Nigeria has been ranked as the 35th most corrupt country in the world in Transparency International's 2012 global corruption perception index released today, moving to 139 from 143 in 2011 when it hit its highest standing in the index.
Nigeria has been slipping with every passing year from 2008 when it was the 121th country on the list. In 2009 it climbed to 130, in 2010 to 134 and then to 143 in 2011.
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