State Capture

Rekpene Bassey One of the greatest mistakes developing nations make is believing that corruption is somehow cultural and therefore inevitable. History demonstrates exactly the opposite. Every nation that today ranks …

Rekpene Bassey “Every nation has an army,” observed the political scientist Samuel P. Huntington. “Either its own, or somebody else’s.”The same observation may be adapted for corruption. Every nation pays …

Rekpene Bassey If corruption were merely the occasional theft of public funds by dishonest officials, Nigeria’s challenge, though serious, would be comparatively straightforward. The law would identify offenders, the courts …

Rekpene Bassey Some questions offend before they enlighten. They unsettle the comfortable, provoke the patriotic, and compel a nation to look into the mirror it has carefully avoided. “Is Graft …