Step Up Nigeria trained 27 teachers from low cost private schools and public schools in the FCT on using innovative tools and approaches to teach anti-corruption education in their schools. After the session, we sat down with 4 of our ‘Teacher Anti-corruption Champions to discuss their role as educators in the fight against corruption in […]

Nigeria’s 2017 audit report for the federation was released in December 2019. The report showed no significant improvement in the management of public resources by government agencies. It also showed a general lack of transparency in the award and use of public funds. The good news is that there was a slight improvement in the […]

We sat down with the co-founder and CEO of the integrity organization, Mr. Soji Apampa, to discuss collective action against corruption in the business sector in Nigeria. He enlightened us about existing collective action initiatives (CAI) on business integrity, challenges faced and successes so far.He also gave some good advice to businesses on actions they […]

2019 was an awesome year for Step Up Nigeria.We reached 5000 children with anti-corruption education/literature including 200 out of school children. One of our young champions addressed world leaders at the UNODC HLPF on Education For Justice (E4J), another champion from the same school won the international youth call with her poem on corruption. We […]

Have you heard about brown envelope journalism? To mark the launch of Onyinye Ough’s book Tosin’s Story, a children’s book about corruption in journalism, Kamri Apollo from WEFM joins the team to discuss the issues and what can be done. Listen to their chat in episode 28 of the Step Up Nigeria podcast series. Feel […]

It is imperative that public sector management systems are strengthened to deliver public services effectively for the people. See here our key findings from the 2017 Audit report.

How can we stop the distribution of cash to cover up corruption scandals? Can brown envelope journalism ever be eradicated?Today, we bring you a special podcast discussing the new children’s anti corruption story book ‘Tosin’s Story’ with the author, our Executive Director @OnyiOugh and @WEFM’s Kamri Apollo.

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SERAP presented a report that assesses the perceptions and experiences of Nigerians as it relates to paying bribes to the Police and the Judiciary, as well as bribes paid to access services in the power, health and education sectors in Nigeria. In this episode, we discuss some interesting findings from the survey to answer the […]

The 2019 Afrobarometer revealed that 1 in 4 Africans pay bribes to access basic services. The Afrobarometer report also showed that corruption affects certain groups of people more than others. In this episode, the Step Up Nigeria team answer three questions.1. Why it is that young people and poor people are the most likely to […]

How can Nigerians report the cases of corruption they encounter? Can they seek legal advice and redress? Are there mechanisms in place to make reporting corruption easy? What anti-corruption hotlines are there? In this week’s episode, we discuss lessons learned from the ALAC initiative of the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC).? We examine the […]