Fighting corruption is not a one-night affair.

I don't see why anybody should worry.

What the oil producer gets paid is about 16 percent. The majority of it is tax, which in fairness to the government of this country they have accepted and admitted.

Let me make a solemn pledge before all of you, before the whole world and before God, that I will devote all my energy and all I possess in my power to serve the people of Nigeria and humanity.

Yet there comes a time in the life of a patriot when abdication would amount to a betrayal if not outright treachery.

Unfortunately, the true force which propels our endless political disputes, our constant struggles for political advantage, is often not our burning concern for democracy, it is often of our dedication to the principle of the rule of law.

We will work to bring an element of stability to the price of oil.