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How Corruption In Nigeria’s Leading Sectors Drive-Up Poverty Rates
Would things get better? Every election term, Nigeria’s citizens vote in a new set of public office holders, again setting themselves up for the worse. As poverty rates climb higher and the gap between the rich and poor grows wider, one thing is unflinching; Corruption. Budget fraud, procurement fraud and outright embezzlement in sectors like…
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Nigerians Drag President Buhari To ECOWAS Court
Human rights and accountability organization, SERAP alongside 176 Nigerians have filed a lawsuit against the government of President Muhammadu Buhari for the illegal suspension of Twitter in Nigeria. In the suit No ECW/CCJ/APP/23/21 filed yesterday before the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja, SERAP and concerned Nigerian citizens challenged “the criminalization of Nigerians and…
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SERAP Calls For Probe On Missing $1 billion Arms Fund
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, and Transparency International have called for the probe of National Security Adviser Babagana Monguno’s allegation by anti-graft agencies. Monguno, in an interview with the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation, alleged that $1 billion arms funds went missing under the watch of the immediate-past service chiefs. He added…