Posts tagged as: Transparency International

Again, Buhari’s Govt Falls In Latest CPI Corruption Ranking

LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has again fallen by four places on the latest Corruption Perception Index, CPI, ranking released by Transparency International, TI, on Tuesday. Although in the 2022 ranking, Nigeria scored 24 out of 100 points, it fell from 150th to 154th out of 180 countries assessed in the 2022 ranking. The CPI is […]

Global Anti-Corruption Group Urges Buhari To Release Panel Report On Magu

LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)- President Mohammadu Buhari has been asked to release the report of the judicial panel on former Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) Mr Ibrahim Magu  In a letter addressed to the President, the world’s leading anti-corruption coalition expressed deep concern that the Political interference in the operation of EFCC and […]

Nigeria Records Worst Corruption Ranking On Transparency Int’l Since 2015, Drops To 149

LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has recorded its worst rating on Transparency International’s (TI) Corruption Perception Index since 2015. In the 2020 index released on Thursday, the country scored 25 out of 100 points, dropping to 149 out of the 180 countries surveyed, taking the nation three steps down from the 146 scored in 2019. According […]

Presidency, Transparency International At War Over Magu’s Travail

LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Despite the public embarrassment the ongoing probe of Ibrahim Magu, suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has caused the government and the nation, the presidency yesterday engaged the global anti-corruption watchdog, Transparency International (TI) in a shouting match after TI berated President Muhammadu Buhari for keeping Magu […]

2019: Transparency Intl’l Accuses Nigeria Govt Of Expanding Use of Opaque $670m ‘Slush Fund’

LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Anti-corruption group Transparency International said on Monday Nigeria’s government has in the run-up to elections expanded the use of opaque $670 million-a-year funds that fuel graft. The funds, known as “security votes”, are a relic of military rule, mainly disbursed in hard cash and nominally released for dealing with unexpected security […]

Buhari Defends Transparency International’s Report On Corruption In His Tenure

LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidency has reacted to the new report by Transparency International (TI), revealing that corruption in Nigeria worsened between 2016 and 2017 Nigeria ranked 148 out of 180 countries assessed in 2017 on the Transparency International annual Corruption Perception Index, showing deterioration in perception of corruption in public administration in Nigeria compared […]

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