Financial Autonomy: ICPC to begin monitoring use of local government funds

As the federal government finalises plans to disburse funds directly to the 774 local governments in Nigeria, the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) announced on Thursday its plan to begin monitoring the utilisation of the funds. The commission disclosed the plan during the launch of an initiative for the implementation of the tracking in Abuja…

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“Our Unity Brings Us a Lot of Good”. Orthodoxy in Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein scenery    The Principality of Liechtenstein is a European microstate between Austria and Switzerland. With an area of only sixty-two square miles and a population of about 40,000, Liechtenstein is ranked among the richest countries in the world, which, in addition to the financial sector, has highly developed industry (including microelectronics) and agriculture. It…

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Roaming Charges: Welcome to the Machine

Frank Gehry’s Experience Music Project building, Seattle. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Confessions + Trump and Rubio would have deported Tom Paine for writing seditious pamphlets as a “citizen of the world” and not the US. As it was, Paine died a…

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