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Nigeria’s Dangote Group says it is cooperating with FX investigation

Nigeria’s Dangote Group says it is cooperating with FX investigation

NIGERIA'S Dangote Group said that it was cooperating with an anti-graft commission which is investigating the possible misuse of foreign exchange from the central bank and would provide all required information. In its first comments since the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) visited the company's headquarters in Lagos last week, Dangote confirmed that the agency's officers had sought some documents to help the investigation. The group is owned by Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote. It said it first received a request for documents last month and delivered a batch on Jan. 4 but the EFCC did not accept the documents, insisting…
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Sierra Leone anti-graft body summons ex-president Koroma for questioning

Sierra Leone anti-graft body summons ex-president Koroma for questioning

UMARU FOFANA SIERRA Leone's anti-corruption body has summoned former President Ernest Bai Koroma for questioning under oath over allegations of graft while in office, it has announced. The summons by the anti-graft commission is the latest move in a campaign by Koroma's successor, President Julius Maada Bio, to call to account the previous administration that Maada Bio says took the country to the brink of economic collapse. His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone, speaking at the UK-Africa Investment Summit in London, 20 January 2020 It concerns alleged wrongdoing in connection with mining, construction and procurement contracts, and…
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