A London Court is set to sentence former Delta State governor, James Ibori, today. The beleagured ex-governor who pleaded guilty to 10 counts of fraud and money laundering charges to the tune of $250 million could face up to 10 years in jail, reports say. James Ibori James Ibori appeared at the Southwark Crown Court […]
BY FESTUS AHON UGHELLI – DELTA State Government has given seven days ultimatum to the management of MTN Nigeria Communications Limited to pay it accumulated ecology tariff amounting to N454.9 million or be ready to shut down their various masts scattered across the State. Mast State Commissioner for Environment, Mr Frank Omare who handed down […]
A gunman, on Saturday night, went berserk in Sapele and killed four persons who were drinking in a bar located at 67, Macpherson road, opposite Okotie-Eboh Grammar School. The incident, which took place at about 8.30 p.m., threw the town into a state of confusion. Nigerian Tribune gathered that the deceased were in the bar […]
March 13, 2012 by Emmanuel Addeh, Warri Police in Delta State have begun manhunt for the kidnappers of five persons in Warri on Sunday. Two daughters of a Chevron Nigeria Limited contractor, aged two and nine years and their mother who works with Shell, were among those abducted by unknown persons around the Effurum Roundabout, […]
Asaba – The Delta State Police Command has arrested a man alleged to have attempted to kidnap an Italian, Mr Galvagni Renze, in Asaba, Delta. The Public Relations Officer of the Command, Mr Charles Muka, who confirmed the arrest of the suspect on Friday, said that the attempted kidnap took place on Thursday in Asaba. […]
Judicial corruption is a cliché, but that is, for sure, what has elicited deep concern over many years. This concern was certainly not shared by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo who, at the opening ceremony of all Nigeria Judges Conference in 2003, sanctified the nation’s judiciary like this: “The Judiciary in Nigeria is not corrupt or inefficient. […]
By Raheem Oluwafunminiyi, Ibadan, Nigeria, March 8, 2012 – In a country like ours where corruption is a norm and culture, quickly embraced and never fought to either a standstill or logical conclusion, the repatriation of Ibori’s loots by the Southwark Crown Court in the UK, remains a source of concern to this writer, most […]
THE Supreme Court yesterday in Abuja put judicial seals on the elections of Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State and Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, as it dismissed the appeals seeking to nullify their victories at the polls. In separate judgments, the Supreme Court predicated its decision on the same legal pedestal and reasoning. The […]
By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, London, UK, March 1, 2012 – When the late Fela Anikulapo-Kuti released the song, VIP – Vagabond In Power in the late 70’s, Nigerians paid little heed to the lyrics, but danced their feet out to this politically-laced music. By the time they realised that Fela was something of a prophet, […]
Posted: February 29, 2012 – 15:32 Posted by siteadmin caption: Former governor James Ibori By SaharaReporters, New York Amid apprehension by some Nigerians that the Goodluck Jonathan administration might negotiate with UK authorities over the fate of former Governor James Ibori of Delta State, a source at the British Home Office told SaharaReporters today that […]
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