Twenty-seven people are set to go on trial on Monday for money laundering in connection with the "Panama Papers" tax evasion scandal, which revealed how many of the world's wealthy stashed assets in offshore companies. The defendants due to go on trial in a Panamanian criminal court include Jurgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca Mora, the founders of the now-defunct law firm at the center of the scandal, France24 reports.
Omoyele Sowore, the former African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, has knocked Peter Obi for calling on the Nigerian government to tax the rich to subsidise electricity for the poor. Obi, who is a former Labour Party presidential candidate, had charged the government to tax rich Nigerians to be able to provide cheap electricity for the poor.
Activities marking the final week of the year-long centenary celebrations of St Paul’s Anglican Church, Ile-Ife, begin tomorrow with a visit to the Correctional Centre of the Nigerian Prisons Service Ile-Ife. It will be followed on Wednesday by a three-day evangelical revival across the city and a novelty match at the prestigious Oduduwa College. The […]
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