If you were to personally ask President Muhammadu Buhari what the most successful thing a person  could achieve in Nigeria was and he is totally honest with you, he will tell you it is either to seize power (through coup d’états or general elections) or amass riches (through grand corruption). Power and riches for their sake will always breed corruption and that is particularly why the president himself is not exempt. We all know that but some simply deny it. The Panama Papers scandal involving tax-evasion and money laundering cases in off-shore havens shook many international heavyweights in the civilised world but not Nigeria. Buhari’s administration has rendered big thieving Nigerian politicians and quasi-businessmen completely “Panama-proof”. Continue reading →