[There have been various write-ups lately on corruption as a war that cannot be won in Nigeria after Transparency International reported how Nigeria’s rating had gotten worse.  When The Guardian carried Laolu Akande’s report of November 9 stating how civil servants stole N3b through bribery last year, this Blog reproduced the story as http://emotanafricana.com/2011/11/09/corruption-a-war-that-cannot-be-won-in-nigeria/.  Like […]

by Tola Adenle     Why would one try to re-invent the wheel?  Why would I try to rack my brain for another title when one that is most apt not just because of the similarities between two seemingly very different countries but also because events in at least one country are Dickens’ Tale of […]