Yangona.:
Quite an interesting read... Nice research.. Can't say how true the figures are but great Job!
It's funny but true because nothing is beyond stealing in my beloved country.. I mean, guys are patronizing hackers for cheat codes to by cut subscription bills, church money, anything and everything!
Couldn't agree more!

Scun: This can make someone cry, how can people be so greedy?? Nigerians have been patient enough

rodeo0070: Exclusive from Niger-Area...

larride: Wow.

So true. Corruption has eaten deep into our lives. We don't care about our moral values anymore. Everyone takes law for granted and do as they like because they think we live in a jungle where anything goes. Our problem in this nation is not just our leaders, we the masses also have a role to play in making this nation move forward but unfortunately for us, we have forgotten all about that, we sit down on our ar.se and complain all day long about our leaders. We encourage lairs, cheaters, thief and all sort just because they are our family/friend and thereby the rot continue to decay the more. If we want to move out of this mess we are in now then it begins with YOU and ME. Let's take charge of our immediate environment and see how things change. I have hope of a better Nigeria.

Monstertrucks: "Is there any amount too big for them to steal?? - October 4, 2013.

According to some estimates, late Gen
Sani Abacha, who was head of state from
1993 until his death in 1998, allegedly
siphoned over $4 billion from Nigeria’s
treasury. How he managed that
monumental feat at a time when crude oil
prices barely averaged $10 per barrel
reflects a measure of financial genius.

But that is no longer a record; James
Ibori improved on the Abacha Paradigm
and somehow managed to steal N80
billion from the coffers of just one state,
Delta.
Abacha and Ibori are by no means
unique:

It was estimated that the now
pardoned Diepreye Alamieyeseigha made
off with over N126 from the coffers of
Bayelsa state during his six year as
governor; an unheard of perpetual
injunction has stopped the investigation
of former Rivers state governor, Dr. Peter
Odili that might have uncovered
allegations of even more godless theft.
Not to be beaten, former governor Saminu
Turaki used his mathematical genius to
milk an alleged N34 billion from prostrate
Jigawa state.

When former Central Bank governor
Charles Soludo unveiled his banking
reform and consolidation project, many
thought he was a genius. As it turned
out, his genius was not in his economics,
but ability to market flawed policies and
contrived statistics to a gullible public.
In the end, trillions of naira worth of
depositors’ funds was ‘consolidated’ by
some bankers: Oceanic Bank’s Cecelia
Ibru was convicted of stealing over N191
billion from her bank; Intercontinental
Bank’s Erastus Akingbola allegedly
helped himself to about N164 billion while
PHB’s Francis Atuche and others are still
dancing around our legal systems in court
over allegations of massive theft.
If previous administrations thought they
had set unbreakable records in thievery,
they were baldly mistaken.

Without
breaking sweat, the Jonathan
administration managed to ‘lift’ N2.6
trillion from Nigeria’s treasury in the name
of fuel subsidies and other unwholesome
practices – including payments of billions
of naira to companies not even
registered; over $1 billion was recently
wired into the accounts of several public
officials from the Malabu oil scandal.

Not surprisingly, one year after Nuhu
Ribadu submitted his panel’s report on
the petroleum sector, who really
remembers, or cares about its findings
anymore?

This kind of impunity is not the exclusive
preserve of politicians and bankers: What
has become of a former director of
Pension Accounts, Dr. Sani Teidi Shaibu
and his accomplices who allegedly stole
over N12 billion? Did a director of police
pensions, Mr. John Yusuf, not also not
steal N27 billion in broad daily light?
What happened to the judge that set him
free? A mere suspension before he
returns to the bench to continue to sell
justice to the highest bidders.

These humungous thefts came to light
only because some of the perpetuators
are dead, are out of favour with
government, greedily refused to ‘spread’
the loot, or were simply careless. Not that
public knowledge has led to penalties:
the Abacha loot was never returned; only
a fraction of what Ibori stole was
recovered; Odili’s perpetual injunction
may protect him until death; the Ribadu
report on the oil sector is dead and
buried; the Halliburton and Siemens
scandals are long forgotten and many
notorious ‘election miracle’ judges are still
on the bench.

Add these to several allegations of
impropriety against the country’s minister
of justice and attorney general – Mr.
Mohammed Adoke, and it becomes clear
that the rot is deeply rooted.
Since most large scale thievery not only
goes unpunished, but is sometimes
admired and praised, no one seems to
pay much attention to theft at smaller
levels, thus Nigerians now steal things
like metal manhole covers – leaving
gaping holes in the middle of roads that
pose grave dangers to both drivers and
pedestrians; it is common to find bridge
and pedestrian crossings missing metal
and aluminium railings – stolen in the
dead of night; even public trash bins that
are chained to streetlamps get stolen, as
do light bulbs, solar panels, power cables
and anything that apparently belongs to
government, even if they have no real
value.

Petty theft is commonplace: police siphon
fuel from patrol cars for sale on the black
market, and valuable evidence in police
custody regularly disappear; customs
officers steal and sell seized contraband;
bureaucrats have been known to steal
files and even entire records of service of
staff; security guards steal diesel from
generators on property they are supposed
to guard; drivers steal parts from the cars
they drive; domestic helps steal foodstuff
and anything they can lay their hands on;
even babies get stolen.

Unfortunately, because so many of our
political actors – in the executive arm as
well as the legislature – came to
government through stolen mandates,
there seems to be little that can be done
about theft – large or small. Which is
Nigeria has become a place where
anything and everything is fair game for
theft, thus the question:
Is there anything Nigerians will not steal ? posted by Monstertrucks

JbravoAdodger: See guiness book of records thefts

JbravoAdodger: See guiness book of records thefts

DankemzI: Even altering documents... A Grandpa of 80years in civil service will swear Affidavit declaring he's 40yr, instead of retiring let his grand children be employed... Every Nigerian from 2months old, should get their brain formatted. Its every where even if it's you or me lai lai i'll also get ma share

DankemzI:
I DONT BELIEVE IN NIGERIA
by Esan Teniola
I don't believe in Nigeria. I don't believe in its leaders, I don't believe in anything they have to say. I don't believe that someone somewhere has the solutions to this country. I don't believe in superman. I believe in myself. I believe in my 2 hands, not begging for someone somewhere to make things right, but with these 2 hands I will build the country want to live in. I believe in my friends. I believe in my family. I believe in everyone who not only tries to make the world a better place for themselves, but also for everyone around them. I don't believe in independence. I believe in inter-dependence, for no man is an island. I believe in the potential of everyone I see on the streets. I believe in the children in that public school that had no toilets, who asked me "uncle, why dont our leaders care about the masses? Why do we always hear about corruption everyday?" I don't believe in leaders who send their children abroad to school while the nations universities are on strike. I dont believe in leaders who fly abroad for medical treatment when the nations hospitals are in need of better facilities. I do not believe in a cook who does not taste his own food. I will believe in the Minister of Education when I see his children attending public schools. I will believe in the Minister of Health when he undergoes heart surgery in General Hospital. Ivwill believe in the Minister for Tourism when he goes to Yobe for vacation and not London or Dubai. Till then, I dont believe in Nigeria. I mean the Nigeria of today, I believe in the Nigeria of tomorrow. The Nigeria that we will build. When all these black skinned colonial masters are gone. ~ Esan Teniola

ivcraig: There are a lot of great things that have happened in Nigeria. Lets not focus on negativity when we examine Nigeria's society.

guonno: Igbo men like money! Chei! See the number of igbo men in the list.

ivcraig: There are a lot of great things that have happened in Nigeria. Lets not focus on negativity when we examine Nigeria's society.

guonno: Igbo men like money! Chei! See the number of igbo men in the list.

Nashville:

That's why I said we Nigerians deserve their leaders.