Corruption, some people believe is becoming a culture but this paper admits that it is a culture in Nigeria and in other parts of the world as well. After all, what is culture? Culture is the way of life. By this simple definition of culture and because corruption is found and practiced everywhere and is even entrenched virtually in all segments of the society with many people (if not all) deeply involved in it, corruption then is a culture. Corruption is a global devil that has devoided human intelligibility in its social context. As an anti-social behavior and a plague that has eaten so deep into the entire fabric of the Nigerian society, it confers undue benefits on few people contrary to legal and moral norms of the society. Prior to its contagious and incurable infection, it undermines authorities’ effort to provide welfare for all citizens as the resources to do this are in the hands or at the reach of few of the populace. This paper then examines definitions, theories and concepts of corruption as a ‘die-hard’ phenomenon that has caused terrible retrogression in Nigerian society. The paper therefore concludes by saying that ‘due process’ and ‘fair play’ are the only antidotes that can fight this monster called corruption. The fight must be a genuine one (i.e. act what we preach and preach what we act) if Nigerians desire economic and democratic growth and this can only be possible by a determined, blunt, firm and resolved government

Corruption, some people believe is becoming a culture but this paper admits that it is a culture in Nigeria and in other parts of the world as well. After all, what is culture? Culture is the way of life. By this simple definition of culture and because corruption is found and practiced everywhere...