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Part 5: A Dangerous Job Nigeria's former anti-corruption csar Nuhu Ribadu is a hero to many Nigerians. Forced out of office and eventually the country, Ribadu talks with Lowell Bergman about how corruption has turned Nigeria into a pariah state. (more »)


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"When some of them [journalists], do these investigations in foreign countries, they run into that nexus of established power -- big money and political power -- and they get crushed." READ MORE »
Lowell Bergman

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