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The recent report for the outgoing financial year by the Auditor-General of the Federation, Mr. Shaakaa Chira, has not only exposed the high level of impunity and audacity of ministries and agencies when it comes to financial corruption but also the apparent helplessness, if not complicity, by the government itself.

Nigeria is often described, casually and sometimes cruelly, as having a “people’s problem.” The phrase is usually invoked to explain everything from poor governance and low productivity to corruption and social disorder. But this framing is misleading. Nigeria’s challenge is not a failure of individual Nigerians.

The document circulated as the 2014 “Anambra State Handover Report” is itself revealing. The financial section is expressly described as a summary of the full financial statement.

More than 260,000 students across 13 universities in Nigeria are set to experience the NESCAFÉ Campus Storm 2026, as NESCAFÉ takes its “My Coffee, My Vibe” campaign directly to university campuses, creating experiences that shape campus life.

Across Nigeria, the nation’s major highways are increasingly becoming economic traps. Some highways are among the routes that have repeatedly subjected motorists, passengers and businesses to debilitating congestion, accidents and prolonged delays.

Politics has its ways and every country has its own peculiarities. Being a politician demands tactfulness and smart decision-making to excel in whatever environment one finds oneself in.

Warren Buffett has stepped down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, handing the position to his son Howard Buffett and bringing to a close more than six decades at the top of the US conglomerate.

The argument for State Police is compelling: policing is, by its very nature, more effective when those charged with maintaining security understand the communities, people, terrain and peculiar security challenges within which they operate.

The controversy surrounding the demand for the release of United States government records relating to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s 1993 forfeiture case raises a question that transcends Nigerian partisan politics: when documentary evidence can help resolve a serious public controversy, should governments rely on political assertions—or let the documents speak?

Nigeria's international reputation is influenced not only by its population, economic potential, cultural influence and the achievements of Nigerians around the world, but also by the strength of its institutions and by the situation that arises when politically powerful individuals are accused of serious offences.