A partir du 1er novembre 2010, le conseil d’administration de la Banque mondiale disposera d’un troisième siège (sur 25) pour l’Afrique. Lentement, le continent gagne du terrain au sein des grandes institutions financières internationales, souvent accusées par les ONG alter-mondialistes d’être trop soumises à l’influence des pays riches. C’est une Sud-Africaine, Renosi Mokate, responsable de [...]
October 14, 2010 | Posted in
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ABUJA (Nigeria) – Un tribunal nigérian a inculpé mercredi un ancien conseiller de l’ex-président nigérian Olusegun Obasanjo pour corruption dans le cadre d’une affaire de pots-de-vin impliquant la société américaine de services pétroliers Halliburton. Adeyanju Bodunde est accusé d’avoir reçu “des paiements en espèces” en 2002 et 2003, selon l’acte d’accusation. Ces versements s’élèvent à [...]
October 14, 2010 | Posted in
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British high street banks have accepted millions of pounds in deposits from corrupt Nigerian politicians, raising serious questions about their commitment to tackling financial crime. Based on court documents, this report shows how Barclays, NatWest, RBS, HSBC and UBS all facilitated Nigerian corruption, saya Global Witness.
October 12, 2010 | Posted in
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Presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, has again come under pressure to quit the 2011 presidential race. A source in his presidential campaign told LEADERSHIP WEEKEND that the pressure peaked at the weekend following the indictment of his campaign manager, Chief Raymond Dokpesi [...]
October 12, 2010 | Posted in
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LAGOS – Un tribunal du Nigeria a condamné vendredi à une peine de prison une des femmes les plus influentes du pays pour son role dans le prêt par sa banque de millions de dollars dans un dossier lié à un vaste scandale financier. Cecilia Ibru, membre d’une famille qui controle de nombreuses sociétés nigérianes, [...]
October 8, 2010 | Posted in
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WASHINGTON – La Banque mondiale a annoncé vendredi l’élection d’un troisième représentant pour l’Afrique à sa plus haute instance de décision, son conseil d’administration composé désormais de 25 sièges. L’institution a indiqué qu’avec ce nouveau siège, les pays en développement en contrôleraient désormais une majorité, même s’ils avaient une minorité dans les droits de vote [...]
October 8, 2010 | Posted in
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Nigeria will play Guinea this weekend after Fifa ‘provisionally lifted’ its suspension of the Nigerians. The Nigerian Football Federation was banned on Monday for various reasons, including political interference. This threw Sunday’s Nations Cup qualifier in Conakry into doubt but the game will now take place. “The game will go ahead because the suspension on [...]
October 8, 2010 | Posted in
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Minna — Former military president General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida said yesterday that he did not attend the ill-fated Nigeria@50 celebrations at Eagle Square, Abuja last Friday because he did not believe in spending so much money for an event that should instead have elicited sober reflection on the heroes and heroines that laid down their [...]
October 8, 2010 | Posted in
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Abuja — Director-General of the Ibrahim Babangida Campaign Organization, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, was yesterday arrested by the state security services (SSS) in connection with last Friday’s bomb attacks that almost marred Nigeria‘s Golden Jubilee celebrations. A Presidency source said yesterday that Dokpesi was picked up in the early hours of yesterday, following a revealing short [...]
October 5, 2010 | Posted in
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President Goodluck Jonathan has barred Senate President David Mark from traveling outside the country apparently over the recent threat to internal security of the country. Sources at the Senate President’s office revealed that Mark was billed to travel out to Geneva, Switzerland, to attend a conference of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) but could not make [...]
October 5, 2010 | Posted in
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