Nigeria face expulsion from Egmont
By Guardian Exclusive
14 March 2018 |
10:08 am
Nigeria may be thrown out of The Egmont Group, an international body of 155 Financial Intelligence Units. The group will meet from, March 12 to 15 and may wield the big stick if Nigeria fails to amend the law separating the NFIU from the EFCC.
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