Author: Zeenat Magaji

Interesting times are here. Few days ago, dozens of Civil Society Organizations (CSO’s) took to the streets to press for some demands. Among the demands was for Nigerian courts to abstain from entertaining corruption cases that involve the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and removal of the EFCC chairman, Barrister Abdulrasheed Bawa. The campaign by the CSO’s underscores the problems associated with fighting corruption. Some Nigerians saw the campaign as an affirmation of a popular saying that corruption will always fight back to discredit any structure put in place to fight the scourge. This is not an attempt to…

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One of the main aims of any educational system is to mould character and develop the spirit of discipline in beneficiaries. But this is not possible in an educational system that is characterised by all manner of irregularities. Students who fraudulently obtain certificates are a clear danger to themselves and the nation because they will likely grow up seeing corruption and incompetence as normal. Our country’s sad experience with poor quality political leadership, collapsed buildings, death through medical negligence, drug trafficking, armed robbery, fake and adulterated drugs and other vices could partly be traced to examination malpractice. Examination malpractice has…

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