Court orders Nigeria govt to reveal names of suspected looters
By CNBC
06 July 2017 |
2:30 pm
The Nigerian government says it will heed a court order asking it to immediately make public, information on the names of high-ranking public officials from whom public funds have been recovered, circumstances under which the funds were recovered.
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