Nigerians have lost faith in their political leaders and may even welcome a military coup if that can salvage the nation from the evils of corrupt political contractors in power.

Approximately 30 people, including Hoboken Mayor Peter Cammarano, who took office only 23 days ago, Secaucus Mayor Dennis Elwell, state Assemblyman Daniel Van Pelt and Jersey City Deputy Mayor Leona Beldini were arrested Thursday by federal authorities in connection with a major corruption and international money-laundering conspiracy probe.

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. who had already been impeached and ousted from his post, now face a 19-count federal indictment on charges he tried to auction off President Barack Obama's Senate seat, as well as well as other corruption allegations.

Locals in Afghanistan trained by an NGO gather to scrutinize officials' books. Kalan Gazar, Afghanistan - In this remote area amid the rough-hewn mountains of northern Afghanistan, a man gingerly steps forward at a village assembly.

Yusuf Acar has got our attention because he was a D.C. government worker and worked for the men whom the President Obama chose to be the nation's first Chief Technology Officer.

The public remains enthralled as the depth and complexity of Bernie Madoff’s $50 billion ponzi scheme continues to be revealed yet Harry Markopoulos knew about it from the start. So why didn’t anybody listen?

Beleaguered Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich may quit as early as Monday, according to a high-ranking Illinois official

Where natural disasters strike, political corruption is soon to follow, say the authors of a study in the Journal of Law and Economics. But it's not the wind and rain that turns good folks bad; it's the money that floods in afterwards from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

One would have had to have been asleep to have missed the latest bit of political corruption news: Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich (D) attempting to auction off Barack Obama's vacated Senate seat. Now President-Elect Obama is calling for Blagojevich's resignation.

As Barack Obama leaves the Senate for the Presidency, the Illinois governor would have the power to name his successor. At least, until now. Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) is accused of attempting to auction off Barack Obama's Senate seat.

Nine-term La. Congressman William Jefferson lost a close race to Republican attorney Anh "Joseph" Cao on Saturday. Jefferson, who is awaiting trial on bribery charges involving $90,000 found in his freezer.

Absolute power corrupts absolutely, isn't that what they say? In this case, the power many not be absolute, but it appears it was enough to - if the allegations are true - bring down Mass. State Senator Dianne Wilkerson.