Nigeria has broken a 16 year jinx as the oil rich West African nation was not listed among the ten (10) most corrupt countries in the world

The Corruption Perceptions Index, aims to rank nations “based on how corrupt a country’s public sector is perceived to be.”

The index ranked one hundred and seventy six (176) countries on a scale of 0 (perceived to be highly corrupt) to 100 (perceived to be very clean).

In the 2016 Corruption Perceptions Index released on Wednesday, July 26, by Berlin-based Transparency International, Somalia was ranked the most corrupt country in the world for the 10th straight year.

Transparency International estimates that “corruption, bribery, theft and tax evasion, cost developing countries US $1.26 trillion per year.”

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