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 Transparency International's latest rankings.

Despite this improvement, Nigeria's corruption score of 26 still falls well below the global average of 43, indicating persistent challenges in governance and accountability that keep it among the most corrupt nations globally.

The CPI, which ranks 180 countries based on perceived levels of public sector corruption, uses a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean).

Announcing the latest rankings on Tuesday via its X official handle, Transparency International's chair, Francois Valerian, described...