Islamic-Ethical Norms as a Combat against Corruption in Contemporary Nigeria

Corruption in Nigeria is seen to stem from the abuse of administrative power of any kind, be it, judicial, political authority and financial dominance. Also, all corrupt acts are construed as lack of ethical norms from religio-moral perspective, and unjust in relation to the principles that safeguard rendering to everyone their due, thereby undermining communal harmony. As a result, the need to combat corruption in Nigeria has brought all stake holders much closer together by setting up various anticorruption agencies. This study therefore, aims at identifying the phenomenon of corruption, and the root causes of it in our Society. It