Men of the Nigerian Police Force, the Army, Directorate of State Service, DSS, Customs and other security agencies have Monday taken over the premises of the traditional ruler of Ogwashi-Uku, Obi Chukwuka Okonjo and laid siege to other parts of the town after the kidnap of Prof. Kamene Okonjo, 82, mother of the Minister of […]
Prominent Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, on Thursday, said he would appear before any court to testify in the alleged $15m bribe offered the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, by former Delta State Governor, James Ibori. Clark, who spoke with journalists in Abuja, also called on President Goodluck […]
A few weeks ago, a building contractor based in Ikorodu, Lagos, Alhaji Alaka Kamaldeen, 46, had a harrowing experience. Kamaldeen was standing outside his office on Aug. 24, 2012 when an Audi car with four passengers suddenly pulled up close to him. The occupants were armed with guns. Without saying a word, they pounced on […]
Last Saturday, 22 September, 2012, marked the 82nd anniversary of the birth of the first executive governor of the defunct Bendel State, now Edo and Delta States, Professor Ambrose Folorunsho Alli. Coincidentally it was also the 22nd memorial of his death, having been born on 22 September, 1929 and died on 22 September, 1989. The […]
A businessman, Mr. Chibuike Achigbu, who was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday over the alleged Chief James Ibori’s $15million bribery scandal has been granted administrative bail. The bribery was said to have been offered to the pioneer chairman of the EFCC, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu by Ibori when he was governor […]
By Austin Ogwuda Asaba—DELTA State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, yesterday, announced the ban of commercial motorcycles otherwise known as Okada in Asaba, the state capital and other major cities, with effect from this month. Uduaghan, who received the new boss of Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, in Delta State, Commander Ada Ajenge, who paid him […]
BY Austin Ogwuda Asaba—A Prophet and a landlord have been arrested by the police following the death of a woman who went for a prayer session conducted at a private residence in Agbor, Delta State. The incident, according to state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Charles Muka, occurred weekend, at the residence of the landlord, […]
Dan Onwukwe (08023022170)( dan_onwukwe@yahoo.com ) There is always something about former governor of Delta State, Chief James Onanefe Ibori that rivets attention. Ibori is now serving a jail term in Britain after being convicted on charges of fraud, money laundering and corruption, by the Southwark Crown court 9. It’s all about his stories. Ibori’s stories have […]
The former governor of Delta state, southern Nigeria, James Ibori, convicted for fraud by a court in Britain, has been transferred to the Worcestershire Long Lartin Prison outside London. The maximum-security prison houses terrorists, rapists, drug barons and other violent criminals. A recent report in The Guardian, a United Kingdom newspaper, portrayed the prison as […]
BY IKECHUKWU NOCHIRI ABUJA — The Delta State Government has gone before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to challenge moves by the Federal Government to claim the $15 million allegedly given to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, by the jailed former Governor of the State, Chief James Ibori, who left ofice […]
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