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CPI 2024: Why Nigeria's ranking improves but performs below regional, global average

Nigeria, Feb. 11 -- The slight improvement in the Transparency International (TI)'s 2024 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) released on Tuesday is attributable to factors including increased prosecutio... Read More


Nigeria rises on corruption perception ranking despite performing far below global average

Nigeria, Feb. 11 -- Nigeria has climbed five places in the latest 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), moving from 145th to 140th among 180 countries globally after gaining one point in Transparen... Read More


Supreme Court dismisses Fubara's suit against 27 pro-Wike Rivers lawmakers

Nigeria, Feb. 10 -- The Supreme Court has dismissed the suit filed by Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara seeking the removal of 27 members of the State House of Assembly over their defection from... Read More


ICPC arrests former naval chief, NSCDC commandant over alleged N3bn fraud

Nigeria, Feb. 7 -- The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested former Chief of Naval Staff, Usman Jibrin, a retired vice admiral, and a Deputy Commandan... Read More


UPDATED: ICPC arrests former naval chief, NSCDC commandant over alleged N3bn fraud

Nigeria, Feb. 7 -- The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested former Chief of Naval Staff, Usman Jibrin, a retired vice admiral, and a Deputy Commandan... Read More


IGP suspends PSC's directive on regularisation of cadet officers' appointment dates

Nigeria, Feb. 6 -- The Nigeria Police Force has issued an immediate suspension of the Police Service Commission's (PSC) directive to regularise the first appointment dates for Cadet Assistant Superint... Read More


How to address alarming rate of gender-based violence in Nigeria - Experts

Nigeria, Feb. 4 -- A woman is either sexually violated or killed every 10 minutes in Nigeria due to the widespread prevalence of Gender-Based Violence (GBV), according to the Salama Sexual Assault Ref... Read More


Prosecution witness justifies Emefiele's vehicle contracts as CBN governor, contradicts EFCC's case

Nigeria, Feb. 4 -- A prosecution witness, Salawu Gana, Monday justified the vehicle procurement contracts awarded during former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele's contrary to the case of ... Read More


Police arraign Abuja real estate firm's executives for land fraud

Nigeria, Feb. 3 -- The Nigerian police have arraigned a couple and executives of Homadil Realty Limited, a real estate firm in Abuja, in connection with an alleged fraudulent scheme involving four plo... Read More


How to reduce delays in criminal cases in Nigeria's courts - CSLS

Nigeria, Feb. 3 -- The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies (CSLS), a non-profit organisation concerned with legal reforms, has called for the immediate implementation of the National Minimum Standards (NMS... Read More