FORMER Goldman Sachs banker, Elias Preko, was yesterday, sentenced to 4-1/2 years in prison by a London court for laundering $5 million on behalf of James Ibori, the former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori. Ibori is serving 13 years in a British jail after pleading guilty last year to 10 counts of fraud […]
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Abuja| The Delta State Government, yesterday, failed to persuade the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court to grant it ownership of the $15million that was allegedly offered to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in 2007, by convicted former Governor of the state, Chief James Ibori. In a judgment he […]
From Tunde Oyedoyin, London /ibori-james-onanefe_200_160[1].jpg advertisement * Asset hearing proceedings end abruptly * Court awaits witnesses THERE was shock and disbelief all around Southward Crown Court’s Courtroom 14, London Monday as the confiscation of assets hearing proceedings of jailed former Delta State Governor, Chief James Ibori came to […]
Delta State Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan in this interview with journalists, speaks on the need to diversify Nigeria’s economy from its current dependence on oil. JOHN ALECHENU was there. Excerpts: Why is it that states find it difficult to pay salaries each time the Federation Account Allocation Committee fails to meet to share money? Our economy is still oil-dependent […]
-Punch 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 former governor, who is serving a 13-year jail term in the United Kingdom for […]
No fewer than 5,000 women are expected to storm the palace of the Olu of warri, Ogiame Atuwase II, on Tuesday (today) to protest the monarch’s decision to abolish some of the ancient Itshekiri cultural practices. Our correspondent learnt that the women would be dressed in symbolic red attire as a sign of danger for […]
The United Kingdom-based Financial Conduct Authority has fined the UK subsidiary of the Guaranty Trust Bank over £500,000 for failing to do thorough anti-money laundering checks on its potential clients from high-risk countries. The FCA said on Friday that between May 2008 and July 2010, the bank had failed to assess potential money-laundering risks, screen […]
By Austin Ogwuda Asaba — DELTA State governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, yesterday effected a minor reshuffle in his cabinet. In a statement signed by Secretary to the State Government, Mr Ovuozorie Macaulay, Mr Bernard Okumagba, hitherto Finance Commissioner was replaced by Mr Ken Okpara, who was Commissioner for Economic Planning. Macaulay’s statement reads: “It is […]
From PAUL OSUYI, Asaba Delta State Chairman of the Democratic Peoples Party (DPP), Tony Ezeagwu yesterday described the death of Senator Pius Ewherido representing Delta Central at the National Assembly as a great loss. Ezeagwu while battling hard to speak on phone with Daily Sun in Asaba said the late senator was an energetic young […]
A family of seven have died in a mysterious circumstance at Agbor, Delta State. The victims, a retiree of the Nigerian Army, Mr Jacob Ikenchukwu Obuteh, five of his children and a young man believed to be a boyfriend of one of the daughters were found lifeless in their Ime Obi village in Agbor, last […]
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