In Nigeria, political parties are built around power, personalities, and access to public resources.
Kazeem also attempted to use his ill-gotten funds to develop a $6 million, four-star hotel in Lagos, Nigeria, the Justice Department said in a statement on Wednesday.
Mr Smith said Nigeria took small steps to address the situation but a culture of denial persisted among Nigerian officials.
The programme was created in 1991 and, under President Joe Biden, was extended to cover about 600,000 Venezuelans and 521,000 Haitians.
President-elect Donald Trump had said he would look into criminal cases relating to the individuals, accusing them of weaponising the justice system to prosecute him.
After taking the oath of office, Mr Trump will deliver his inaugural speech as the 47th U.S. president.
Mr Biden in April 2024 signed a law forcing TikTok owner ByteDance to find an American owner for the app.
President Joe Biden’s decision to rescind Cuba’s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism comes in the dying days of his administration.
The death toll from the blazes rose to 10, Los Angeles County’s Medical Examiner said in an update late on Thursday, without providing identities or other details.
In Washington, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said on Monday, “We’re close” but “nothing is done until everything is done.”
