January 15, 2014 15:25

NANFeatures/Vol. 8/No. 19/2014 (Jan. 15)

By Funmilola Gboteku, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)

 

Unarguably, corruption is one of the greatest threats to the socio-economic and political development of any nation.

Observers insist that the fight against corruption in Nigeria has remained a major challenge facing successive administrations.

They stress that Nigeria has been rated low in the fight against corruption, citing a report of Transparency International which indicates that the country currently occupies 144^th position in the global corruption ranking.

The concerned observers concede that although Nigeria has made some efforts to tackle the menace in the past, very little achievement has been recorded. Continue reading “FEATURES: Tackling corruption in Nigeria”

Published on January 9, 2014 by pmnews   ·   20 Comments

Nigerians have again called on President Goodluck Jonathan to sack embattled Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah, over the fresh certificate scandal she is embroiled in.

News website, Sahara Reporters, reported on Monday that Oduah’s claim that she obtained a Master’s degree in Business Administration from St. Paul’s College in Lawrenceville, Virginia in 1982, had been found to be false.

And The Punch newspaper reported on Thursday that authorities at the Saint Paul’s College, Virginia, United States, said they are unable to confirm if indeed Oduah, even bagged a first degree in Accounting from the institution. Continue reading “Sack Oduah Now, Nigerians Tell Jonathan”

January 9, 2014 by Ade Adesomoju and Temitayo Famutimi 519 Comments

Culled from The PUNCH

Chairman, Ikeja branch of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr. Onyekachi Ubani, and the Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, said on Wednesday that Ms Stella Oduah, who is embroiled in a fresh certificate scandal, was no longer fit as the nation’s Minister of Aviation.

CACOL’s Executive Chairman, Mr. Debo Adeniran, said in a telephone interview that the scandal was a proof that Oduah was engrossed in primitive accumulation.

An online news media, Sahara Reporters had reported that claim in Oduah’s profile on the Federal Ministry of Aviation’s website that she obtained a Master’s degree in Business Administration from St. Paul’s College in Lawrenceville, Virginia in 1982, had been found to be false. Continue reading “Certificate scandal: NBA, CACOL call for Oduah’s removal”

Posted by Editor on December 29, 2013.

Civil society groups have demanded the release of the report of the presidential panel that investigated the role of the Minister of Aviation, Ms Stella Oduah, in the purchase of two bulletproof BMW cars by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority.

The administrative panel, set up by President Goodluck Jonathan, submitted its report on November 13, two days after its deadline, the Presidency has not made it public.

Leaders of the Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, and the Campaign for Democracy have asked the Presidency to make the report available to the public, the way the House of Representatives made its report known recently.

The Executive Director, CACOL, Debo Adeniran, urged the Presidency to release the report if it had no intention of shielding Oduah. Continue reading “Stop shielding Oduah: Civil Society Groups tell Presidency”