EFCC training for judiciary reporters in Lagos as Don, Others Seek Media Support for Anti-graft War

A lecturer in the School of Communication, Lagos State University, Ojo, Prof. Lai Osho, has urged journalists to support the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in its war against corruption.

He also urged journalists to be more vigorous and professional in investigative reporting as a way of making the anti-graft war a success in the country. 

Speaking at a one-day workshop organised by the EFCC for journalists in Lagos, Osho, who lauded the EFCC’s recently held Nigerian Women Against Corruption (WAC) programme in Abuja, added that investigative reporting would ensure the setting of agenda for the government.

Reforming our Legal and Penal System - Faseyiku

If Nigeria must work, it will only do so if we have a legal and penal system that works. I love the on-going war against corruption and have high hopes that the administration will not be distracted. But we will be undone if we do not address the institutional robustness of the legal and penal system in Nigeria. The framework is currently too weak to sustain us and cope with the myriad of issues that are emerging daily. At the moment, lawyers take us for a ride and that must stop. In the UK, when you have a QC, I mean a single one, arguing your case, it can never get better. You hardly have a situation where 13 QCs (as in the case of PMB's certificate) or 60 QCs as in the Ricky Tarfa matter lining up behind an accussed. A case that one QC cannot argue successfully, a hundred are unlikely to do so. 

Therefore, if we need to pay judges as much as we pay the nation's number one citizen and ringfence the pensions payment system for retired judges to pevent them becoming "legal consultants" so be it. Indeed, we must bar them from any engagement with the bar in any form or shape once they retire from service. We must also make it possible for them to face criminal prosecution for proven cases of misconduct rather than simply retiring the errant ones. It has to be a combination of the stick and the carrot. Another way is to make it possible for them to serve on the bench for life as is the practice in the US. That way, the prospect of them becoming conduits of corruption will be curtailed. Retirement should be completely voluntary or based on health reasons.

THE ANTI-CORRUPTION WAR BY FEMI OGUNSANWO

The war against corruption is gathering steam and its obvious to every observer that this the primary focus of the present administration

Taking it a bit further, the suggested Special Court for Corrupt Practices (SCCP) located in 6 geopolitical zones in Nigeria will grant easy access and expedited judicial cases

Its easier to promulgate a law in conjuction with National Assembly where the SCCP will secure convictions of accused persons or looters with the loot identified fully recovered and a light sentence(6 months or 1 year prison term) or the option of Community Service. Its referred to as 'slap in the wrist'-Option A

All over the world most especially in advanced countries, first time offenders are made to undergo hours of Community Service for many reasons

WAR AGAINST CORRUPTION WILL BE VIGOROUSLY SUSTAINED - PRESIDENT BUHARI

President Muhammadu Buhari pledged Tuesday in Abuja his administration's ongoing war against corruption will be vigorously sustained to rid the country of the debilitating effects of the wanton looting of public funds in past years.

According to a statement yesterday signed by Femi Adesina who is the Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), addressing State House staff who assembled to welcome him back from his recent vacation, President Buhari assured them that he will continue to lead the country with patriotic zeal, integrity, dedication and commitment to improving the living conditions of ordinary Nigerians.

"I have never in my life believed in corruption. If we make any mistake in what we are doing and compromise our integrity, the country will be further dragged back.

Aso Rock lists President Buhari’s achievements in first year in office

On Friday, the Presidency released a long list of achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Government.
This is coming a few days to the first year in office of the Buhari Administration.
Buhari came into power on May 29, 2015.
This was after defeating the then incumbent, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, in the first of its kind unseating of a sitting president in Nigeria.

SECURITY:

•The relocation of the Nigerian Military Command Centre to Maiduguri, since May 2015, contributed to the success in the fight against insurgency in the North Eastern part of the country.

OCDS: PRESIDENT BUHARI ANNOUNCES FRESH MEASURES TO ADVANCE WAR AGAINST CORRUPTION

President Buhari being welcomed
by UK Foreign Affairs Minister,
Hugo Swire as he arrives for
Anti Corruption Summit and Participates
at the Leader's Breakfast at the
Lancaster House London,
United Kingdom 12th May 2016

President Muhammadu Buhari pledged Thursday in London that in furtherance of his administration's ongoing war against corruption, Nigeria will soon begin the full implementation of the principles of the Open Contracting Data Standard.

According to Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity Femi Adesina , in Nigeria's country statement to the Anti-Corruption Summit hosted by Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain, President Buhari said that the Federal Government will apply the Open Contracting Data Standard to major projects in the oil, transportation, power, health, education and other sectors.