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The toxicity of the Nigerian Petroleum Industry is a creation of Law – the...
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) was established by the NNPC Act to operate as a for-profit entity with the power to engage in all commercial aspects of oil exploration, production and...
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Lola Adekanye
Lola Adekanye is a licensed attorney in the State of New York and in Nigeria with a background in international development. Her expertise is in developing and implementing Corporate Ethics and...
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Great opportunity knocks for Nigeria, but approach with Business Integrity
The bad news first - in the past year alone the naira has fallen by over 50%. Nigeria’s main source of foreign earnings - oil revenues are at the lowest value in the last two decades and Nigeria’s...
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Job Title: Compliance Testing Officer Location:Abuja Company: Citi Bank Experience: Mid-Senior level Employment:Full-time Job Description/Background: Citibank Nigeria Limited, the leading global...
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Job Title: Manager Legal and Compliance Location: Lagos, NG Company: AOS Orwell Limited Experience: Mid-Senior level Employment:Full-timeIndustry: oil & Gas Job Description/Background:AOS Orwell,...
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Looting the loot: $321 million Abacha loot to be repatriated
A myriad of stats and established business principles validates the fact that disorganized systems cause excessive waste. Also in a system untethered to audit and accountability, looting and...
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Why you should care about corruption?
I recently saw this video that went viral of a taxi cab driver in Lagos who was reacting to the state of the economy in Nigeria by vehemently wishing instantaneous death on himself and every member of...
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Elisabeth Edwards
Elisabeth Edwards is a contributor on the CCE Blog.Most recently a Manager with Deloitte in the Anti-Money Laundering and Economic & Trade Sanctions Group. Elisabeth has developed policy in...
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THE PANAMA PAPERS: AFRICA’S TRAGIC SILENCE
What is the Panama Papers about? The global buzz has been constant since 3 April 2016, when The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) released information regarding secret...
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WORLD BANK REQUESTS MORE TIME TO DECIDE APPEAL ON TRANSPARENCY IN SPENDING...
In a previous post I discussed the need for Nigeria to establish an efficient, transparent and accountable stolen asset recovery, repatriation and disbursement process in Nigeria.Good old native...
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RETHINKING ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS IN NIGERIA
PM Cameron’s recent comment branding Nigeria a fantastically corrupt country echoes the sentiments of many who believe that corruption is “cultural” in some places, like in Nigeria. But like Andy...
View ArticleThe CCE Blog | Africa: RETHINKING ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS IN NIGERIA
The CCE Blog | Africa: RETHINKING ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS IN NIGERIA: PM Cameron’s recent comment branding Nigeria a fantastically corrupt country echoes the sentiments of many who believe that corrupt...
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C-SUITES IN AFRICA MUST DECIDE TO SINK OR SWIM
This post extends the conversation and responds to one of the most recurring questions sparked by a previous post -"is your company aiding terrorist activity in Africa?". If you missed that post, you...
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR AFRICAN JOURNALISTS
Tax Justice Network Africa in partnership with the Centre for Film and Media Studies at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the Open Society Foundation of South Africa is offering expense paid...
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THE US FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT'S GROWING REACH TO NIGERIA
Anti-corruption is, and should be, a global effort. However due to a myriad of factors, ie social; economic; cultural; and differing governance structures, some countries more than others grapple...
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CBN STEPS IN TO HALT GROSS MISMANAGEMENT AND LIQUIDITY RISK IN SKYE BANK PLC
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday appointed a new board and management for Skye Bank Plc after it failed to sustain key liquidity and capital adequacy ratios.Sun News Online reports that the...
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Zimbabwe shuts down in national peacful protest against corruption and bad...
Zimbabweans are sending a loud message rejecting bad governance and corruption by staying at home and shutting down all operations across the country. Foreign banks and almost all businesses in the...
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Killing of Lawyer by Kenyan Police “killing Squad” has touched a nerve in Kenya
The brutal killing of a renowned Kenyan human rights lawyer Willie Kimani, along with his client and taxi driver has sparked a nationwide outrage more vehement than has been seen before over the...
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How to Design a Pragmatic Corporate Ethics Program for your Business...
A recent Transparency International report found that the top 100 multinational companies doing business in emerging markets fail transparency tests massively thus aiding corruption and contributing...
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The “Market of Corruption”
The unsung protagonists of corruption in West Africa – the Private Sector It is a basic economic principle that a market exists because there is the concurrence of demand and supply or someone willing...
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In October 2016, the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) released a comprehensive solution - driven report on Regulatory reforms in the maritime industry that would address the inefficiencies...
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Is your corporate culture susceptible to corruption?
Most companies that do business in highly corrupt environments, commonly fall back on the explanation that they simply conform to the business environment; (“you can't do business over here without...
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Follow Your Budget - ‘You must get involved in the budget processes to get...
Corruption in public financing and procurement is not just about the trillions of dollars lost globally when the service or product is not delivered. It also reduces the quality of services and...
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Haliburton's Fines & Losses for Oil in Angola: Compliance Lesson I
On July 27, 2017, the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged the Halliburton Company and a former Vice President and manager of the company’s business operations in Angola with violating...
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In October 2017, three former senior employees of a logistics and freight company Bertling group were sentenced at Southwark Crown Court, London for bribing an agent of Sonangol, the Angolan State oil...
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