The Swiss authorities have filed a suit against Nigeria at the international court over the detention its vessel, San Padre Pio. Recall that operation forward base of the Nigerian navy in Bonny, Rivers state, had arrested the ship on January 23, 2018. The oil tanker, registered with canton Vaud shipping company ABC Maritime, and its […]
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12 of the 19 crew members of a ship have been kidnapped from a Swiss merchant vessel off the coast of Nigeria. Sky TV reports that the ship, MV Glarus was carrying wheat between Lagos and the southern Niger Delta oil hub of Port Harcourt. It was boarded by pirates when it was around 45 […]
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A second half header from Steven Zuber cancelled out a sensational early goal from Philippe Coutinho as Switzerland and Brazil drew 1-1 in a tight Group E World Cup opener on Sunday. With 20 minutes gone, Coutinho gathered a 25-yard clearance from goal and curled a shot into the far corner off the post to […]
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Switzerland says it has returned all the money kept in the country by Sani Abacha, late Nigerian head of state. Pio Wennubst, assistant director-general and head, Global Cooperation Department, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, told NAN that the money was returned with $1.5 million interest. Wennubst said Switzerland returned about $322.5 million dollars (N116.11 […]
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Prominent African business and healthcare sector leader Dr Awele Elumelu welcomed her appointment as a Gavi Champion for Immunisation in Africa. “Childhood immunisation is a critical intervention and I am honoured to play a role in this important programme, targeting almost 10 million African children, who are not fully immunised,” said Dr Elumelu during the […]
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The governments of Nigeria and Switzerland have sealed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the return of $321 million traced to former Nigerian military ruler, Sani Abacha. The deal was signed on behalf of Nigeria by Abubakar Malami, the attorney-general of the federation, in Washington DC, US, on Monday afternoon at the headquarters of the […]
Continue ReadingThere are tangible evidences indicating that the Federal Government have agreed to pay the Government of Switzerland $79m (N25.2bn) as part of conditions for the repatriation of almost $400m (N128bn) recovered from the family of the late military ruler, Gen. Sani Abacha. The Chairman of the Civil Society Network Against Corruption, Mr. Olanrewaju Suraj, said […]
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