Section: Nigeria
Security in focus as Obama visits Germany
U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Germany on Sunday to hold talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, one of his closest allies in dealing with a shaky global economy and security crises in the Middle East and Ukraine. It will be the last stop on a six-day foreign journey where Obama has sought to shore …read more Source: Voice Of...
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[REVEALED] UK Urges Citizens Not To Come To Nigeria
The government of the UK has named Nigeria as one of the countries that its citizens should avoid visiting. According to reports in The Sun UK on Saturday morning, the British Foreign Office just released the 18 most dangerous countries to visit for citizens and 45 countries which are partially dangerous. Nigeria was named as one of the 45...
Korrekt: Singer is set to make an impact on the world with music
With two buzzing singles to his credit, the singer is betting on taking his music to the streets and airwaves. Korrekt, a Ukraine based Nigerian singer signed to Indomix Entertainment is no new comer to the music industry. With previous hits like ‘Baby Mama’ still making credible buzz online and on the streets, Korrekt is set to hit...
Panama Papers: Authorities raids offices of Mossack Fonseca law firm
The national police, in an earlier statement, said they were searching for documentation that "would establish the possible use of the firm for illicit activities." The firm has been accused of tax evasion and fraud. Panama’s attorney general late on Tuesday raided the offices of the Mossack Fonseca law firm to search for any...
Panama Papers: Mossack Fonseca’s unofficial office raided in El Savador
Although the officials seized about 20 computers, some documents and interviewed seven employees, no one was detained, Melendez said. Officials from the office of the attorney general in El Salvador have raided the local office of Mossack Fonseca and confiscated several documents and equipment.In a report by Al Jazeera, after the Panama-based law...
Panama Papers: Law firm says data hack was external, files complaint
"We rule out an inside job. This is not a leak. This is a hack," Fonseca, 63, said at the company's headquarters in Panama City's business district. "We have a theory and we are following it," he added, without elaborating. The Panamanian lawyer at the center of a data leak scandal that has embarrassed a clutch of...
Panama Papers: Ukraine President Poroshenko denies offshore vehicle was set up to minimise taxes
Poroshenko told reporters in Tokyo on Wednesday he had the offshore trust set up to separate his business and political interests after he became president and the arrangements were carried out with full transparency. Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko denied he put his assets in an offshore trust to minimise taxes, after the country’s...
Panama Papers Update: US Justice Dept reviewing law firm reports
The department is determining whether the findings point to evidence of corruption and other violations of U.S. law. The U.S. Justice Department is reviewing reports about the offshore financial arrangements of global politicians and public figures based on 11.5 million leaked files from a Panamanian law firm, a department spokesman said on...
Panama Papers Update: Credit Suisse, HSBC dismiss tax avoidance allegations
HSBC and Credit Suisse we.re named among the banks that helped set up complex structures that make it hard for tax collectors and investigators to track the flow of money from one place to another Credit Suisse and HSBC, two of the world’s largest wealth managers, dismissed on Tuesday suggestions they were actively using offshore structures...
Panama Papers Update: Probes opened, China limits access to news on leaks
Following the reports, China has moved to limit local access to coverage of the matter with state media denouncing Western reporting on the leak as biased against non-Western leaders. Authorities across the globe have opened investigations into the activities of the world’s rich and powerful after a cache of leaked documents from a...
