The Nigerian government's most prominent corruption fighter, Nuhu Ribadu, plans to resign Thursday under pressure from top politicians, including President Umaru Yar'Adua, according to a senior official in Ribadu's agency.
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Corruption has dogged Nigeria ever since the massive increase in oil prices and production in the 1970s, with billions of dollars of easy money enriching a relatively small but powerful elite while the rest of the nation consistently ranks among the world's worst in measures of poverty, development and ill health.
I really don't know what else to say except what a crock of shit. This is the way of the world. It's just more pronounced in Nigeria.
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