Nigeria dropped nine places to 130th position out of the 180 countries ranked on the global Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2009 by Transparency International (TI), a global anti-corruption watchdog.
A newspaper claim that a Nigerian has faked a marriage with his daughter to secure a United Kingdom visa for her has sparked renewed debate for immigration control in the country.
THE High Court has ordered the State not to lead hearsay evidence in MDC-T treasurer Roy Bennett's trial on allegations of possessing dangerous weapons and inciting acts of terrorism and insurgency.
A Harare magistrate yesterday threw out the application for refusal of remand by MDC-T transport manager, Pascal Gwezere, who is facing allegations of stealing 20 AK-47 rifles and a shotgun from Pomona Army Barracks.
Botswana continues to be seen as Africa’s least corrupt, and Somalia as the continent’s – and the world’s – most corrupt country, according to a new survey published this week.
Courts have trouble convicting corrupt bureaucrats because colleagues help destroy incriminating evidence in a "scratch my back, I will scratch yours" syndicate, a minister has said.
Takavarasha Mharara is demanding compensation of over P50, 000 for the truck he pawned last year when he was desperately looking for P30,000. Justice Abednico Tafa is presiding over the case. The owner of the pawn shop, Ilan Zilberman, told the court that after inspecting the truck, which had minor mechanical problems, he agreed to lend Takavarasha P25,000 in July last year. He said that they ...
STILL recovering from the shock of Nigeria's downward spiral in the ranking of Transparency International, TI, the Federal Government yesterday blamed the low rating on the Organised Private Sector, OPS.
The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) yesterday ordered the police to arrest former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, and detain him in their custody.
A Plumtree magistrate and prosecutors in the border town have recused themselves from a potentially explosive case after they received death threats for denying bail to soldiers accused of shooting a policeman.
Ambassador Kabral Blay-Amihere, former Ghana Ambassador to La Cote d'Ivoire, has cautioned that oil flow may well fuel corruption to disturbing levels.
Isae Muzima, a man who is a suspect accomplice in the crimes of which former junior minister and Eastern Province governor Theoneste Mutsindashyaka is a principal suspect, has turned up in Belgium and is asking for political asylum.
Police in western region are hunting for yet to be identified assailants who murdered a tea estate manager in Kabarole District last week.
Colossal amounts of money received by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean are being used to buy houses and land in Nairobi, thus distorting the property market.
The Edo State Chief Judge, Mr. Micheal Ediofre, was yesterday found dead in his hotel room in Abuja.The Chief Judge, who came into Abuja Monday for the on-going Judges Conference, was said to have complained of ill health earlier in the day.
