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“James Ibori Bribed Me With $15million In 2007” – Nuhu Ribadu

Posted 11 years ago by admin

Desperate to halt a probe into his finances, governor James Ibori tried to bribe former anti-corruption boss Nuhu Ribadu in 2007 with $15 million in cash in a bag so heavy one man alone could not lift it, Ribadu …

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Ibori Hid Assets In Oando – British Prosecutor

Posted 11 years ago by admin

Convicted former Delta State Governor, Chief James Ibori, hid some of his assets in an indigenous integrated oil company, Oando Plc, according to a British prosecutor. The prosecutor was quoted by Reuters in a report on Monday as saying that the …

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Nigeria Is Not Cursed – CAN Replies Obasanjo

Posted 11 years ago by admin

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has faulted a recent statement attributed to former president, Olusegun Obasanjo who said that Nigeria is jinxed and cursed. Obasanjo, while delivering a keynote address at the 4th Annual Ibadan Sustainable Development Summit during …

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Court rules on $15m Ibori bribe September 20

Posted 11 years ago by admin

Justice Gabrael Kolawole of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja will on September 20, 2013 deliver judgment on the ownership of the $15 million alleged bribe money of a former Governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, which is …

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Ibori loses appeal in UK

Posted 11 years ago by admin

The jailed former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori, lost a legal appeal on Thursday against a 13-year prison sentence for embezzling £50m in one of Britain’s biggest money-laundering cases. Ibori, a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party and …

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“My Lekki House Was Never A Secret” – James Ibori Releases Statement.

Posted 11 years ago by admin

Two days after a spokesman for the EFCC said they discovered a ‘secret mansion’ belonging to Ibori located somewhere in Lekki, James Ibori’ condemned the claims. He released a statement yesterday through his media assistant, Tony Eluemunor, saying the house …

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James Ibori’s Final Judgement.

Posted 12 years ago by admin

The trial of James Ibori has finally come to an end as judge Pitts sentences him to 13 years in prison for money laundering. Judge says he “recognizes that there is another side to the man James ibori but he …

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James Ibori finally convicted in the UK…He stole in store in 1990

Posted 12 years ago by admin

– Ibori, 49, siphoned off millions by inflating state contracts – James Ibori bought a portfolio of luxury London homes and a fleet of armoured Range Rovers Fraudster may have stolen $250million from Nigerian coffers as he rose through the ranks …