IS Nigeria a fantastically corrupt country? The answer has to be an unequivocal yes, however you look at it. This is why I am so happy that President Buhari did not ask Cameron for apology. Instead he asked Mr Cameron to cooperate so that Nigerian assets stashed away in the UK by corrupt Nigerians can be repatriated to Nigeria
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Is a Charlean, elder stateman, one that "deserves a honorary Nigeria's Ambassador Extraordinary to North America! Whenever help is needed by any Nigerian he knows about, he takes on the cause with time and whatever resources he can muster" ? Iyaafin Tola Adenle
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