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IMO AS THE LEAST CORRUPT STATE 10th December 2019 The National Bureau  of Statistics (NBS) has rated Imo has the least corrupt State in Nigeria. The rating was contained in the bureau’s latest report titled “The 2nd Corruption Survey Report in Nigeria”, released at the State House Conference Center in Abuja, on Friday. Imo was rated the least corrupt state in Nigeria with 17.6%, followed by Jigawa and Plateau states. The National Bureau of Statistics conducted the survey with the support of the United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime, in collaboration with other partner international agencies. Highlights of the survey were presented by the Statistician General of the National Bureau of Statistics, Dr Yemi Kale, and the Country Representative of the UNODC in Nigeria, Mr Oliver Stople. He said that the first corruption survey report on Nigeria was conducted in the last half of 2018, where Imo State was ranked very high in the corruption index.

THE  GENESIS OF OUK’S TRAVAILS:AN OPINION   BY: JOHN MGBE VAILS:AN OPINIONI merely  wish to do a  brief profile  of  the genesis  of Orji Uzor Kalu’s  travails in  order to put matters  in perspective.After this  brief profile, there may be a  need to do an elaborate  analyses in order to carry everybody  along . It is not exactly  correct to say that OUK’S travails  started 12 years ago i.e in 2007 when he served out as Governor of Abia State. Long before  he served out as governor, he was already in the cesspool  of crises  as the anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC), was  already investigating  his  alleged financial   infractions. This can be corroborated by the following reports in the mainstream  media in Nigeria. (1)ORJI KALU UNDER PROBE -For Financial Crimes                (Culled from the cover story of Newswatch, November 8,2004 Page 12-20; (2)Orji Kalu Challenges Obasanjo -“Tell us how much money you have; You are a Hy