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Halliburton Probe: U.S. Defers Granting Nigeria's Request For Legal Assistance

Guardian Newspapers: "THE United States government has refused releasing the information requested by the Federal Government in the $180m bribery scandal over the LNG projects facilitated by Halliburton.

This appears a clear and certain dampener to the anti-corruption clamour in Nigeria and a cold shoulder to the bid of the Yar'Adua administration to unveil the identities of top government officials implicated in the bribery scandal."

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