The givers of most of the corruption in Africa are from outside Africa.

I believe God knew what he was doing when he put oil under our ground. It should be a means to an end.

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

Pope John Paul II not only visited Nigeria twice but stood by the country in its fight against dictatorship and injustice.

There is no part of the world where corruption is absolutely eliminated.

My joy knows no bounds... I will devote all my energy and all the powers available to me to the service 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.