The World Bank has sanctioned and blacklisted 18 Nigerian firms and individuals over corruption and Fraud. The sanctions were issued by the World Bank Sanctions Board, World Bank Chief Suspension and Debarment Officer and the African Development Bank, Maxilensnews gathered. The debarments made by AfDB were recognised by World Bank under a cross-debarment policy. List…
The head of Sudan’s ruling council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has pronounced the dissolution of the transitional sovereign council and the government, enacting a state of emergency amid a military coup after PM’s arrest. In a statement delivered on Monday, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the head of a Sovereign Council of military and civilian members which runs…
Popular Muslim Cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi on Sunday cautioned President Muhammadu Buhari against declaring bandits as terrorists, which to him will mark the end of Nigeria as a sovereign and united entity. Mr Gumi, a retired army military officer and mufti, admitted that the devastation inflicted by rampaging bandits in Nigeria’s northwest amounts to terrorism,…
