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BBC News - Pakistani women's lives destroyed by acid attacks

Campaigners in Pakistan say cases of acid attacks are increasing in most areas, even though tougher penalties were introduced last year. An Oscar-winning Pakistani documentary has put the crime under the spotlight, but it is estimated that more than 150 women have acid thrown on  …

BBC News - Former Nigeria governor James Ibori jailed for 13 years

A former London DIY store cashier who became governor of an oil-rich Nigerian state has been jailed for 13 years for fraud totalling nearly £50m ($77m).

The Net Delusion | The Net Delusion

In this spirited book, journalist and social commentator Evgeny Morozov shows that by falling for the supposedly democratizing nature of the Internet, Western do-gooders may have missed how it also entrenches dictators, threatens dissidents, and makes it harder—not easier&m …

Obijiofor: How corruption defines our lifestyle

Updated link address Corruption in Nigeria is not really about who took what money and when but about who took the greatest amount of money from the state treasury or pension fund or from any illegal source in rap …

N44m bribe: How Nigeria works

On Thursday during a House of Representatives hearing on the Nigerian Capital Market, Director-General of Securities and Exchange Commission, Ms. Arunma Oteh had told a stunned audience that the committee demanded gratification in the days preceding the hearing.

Goldman Sachs banker denies money laundering - News - Hampstead and Highgate Express

A former Goldman Sachs banker from St John’s Wood helped a corrupt Nigerian politician embezzle millions of pounds 

SEC boss accuses lawmakers probing her of demanding N39 million bribe

Nigeria sucks! End of story.

Ankkio Briggs tells it as it is, Nigeria sucks

Unreported world as Chevron Rig Fire continues to burn communities in the Niger-Delta. Poor management continues to fuel corruption. Watch this video and get an education.

BBC News - Nigeria violence: Curfew in Kano after deadly blasts

Police stations and the state police HQ were among the targets, and gunfire was heard across the second biggest city.

Nigeria investigates massive fuel subsidy fraud | Reuters

The smoking gun, Nigeria has discovered a huge discrepancy in the amount of the motor fuel it subsidises and what people actually consume, a legislative committee said, supporting the idea that a government scheme to make petrol cheaper is wasteful and corrupt.

Abortion a bigger problem than joblessness, says Catholic Church

Cardinal Archbishop Antonio Rouco Varela used an open-air gathering in Madrid's Plaza Colón on Friday to attack the policies of the previous Socialist Party government

BBC News - Nigerian leader Goodluck Jonathan defends fuel cut

"I have no intention to inflict pains on Nigerians," he said on Saturday evening, arguing that the cut was in the "best interest of all Nigerians".

Nigeria's Historic Opportunity - NYTimes.com

In my conversations with President Jonathan Jeffrey D. Sachs is director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. 

Boko Haram: The Three Phases of Terror

This article is not an attempt to justify the killing of innocent Nigerians, Muslim or Christian. Those acts cannot be rationalized and are totally condemnable.

Nigeria Fuel subsidy and a roguish cabal in Nigeria

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala under fire List of the people who benefit most from oil subsidy, which include some of Nigeria's richest people - the owners of fuel-importing firms  OandO Nigeria Plc (Managing Director - Mr. Wale Tinubu) - N228. 506 billion  

IRELAND-UK TRAVEL data accord - Visa Nigeria

 A pilot exchange to check data provided in 1,700 Irish visa applications lodged in Nigeria against UK immigration records has identified over 200 persons applying to come to Ireland who have an adverse UK immigration history.

Govt, civil society, differ still on fuel subsidy

Nigeria lost $16bn to oil subsidy in 2010 but unable to calculate how much lost to corruption in the same period.

Biden touts political freedoms

A free political climate is essential to economic innovation, and countries that try to censor the Internet are pursuing a "dead end," U.S. Vice President Joe Biden told a group of young entrepreneurs gathered in Istanbul

BBC News - Corruption fanned global political unrest says watchdog

corruption played a key role in the political upheaval in the Middle East and across the world in 2011

Daniel stole ₦84b from state coffers'

Ogun State governor, Ibikunle Amosun today revealed that his predecessor, Gbenga Daniel stole the sum of ₦87 billion, as well as $4 million

BBC News - Sudan to expel ambassador after Kenya's Bashir warrant

Sudan ordered the expulsion of the Kenyan ambassador after a Kenyan judge issued an arrest warrant for Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, Sudan's foreign ministry has said

Out in just TWO years: 'Soft' sentence for serial teen offender caught on c

A teenage thug photographed stabbing a man during the Notting Hill Carnival has been jailed for four and a half years...

allAfrica.com: Topical Focus Page: Gambia President Brushes Off Criticism of His Regime

President Yahya Jammeh is confident he will be the victor in the country's polls, and has heaped scorn on criticism that his regime is repressive.

Go Figure: Why does every person need 200kg of steel a year?

GO FIGURE - Seeing stats in a different way. Imagine that every year, every one of us gave birth to an eight-year-old made from steel. Disturbing image.

BBC News - Nigeria's anti-corruption chief Farida Waziri sacked

EFCC was set up in 2002, in that time, it has prosecuted 30 politicians, of whom only four have been convicted and none are now in prison.  

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