President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday in New York urged leaders of countries where proceeds of corruption are stashed to do more in returning the stolen funds and assets to their countries of origin. Addressing world leaders at the 70th General Assembly of the United Nations, Buhari restated his administration’s determination to frontally confront the twin evils of…
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