Nigeria Loses Bid To Tax $559m Halliburton Bribe Fine

Nigeria, Friday, lost its bid to get part of the $559 million (about N89. 44 billion) fine imposed by the US Government on Halliburton Energy Services Ltd for offering bribe to Nigerian officials in its effort to secure the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas, NLNG, contract.The government through the Federal Inland Revenue Services, FIRS, had written to Halliburton Energy Services Nig. Ltd., in 2009,