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A rift between two top government institutions is threatening to sink President Muhammadu Buhari’s crusade against corruption. Specifically, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation are at war over the procedure for the prosecution of high-profile corruption cases. While they are wrangling, corrupt elements in the society …
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Chidi Odinkalu, former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), is unhappy with the prosecution of high-profile corruption cases abroad in spite of the numerous human resources in the country’s judiciary. Odinkalu urged Africa to start taking its institutions seriously and not always look abroad for “salvation”. He said this on Thursday during …
Femi Falana, SAN, a Lagos Lawyer and foremost human rights activist sheds more lights on the argument on the constitutionality of Chief judges to release prisoners. According to him “During a recent media briefing the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Prison Service, Mr. J. Ahmed disclosed that out of a prison population of 68,288 only …
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A protest in Abuja last year against the non-removal of judges accused of corruption. Nigeria’s war on graft has been bolstered by the advent of a website to monitor public spending. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesWhen Onumonu Nonye visited the new laboratory at Ubahuekwuem technical school, she hoped to see busy students surrounded by books and …
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