The Nigerian information minister says that 55 high-ranking officials and businessmen stole $9 billion from the country's treasury over a seven-year period, including billions earmarked for weapons to fight the terrorist group Boko Haram. At the top of the list: former President Goodluck Jonathan, who apparently stole the weapons money to fund his losing campaign for re-election. Associated Press: The looted 1.35 trillion Nigerian naira could have built 36 hospitals or educated 4,000 children through university, Mohammed said. He said it was stolen between 2006 and 2013, when the naira stood at about 150 to the dollar, half today’s value. Mohammed did not identify the 55 accused but said bankers and businessmen are among them. The funds include $2.1 billion meant to buy weapons to fight Boko Haram’s 6-year-old Islamic uprising that has killed some 20,000 people but instead was diverted to the election campaign of former President Goodluck Jonathan...(Read Full Post)