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 prosecution of corruption suspects and assets recovery, according to the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), the local representative of TI in Nigeria.

PREMIUM TIMES reported on Tuesday that Nigeria has climbed from 145 to 140 out of 180 countries on the global corruption index.

Nigeria added one point to its score in last year's assessment, bringing its total in the 2024 CPI to 26 out of a possible 100.

This performance is well below the Sub-Saharan Africa average of 33 points and the global average of 43 points.

As a result, Niger...