{"id":161970,"date":"2025-05-11T08:46:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T07:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/corruption-erodes-trust-enables-impunity-amid-nigerias-insecurity-crisis-ribadu"},"modified":"2025-05-11T09:50:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T08:50:29","slug":"corruption-erodes-trust-enables-impunity-amid-nigerias-insecurity-crisis-ribadu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/corruption-erodes-trust-enables-impunity-amid-nigerias-insecurity-crisis-ribadu","title":{"rendered":"Corruption erodes trust, enables impunity amid Nigeria\u2019s insecurity crisis \u2013 Ribadu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu, has insisted that corruption has played a role in eroding public trust and enabling impunity amid Nigeria\u2019s insecurity crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Ribadu spoke yesterday while delivering the 9th Oba Sikiru Adetona Annual Professorial Lecture of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, entitled, \u2018Corruption and National Security: Impacts and Consequences\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Represented at the event by Oluwatosin Ajayi, the Director General of the Department of State Service, Ribadu said, \u201cWe cannot talk about the insecurity in Nigeria without acknowledging that corruption has played a role in eroding public trust, compromising law enforcement effectiveness and some cases enabling impunity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether it is the diversion of funds meant for the military hardware or the undermining of due process in arms procurement, the impact is weakening national capacity to respond to threats,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ribadu, however, said that Nigeria\u2019s security and corruption challenges are not beyond redemption.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the path to their resolution runs through the corridor of integrity, leadership and institutional reforms.<\/p>\n<p>In April, Ribadu suggested that President Bola Tinubu and his administration inherited an extremely bad government, particularly insecurity.<\/p>\n<p>The NSA stated this when he visited Benue State to commiserate with the government and the people over the killing of over 72 people by terrorists masquerading as herdsmen.<\/p>\n<p>He condemned the killings and urged the people of Benue to give Tinubu government a chance and stop politicizing the killings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu, has insisted that corruption has played a role in eroding public trust and enabling impunity amid Nigeria\u2019s insecurity crisis. Ribadu spoke yesterday while delivering the 9th Oba Sikiru Adetona Annual Professorial Lecture of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, entitled, \u2018Corruption and National Security: Impacts and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":161968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,15],"tags":[41,254,10949],"class_list":["post-161970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-corruption","tag-nigeria","tag-ribadu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Corruption erodes trust, enables impunity amid Nigeria\u2019s insecurity crisis \u2013 Ribadu - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu, has insisted that corruption has played a role in eroding public trust and ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/corruption-erodes-trust-enables-impunity-amid-nigerias-insecurity-crisis-ribadu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Corruption erodes trust, enables impunity amid Nigeria\u2019s insecurity crisis \u2013 Ribadu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu, has insisted that corruption has played a role in eroding public trust and ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/corruption-erodes-trust-enables-impunity-amid-nigerias-insecurity-crisis-ribadu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-11T07:46:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-11T08:50:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1746940841.634026.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"672\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/corruption-erodes-trust-enables-impunity-amid-nigerias-insecurity-crisis-ribadu#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/corruption-erodes-trust-enables-impunity-amid-nigerias-insecurity-crisis-ribadu\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Corruption erodes trust, enables impunity amid Nigeria\u2019s insecurity crisis \u2013 Ribadu\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-11T07:46:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-11T08:50:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/corruption-erodes-trust-enables-impunity-amid-nigerias-insecurity-crisis-ribadu\"},\"wordCount\":256,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/corruption-erodes-trust-enables-impunity-amid-nigerias-insecurity-crisis-ribadu#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1746940841.634026.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"corruption\",\"Nigeria\",\"ribadu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/corruption-erodes-trust-enables-impunity-amid-nigerias-insecurity-crisis-ribadu#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/corruption-erodes-trust-enables-impunity-amid-nigerias-insecurity-crisis-ribadu\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/corruption-erodes-trust-enables-impunity-amid-nigerias-insecurity-crisis-ribadu\",\"name\":\"Corruption erodes trust, enables impunity amid Nigeria\u2019s insecurity crisis \u2013 Ribadu - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/corruption-erodes-trust-enables-impunity-amid-nigerias-insecurity-crisis-ribadu#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/corruption-erodes-trust-enables-impunity-amid-nigerias-insecurity-crisis-ribadu#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1746940841.634026.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-11T07:46:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-11T08:50:29+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu, has insisted that corruption has played a role in eroding public trust and ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/corruption-erodes-trust-enables-impunity-amid-nigerias-insecurity-crisis-ribadu#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/corruption-erodes-trust-enables-impunity-amid-nigerias-insecurity-crisis-ribadu\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/corruption-erodes-trust-enables-impunity-amid-nigerias-insecurity-crisis-ribadu#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1746940841.634026.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1746940841.634026.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":672,\"caption\":\"Corruption erodes trust, enables impunity amid Nigeria\u2019s insecurity crisis \u2013 Ribadu\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/corruption-erodes-trust-enables-impunity-amid-nigerias-insecurity-crisis-ribadu#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Corruption erodes trust, enables impunity amid Nigeria\u2019s insecurity crisis \u2013 Ribadu\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Corruption erodes trust, enables impunity amid Nigeria\u2019s insecurity crisis \u2013 Ribadu - Nigeria","description":"National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu, has insisted that corruption has played a role in eroding public trust and ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/corruption-erodes-trust-enables-impunity-amid-nigerias-insecurity-crisis-ribadu","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Corruption erodes trust, enables impunity amid Nigeria\u2019s insecurity crisis \u2013 Ribadu","og_description":"National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu, has insisted that corruption has played a role in eroding public trust and ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/corruption-erodes-trust-enables-impunity-amid-nigerias-insecurity-crisis-ribadu","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2025-05-11T07:46:04+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-05-11T08:50:29+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":672,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1746940841.634026.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/corruption-erodes-trust-enables-impunity-amid-nigerias-insecurity-crisis-ribadu#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/corruption-erodes-trust-enables-impunity-amid-nigerias-insecurity-crisis-ribadu"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Corruption erodes trust, enables impunity amid Nigeria\u2019s insecurity crisis \u2013 Ribadu","datePublished":"2025-05-11T07:46:04+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-11T08:50:29+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/corruption-erodes-trust-enables-impunity-amid-nigerias-insecurity-crisis-ribadu"},"wordCount":256,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/corruption-erodes-trust-enables-impunity-amid-nigerias-insecurity-crisis-ribadu#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1746940841.634026.jpg","keywords":["corruption","Nigeria","ribadu"],"articleSection":["all news","Economy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/corruption-erodes-trust-enables-impunity-amid-nigerias-insecurity-crisis-ribadu#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/corruption-erodes-trust-enables-impunity-amid-nigerias-insecurity-crisis-ribadu","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/corruption-erodes-trust-enables-impunity-amid-nigerias-insecurity-crisis-ribadu","name":"Corruption erodes trust, enables impunity amid Nigeria\u2019s insecurity crisis \u2013 Ribadu - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/corruption-erodes-trust-enables-impunity-amid-nigerias-insecurity-crisis-ribadu#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/corruption-erodes-trust-enables-impunity-amid-nigerias-insecurity-crisis-ribadu#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1746940841.634026.jpg","datePublished":"2025-05-11T07:46:04+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-11T08:50:29+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu, has insisted that corruption has played a role in eroding public trust and ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/corruption-erodes-trust-enables-impunity-amid-nigerias-insecurity-crisis-ribadu#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/corruption-erodes-trust-enables-impunity-amid-nigerias-insecurity-crisis-ribadu"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/corruption-erodes-trust-enables-impunity-amid-nigerias-insecurity-crisis-ribadu#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1746940841.634026.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1746940841.634026.jpg","width":1200,"height":672,"caption":"Corruption erodes trust, enables impunity amid Nigeria\u2019s insecurity crisis \u2013 Ribadu"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/corruption-erodes-trust-enables-impunity-amid-nigerias-insecurity-crisis-ribadu#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Corruption erodes trust, enables impunity amid Nigeria\u2019s insecurity crisis \u2013 Ribadu"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}