When James Ibori, Bukola Saraki and a coalition of other incumbent and former governors facing graft charges recruited Mrs. Farida Waziri to head the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), SaharaReporters did a detailed expose on her recruitment and eventual "clearance" by the Nigerian senate, despite loud protestations from conscientious Nigerian citizens and civic groups Mrs. Waziri was forced on Nigerians as EFCC chairperson.
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In his Christmas/New Year message, President Umaru Yar?Adua said this was the year when he...
The Guardian
This is a somewhat intimidating year for me. That is partly because President...
Opposition candidate John Atta Mills has won a tight presidential run-off in Ghana, saying...
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The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress has lauded the transparent, free and fair conduct of the general election in Ghana, which...
The Guardian
This is a somewhat intimidating year for me. That is partly because President Umaru Yar’Adua has promised action.
But it is also because i...
In his Christmas/New Year message, President Umaru Yar?Adua said this was the year when he would deliver on his election promises. If I was superstiti...
After seizing power from the Buhari/Idiagbon junta in August 1985, Babangida took some populist actions in order to gain acceptance. The anti-media de...
On October 19, U.S.-based Nigerian blogger and journalist Jonathan Elendu of Elendu Reports was arrested by the Nigerian State Security Services (SSS)...