• NIGERIA PRESIDENT SIGNS THE NIGERIA FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT (NFIU) BILL INTO LAW

    • August 8, 2018
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    President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit Bill into law. NFIU is the Nigerian arm of the global financial intelligence unit which was before now domiciled in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The new law sought to comply with international standards on combating money laundering, financing of terrorism and check suspicious

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  • EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 6 OF 2018 PRESERVATION OF ASSETS CONNECTED WITH SERIOUS CORRUPTION AND OTHER RELATED OFFENSES

    • August 8, 2018
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    The Buhari administration have issued an executive order No. 6 titled Preservation of Assets Connected with Serious Corruption and other Related Offenses” In this order, the President is  giving the prosecuting authorities the power to seize properties or assets. The Executive Order is not to forfeit people’s properties but rather temporarily deny access to the

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