Nigeria, Oct. 14 -- Nigeria has begun training 100 government officials ahead of its next international assessment of efforts to combat money laundering, terrorist financing and the financing of proliferation.

In a statement shared with PREMIUM TIMES on Wednesday by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), the five-day training began in Abuja on Monday and will prepare the officials for a mock evaluation scheduled for November.

The exercise comes nearly a year after Nigeria was removed from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list following steps to address weaknesses in its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing system.

Speaking at the opening of the training, NFIU Chief Executive Officer Hafsat Bakari s...