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Ibori’s ‘mistress’ released from London prison, back...

June 27, 2012 no comments

NAN – Udoamaka Okoronkwo-Onuigbo, the mistress of a former governor of Delta State, James Ibori, has been released from a United Kingdom Prison after serving two years. Okoronkwo-Onuigbo, who w...

Governor Uduaghan’s cousin released by kidnappers

June 16, 2012 no comments

Sources say Pa Samuel Uduaghan, the 70-year old cousin to state Governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan, who was recently abducted has been released. Pa Sam was kidnapped two days ago, snapped up from his home o...

Gunmen kidnap Delta state Gov. Uduaghan’s cousin

June 14, 2012 no comments

Gunmen, in a daring daytime attack, abducted a first cousin to the Delta State’s Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan. The victim, 70-year-old Sam Uduaghan,was kidnapped while the governor was receiving ...

Mother and 3 children sentenced to six months for assaulting landlord

June 12, 2012 no comments

NAN – An Asaba Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday sentenced a 44-year-old woman, Mrs Helen Nwokobia and her three children to six months imprisonment each for assaulting their landlord. The children...

EFCC arraigns Timipre Sylva over N6.46 billion fraud

June 5, 2012 no comments

ABUJA, June 5 (Reuters) – Nigerian authorities took a powerful former governor of a state in the oil-producing Niger Delta into protective custody on Tuesday, pending charges of fraud and money...

Ibori case: “Nigeria has no reputation to lose”, lawyers s...

May 27, 2012 no comments

Recent reports that British law enforcement officers collected £20,000 from former Delta State governor, James Ibori, is not a problem for Nigeria and taints only Britain’s reputation, prominen...

London police arrest four over “bribe” allegations in Ibor...

May 24, 2012 no comments

Three former Metropolitan police officers and a serving anti-corruption officer were arrested yesterday over claims that information about a Nigerian fraudster was handed to a private security firm i...

London police investigate allegations of bribery in Ibori trial

May 23, 2012 no comments

London’s Metropolitan Police say they have launched an investigation into claims that a private detective firm paid thousands of pounds in bribes to police officers in exchange for information ...

“Height of insensitivity” – Patience Jonathan shuts ...

May 15, 2012 no comments

Patience Jonathan, wife of Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan, displayed the “height of insensitivity” on Monday morning, residents say, when the First Lady’s visit to comm...

10 killed in Delta State gun battle, including five policemen

May 14, 2012 no comments

Reports say 10 people were killed in a gun battle between policemen and armed bandits at Igbodo in Ika North LGA in Delta State. The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) for Abraka in Delta, CSP Steve Chi...

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