A new report from the National Bureau of Statistics, in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, has revealed that Nigerians paid a staggering N721 billion ($1.26 billion) in cash bribes to public officials in 2023. The report, titled “Corruption in Nigeria: Patterns and Trends,” highlights the widespread nature of bribery in the country. On average, each cash bribe amounted to N8,284, up from N5,754 in 2019. Judges topped the list of bribe recipients, with an average bribe of N31,000. Customs and Immigration officials followed with N17,800, while members of the armed forces received N16,600 per bribe. Land registry officials and police officers received N11,700 and N10,400, respectively. The findings also showed that 46% of public officials admitted to offering

RESPONSE TO MINISTER FOR LANDS AND NATURAL RESOURCES’ STATE CAPTURE DENIAL My attention has been drawn to a statement from the Minister responsible for Lands and Natural Resources in what appears to be a desperate effort at refuting the overwhelming and incontrovertible evidence of state capture by the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government. I take judicial notice that Hon. Samuel Abu Jinapor’s disingenuously selective statement was totally silent on the following cases of blatant State Capture which I have consistently spoken against in and outside Parliament: The demolition of the Bulgarian Embassy located in East Cantonments on 26th April, 2017 and subsequent sale of the land in issue to an appointee of President Akufo-Addo at the NDPC by name, Dr. Yaw Adu Ampomah. My exposé led

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I was once told by my professor that the media only reflects the views of the dominant ideology in society He also emphasized that the legal system is mainly to protect the property and interest of the dominant ideologyThe war in Gaza and the Russian Ukraine war has clearly demonstrated my professors view The ground rules set for the world to follow like Human Rights rule of law and international laws are exempt for the rich and powerful mainly the USA and the West.The international organizations like the UN The Security Council international Court of Justice ICC are meant to protect them and to be used against other countries to whip them in line and not for them Listening to

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“The imperialists see Africa as an empire of slaves (that) Africans belong to them, our land belongs to them, our sub-soils belong to them…this is why we have decided to revolt and to take the fate of our countries in our own hands…we came to break the chains”. BY OWEI LAKEMFA West Africans on July 7, 2024, witnessed the tragic split of their region into two opposing blocs. The first time since the 1975 establishment of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS. Eleven regional Heads of State met in Abuja under the ECOWAS umbrella while three of their counterparts; Presidents Assimi Goita of Mali, Ibrahim Traoré, Burkina Faso and Abdourahamane Tchiani, Niger, met in Niamey for the inaugural Summit of the Alliance of Sahel States,

Yesterday Tuesday July 9th, 2024, will forever be remembered as one of greatest days of shame in the Republican history of Ghana. For on that day, a citizen of free, republican Ghana, Matthew Opoku Prempeh, a minister in the current government of the Republic, chose to denigrate the name and memory of the man, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah who was used by Almighty God, to spearhead the achievement of republican status for our nation. By some set of strange coincidences, Napo and his NPP chose to commit this despicable act in the very month in which Ghana achieved republican status, and the NPP government of President Akufo-Addo had downgraded the celebration of 1st July as Ghana’s Republic Day. In his attempt to

As Education Minister, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang saw to the: BASIC Introduction of the BECE subsidy program for all registered candidates in private and public schools. introduction of Private BECE for students who fail the BECE. elimination of the obnoxious shift system in public basic schools. Improvement of textbook ratio at the basic schools from one book to three pupils to four books per pupil. Improvement in the quality of basic education, resulting in Ghana’s all-time best BECE performance. distribution of over 40,000 free made-in-Ghana leather sandals for vulnerable pupils in basic schools and 787,485 free school uniforms to deprived districts across the country. Distribution of laptops for teachers free of charge. SECONDARY construction of 123 Community Day SHS (E-Blocks) across the country, 47 of which were fully completed, resourced

Nana Oye Bampoe Addo A recent report by Missing Ghana, a non-profit organization that works with the Ghana Police Service and Department of Social Welfare has disclosed that 610 people, mostly children, have been reported missing in Ghana since 2021.Former Minister for Gender, Children, and Social Protection, Nana Oye Bampoe-Addo, emphasized critical shortcomings in Ghana's efforts to protect children.Speaking on TV3's Newday, she expressed concern about the lack of a specialized unit within security agencies dedicated to missing children and child protection, resulting in a lack of data on these important issues.The former minister noted that reliance on external sources like the Missing Ghana website was necessary."Regarding security, it seems that our security agencies do not have a unit specifically focused