Attahiru Jega named INEC chairman •28 new commissioners appointed •Council of States confers GCFR on Jonathan
THE Council of States on Tuesday unanimously approved the nomination of the Vice Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano (BUK) and one-time President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Attahiru Jega, as the new chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Tuesday, 8 June 2010
Nuhu Ribadu HAS SOMETHING TO SAY!
"Indeed, my experience in the last couple of years has shown that those who have corrupted and are corrupting this country would fight back with virulence, if we try to stop them, or even attempt to hinder them. From Asaba to Makurdi, from Dubai to London, they will run from pillar to post, and try to erect barricades on our path to national salvation while hiding from justice. They will try to impede or even kill our national hope and aspirations to build a country that will be the pride of all citizens, including the young men and women graduating from this university." – Nuhu Ribadu
SO WE STILL HAVE GOOD JUDGES?
The Verdict
Judge Hardy acknowledged all the pleas, made mention of the special circumstances of them being far away from home, the effect of the custodial sentence on Udoamaka’s 5 year old daughter and especially because of her medical conditions. He also acknowledged the effect on Christine Ibori’s three children and he acknowledged the character witness of the pastor and the medical report submitted. He then stated as follows:
“ I am convinced you each indeed knew of these crimes, but refused to plead guilty when the opportunity was made available to you. I want to make it absolutely clear that Nigeria’s judiciary was usurped. Countries who are signatories to fighting corruption and money laundering must live to the full letter of their commitments. I would therefore apply the full weight of the British law to serve as punishment and deterrent. The jury was satisfied that you were connected to the assets that were spread all over the world including safe havens. Each of you benefited massively. You are not simply agents. Who knows how much you are still hiding?“ With these words, Judge Hardy then sentenced Christine Ibori- Ibie and Udoamaka Okoronkwo -Onuigbo to a total of 21 years in prison to be served concurrently; technically each accused person would serve 5 years in prison. There was wild jubilation in the gallery with Nigerian shouting repeatedly ‘Finally! Justice for the people of Nigeria’.
The convicts were led away by three prison guard, made of 2 female and a male- At this point everyone rushed out to catch a glimpse of the prison van that drove the convicts away.
4:00 PM the prison van drove the newest addition from Southwark Crown court 8 to prison to begin a five year prison sentence as pronounce by Judge hardy.
Judge Hardy acknowledged all the pleas, made mention of the special circumstances of them being far away from home, the effect of the custodial sentence on Udoamaka’s 5 year old daughter and especially because of her medical conditions. He also acknowledged the effect on Christine Ibori’s three children and he acknowledged the character witness of the pastor and the medical report submitted. He then stated as follows:
“ I am convinced you each indeed knew of these crimes, but refused to plead guilty when the opportunity was made available to you. I want to make it absolutely clear that Nigeria’s judiciary was usurped. Countries who are signatories to fighting corruption and money laundering must live to the full letter of their commitments. I would therefore apply the full weight of the British law to serve as punishment and deterrent. The jury was satisfied that you were connected to the assets that were spread all over the world including safe havens. Each of you benefited massively. You are not simply agents. Who knows how much you are still hiding?“ With these words, Judge Hardy then sentenced Christine Ibori- Ibie and Udoamaka Okoronkwo -Onuigbo to a total of 21 years in prison to be served concurrently; technically each accused person would serve 5 years in prison. There was wild jubilation in the gallery with Nigerian shouting repeatedly ‘Finally! Justice for the people of Nigeria’.
The convicts were led away by three prison guard, made of 2 female and a male- At this point everyone rushed out to catch a glimpse of the prison van that drove the convicts away.
4:00 PM the prison van drove the newest addition from Southwark Crown court 8 to prison to begin a five year prison sentence as pronounce by Judge hardy.
Governor Akpabio in love with Farida Waziri
Governor Akpabio's Mercedes Benz gift to EFCC’s Farida Waziri: Lagos State says licence plate is fake
Written by SaharaReporters, New York Tuesday, 08 June 2010 15:05
Akpabio's GL 450 With A Fake Lagos Licence Plate
Saharareporters has further discovered that last week’s attempt by the Akwa Ibom state governor, Godswill Akpabio, to display a Mercedes Benz GL 450 he used in bribing the EFCC chairperson, Farida Waziri, was a carefully-orchestrated lie between the duo to deceive the public. And the Lagos State government has now declared even the license plate of the vehicle to be fake.
Written by SaharaReporters, New York Tuesday, 08 June 2010 15:05
Akpabio's GL 450 With A Fake Lagos Licence Plate
Saharareporters has further discovered that last week’s attempt by the Akwa Ibom state governor, Godswill Akpabio, to display a Mercedes Benz GL 450 he used in bribing the EFCC chairperson, Farida Waziri, was a carefully-orchestrated lie between the duo to deceive the public. And the Lagos State government has now declared even the license plate of the vehicle to be fake.
Wednesday, 2 June 2010
A JURY in the United Kingdom (UK) has convicted the sister of former Delta State
EFCC grills Makoju, others over Siemens' scam
A JURY in the United Kingdom (UK) has convicted the sister of former Delta State governor, Chief James Onanefe Ibori, on charges of money-laundering and mortgage fraud.
According to the Associated Press (AP), Mrs. Christine Ibori-Ibie was found guilty yesterday of 12 charges, stemming from allegations that she helped her brother to embezzle an estimated $101.5 million from the state into British bank accounts.
Her lawyers have served notice that they will appeal against the judgment.
Besides, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) which is also after Ibori, yesterday grilled former Managing Director of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), Joseph Makoju and two others of the electricity outfit over their alleged involvement in the 17.5 million euro bribe-for-contract scandal which has led to the conviction of some officials of the engineering conglomerate in Germany.
Equally quizzed yesterday were the Chief Executive Officer of PHCN, Engineer G.O.P. Osakwe and Legal adviser of NITEL, Samson Olabiyi.
According to a source, the trio was quizzed for several hours before being granted administrative bail.
The jury acquitted one of Ibori's former assistants, Ms. Adebimkpe Pogoson, while a third accused aide's trial continues today.
But Ibori, according to a statement by his media assistant, Mr. Tony Eluemunor, has rejected the judgment of the Southwark Court, London, on the ground that “despite the judge’s directive of last week that every charge must be proved beyond reasonable doubt, despite the failure of the Crown Prosecution to establish any proceeds of crime, despite the prosecution’s failure to evidence any crime, it is difficult to understand how his sister alone could have been found guilty of money laundering without proof.”
Eluemunor explained that it was “a fact that during the judge's summing up last week, he expressly directed that the mortgage charges were "not safe" because the evidence presented by the prosecution had been totally destroyed by the defence during cross-examination; this fact was even conceded in open court by the prosecution.”
Eluemunor said justice has been miscarried “because though several persons were charged with the same allegations, only one was found guilty… Yet, no extra jot of evidence was brought against her.”
He went on: "It is a fact that she was the only one that exercised her right of not giving evidence during the trial; her legal team had decided that the Prosecution’s case against her was so weak that there was no need whatsoever for her to take the witness stand."
Ibori recalled that his sister, Ms. Udoamaka Okoronkwo and Pogoson were faced with the same four-count money laundering charges. The charges against the others were dropped for want of evidence.
“The rest charges against Mrs. Ibie were mortgage-related. But in continuation of the political persecution against Ibori, his sister has now been found guilty where others were rightly found innocent. To Ibori, this is a clear notice that every member of his family is under the same political attack that has been buffeting him, and that the rules would be bent to do his family members in for all the accused should have been declared innocent,” the statement said.
“Ibori said that though a mighty international attempt orchestrated from Nigeria is on to make his family members pay heavily for the public service he rendered to Delta State just because of crass politics, through distortion of facts and media lynching, he nevertheless remains confident that in the end, justice would be done and the innocent would not be unduly victimized; that is why the defence will stoutly appeal this case and ensure that real justice is done and this miscarriage of justice is not allowed to stand.”
Nigeria's anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says Ibori stole as much as $292 million while he was governor in the oil-rich Niger Delta State.
A judge in Asaba last December dismissed a 170-count fraud case against Ibori who was arrested on May 12 in Dubai on a UK warrant and remains there, but is free on bail.
A JURY in the United Kingdom (UK) has convicted the sister of former Delta State governor, Chief James Onanefe Ibori, on charges of money-laundering and mortgage fraud.
According to the Associated Press (AP), Mrs. Christine Ibori-Ibie was found guilty yesterday of 12 charges, stemming from allegations that she helped her brother to embezzle an estimated $101.5 million from the state into British bank accounts.
Her lawyers have served notice that they will appeal against the judgment.
Besides, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) which is also after Ibori, yesterday grilled former Managing Director of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), Joseph Makoju and two others of the electricity outfit over their alleged involvement in the 17.5 million euro bribe-for-contract scandal which has led to the conviction of some officials of the engineering conglomerate in Germany.
Equally quizzed yesterday were the Chief Executive Officer of PHCN, Engineer G.O.P. Osakwe and Legal adviser of NITEL, Samson Olabiyi.
According to a source, the trio was quizzed for several hours before being granted administrative bail.
The jury acquitted one of Ibori's former assistants, Ms. Adebimkpe Pogoson, while a third accused aide's trial continues today.
But Ibori, according to a statement by his media assistant, Mr. Tony Eluemunor, has rejected the judgment of the Southwark Court, London, on the ground that “despite the judge’s directive of last week that every charge must be proved beyond reasonable doubt, despite the failure of the Crown Prosecution to establish any proceeds of crime, despite the prosecution’s failure to evidence any crime, it is difficult to understand how his sister alone could have been found guilty of money laundering without proof.”
Eluemunor explained that it was “a fact that during the judge's summing up last week, he expressly directed that the mortgage charges were "not safe" because the evidence presented by the prosecution had been totally destroyed by the defence during cross-examination; this fact was even conceded in open court by the prosecution.”
Eluemunor said justice has been miscarried “because though several persons were charged with the same allegations, only one was found guilty… Yet, no extra jot of evidence was brought against her.”
He went on: "It is a fact that she was the only one that exercised her right of not giving evidence during the trial; her legal team had decided that the Prosecution’s case against her was so weak that there was no need whatsoever for her to take the witness stand."
Ibori recalled that his sister, Ms. Udoamaka Okoronkwo and Pogoson were faced with the same four-count money laundering charges. The charges against the others were dropped for want of evidence.
“The rest charges against Mrs. Ibie were mortgage-related. But in continuation of the political persecution against Ibori, his sister has now been found guilty where others were rightly found innocent. To Ibori, this is a clear notice that every member of his family is under the same political attack that has been buffeting him, and that the rules would be bent to do his family members in for all the accused should have been declared innocent,” the statement said.
“Ibori said that though a mighty international attempt orchestrated from Nigeria is on to make his family members pay heavily for the public service he rendered to Delta State just because of crass politics, through distortion of facts and media lynching, he nevertheless remains confident that in the end, justice would be done and the innocent would not be unduly victimized; that is why the defence will stoutly appeal this case and ensure that real justice is done and this miscarriage of justice is not allowed to stand.”
Nigeria's anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says Ibori stole as much as $292 million while he was governor in the oil-rich Niger Delta State.
A judge in Asaba last December dismissed a 170-count fraud case against Ibori who was arrested on May 12 in Dubai on a UK warrant and remains there, but is free on bail.
Tuesday, 1 June 2010
Osun State Elections Petition Tribunal
Osun State Elections Petition Tribunal: What Transpired PDF | Print | E-mail
Monday, 31 May 2010 23:01
Some revelations have emerged about the corrupt secret deals that produced the bizarre majority ruling by the Osun State governorship petitions tribunal awarding the election to the incumbent PDP governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola. Last Friday, May 28, a four-judge majority of the tribunal made up of Justices Abimbola Ogie, Garba Ali, Aliu Mohammed, Haruna Bashir, and Agabtan Benedict, affirmed Oyinlola as the winner of the disputed April 21, 2007 election and dismissed the challenge Rafiu Aregbesola, the Action Congress candidate, to the 2007 election outcome. A judicial source disclosed to Saharareporters today that Abimbola Ogie, one of the four judges who reportedly endorsed the unanimous verdict, did not in fact append her signature to the judgment. “This is a highly unusual and curious development,” said the source.
A senior advocate of Nigeria who analyzed the majority decision insisted that the judges failed to address the substantive issues that the Appeal Court had ordered the tribunal to examine.
Another judicial source told Saharareporterporters, “It was obvious that parts of the judgment were altered at the last minute as the tribunal chairman was visibly ill at ease with some of the words and sentences he read while delivering the judgment,” adding, “the judge even used his pen to change some words or cancel others as he read the judgment in open court.”
A high-ranking PDP official told us that, 48 hours before the judgment was delivered, Mr. Oyinlola and his inner circle were still expecting the worst. In fact, the source revealed that, before Oyinlola and the PDP were able to influence the judgment, they were making plans to unleash PDP hoodlums to cause widespread arson and killings targeted at AC members in order to create the impression of “public displeasure” with a judgment that favored Aregbesola. Oyinlola was said to be so uneasy that he contacted former President Olusegun Obasanjo about help in finding a sympathetic panel of justices to hear his appeal in the event that he lost at the tribunal.
Monday, 31 May 2010 23:01
Some revelations have emerged about the corrupt secret deals that produced the bizarre majority ruling by the Osun State governorship petitions tribunal awarding the election to the incumbent PDP governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola. Last Friday, May 28, a four-judge majority of the tribunal made up of Justices Abimbola Ogie, Garba Ali, Aliu Mohammed, Haruna Bashir, and Agabtan Benedict, affirmed Oyinlola as the winner of the disputed April 21, 2007 election and dismissed the challenge Rafiu Aregbesola, the Action Congress candidate, to the 2007 election outcome. A judicial source disclosed to Saharareporters today that Abimbola Ogie, one of the four judges who reportedly endorsed the unanimous verdict, did not in fact append her signature to the judgment. “This is a highly unusual and curious development,” said the source.
A senior advocate of Nigeria who analyzed the majority decision insisted that the judges failed to address the substantive issues that the Appeal Court had ordered the tribunal to examine.
Another judicial source told Saharareporterporters, “It was obvious that parts of the judgment were altered at the last minute as the tribunal chairman was visibly ill at ease with some of the words and sentences he read while delivering the judgment,” adding, “the judge even used his pen to change some words or cancel others as he read the judgment in open court.”
A high-ranking PDP official told us that, 48 hours before the judgment was delivered, Mr. Oyinlola and his inner circle were still expecting the worst. In fact, the source revealed that, before Oyinlola and the PDP were able to influence the judgment, they were making plans to unleash PDP hoodlums to cause widespread arson and killings targeted at AC members in order to create the impression of “public displeasure” with a judgment that favored Aregbesola. Oyinlola was said to be so uneasy that he contacted former President Olusegun Obasanjo about help in finding a sympathetic panel of justices to hear his appeal in the event that he lost at the tribunal.
Osun State Elections Petition Tribunal: What Transpired
Osun State Elections Petition Tribunal: What Transpired
Written by SaharaReporters, New York Monday, 31 May 2010 23:01
Some revelations have emerged about the corrupt secret deals that produced the bizarre majority ruling by the Osun State governorship petitions tribunal awarding the election to the incumbent PDP governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola. Last Friday, May 28, a four-judge majority of the tribunal made up of Justices Abimbola Ogie, Garba Ali, Aliu Mohammed, Haruna Bashir, and Agabtan Benedict, affirmed Oyinlola as the winner of the disputed April 21, 2007 election and dismissed the challenge Rafiu Aregbesola, the Action Congress candidate, to the 2007 election outcome.
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Written by SaharaReporters, New York Monday, 31 May 2010 23:01
Some revelations have emerged about the corrupt secret deals that produced the bizarre majority ruling by the Osun State governorship petitions tribunal awarding the election to the incumbent PDP governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola. Last Friday, May 28, a four-judge majority of the tribunal made up of Justices Abimbola Ogie, Garba Ali, Aliu Mohammed, Haruna Bashir, and Agabtan Benedict, affirmed Oyinlola as the winner of the disputed April 21, 2007 election and dismissed the challenge Rafiu Aregbesola, the Action Congress candidate, to the 2007 election outcome.
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2010 Oil Blocs Sale: Another Impending Fraud?
2010 Oil Blocs Sale: Another Impending Fraud?
Written by Ifeanyi Izeze Tuesday, 01 June 2010 06:10
Across the oil producing world, known prolific but unexploited acreages are assigned to prospectors for the purpose of increasing production capacity or boost reserves. But in Nigeria, everything that happens in the oil sector-upstream and downstream is an aberration of what obtains elsewhere. Awards of oil blocs in this country have become an exercise to ingratiate political loyalists or close associates of powers of the day.
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Written by Ifeanyi Izeze Tuesday, 01 June 2010 06:10
Across the oil producing world, known prolific but unexploited acreages are assigned to prospectors for the purpose of increasing production capacity or boost reserves. But in Nigeria, everything that happens in the oil sector-upstream and downstream is an aberration of what obtains elsewhere. Awards of oil blocs in this country have become an exercise to ingratiate political loyalists or close associates of powers of the day.
Read more: ...
Anti-Corruption Group Petitions EFCC Over NNPC Gas Contracts
Anti-Corruption Group Petitions EFCC Over NNPC Gas Contracts
Written by {ga=siteadmin} Tuesday, 01 June 2010 17:12
An anti-corruption group has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over about one billion dollar contracts by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC) to a little known Lebanese firm, Zakhem, for building pipelines in different parts of the country.
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Written by {ga=siteadmin} Tuesday, 01 June 2010 17:12
An anti-corruption group has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over about one billion dollar contracts by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC) to a little known Lebanese firm, Zakhem, for building pipelines in different parts of the country.
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Deji of Akure Brutalizes Wife
Deji of Akure Brutalizes Wife
Written by SaharaReporters, New York Monday, 31 May 2010 19:01
gangsta_oba_brutalizes_wife gangsta_oba_brutalizes_wife gangsta_oba_brutalizes_wife_5 Olori Bolanle Adepoju Adesina, the estranged second wife of the recently deposed Deji of Akure, Oluwadare Adesina Adepoju, was last night brutalized by the embattled traditional ruler who paid her an unexpected visit. At 6 p.m. yesterday, the oba, who was recently removed by kingmakers, showed up in a two-car convoy at his wife’s residence at 141 Hospital Road, Akure. After pouring an unknown substance on her skin, the deposed oba ordered his guards to whip her.
Written by SaharaReporters, New York Monday, 31 May 2010 19:01
gangsta_oba_brutalizes_wife gangsta_oba_brutalizes_wife gangsta_oba_brutalizes_wife_5 Olori Bolanle Adepoju Adesina, the estranged second wife of the recently deposed Deji of Akure, Oluwadare Adesina Adepoju, was last night brutalized by the embattled traditional ruler who paid her an unexpected visit. At 6 p.m. yesterday, the oba, who was recently removed by kingmakers, showed up in a two-car convoy at his wife’s residence at 141 Hospital Road, Akure. After pouring an unknown substance on her skin, the deposed oba ordered his guards to whip her.
Ibori's Sister, Christine Ibie Ibori, Found Guilty
London Trial: Ibori's Sister, Christine Ibie Ibori, Found Guilty And Remanded In Prison PDF | Print | E-mail
Tuesday, 01 June 2010 06:57
Guilty: Christine Ibie-Ibori
The 12-member jury deliberating on the money laundering trial of associates of former governor of Delta State, James Ibori, today found his sister, Christine Ibie-Ibori, guilty of all charges of money laundering and mortgage fraud. The jury however acquitted Ibori's former assistant, Adebimpe Pogoson, of the charges against her. Also, the jury did not announce its verdict pertaining to Ibori's mistress, Mrs. Udoamaka Okoronkwo. A legal source in London told Saharareporters that the jury is continuing deliberations over Ms. Okoronkwo’s case. The jury went home today unable to reach a verdict, but our source disclosed that a verdict on Okoronkwo could come as early as tomorrow.
Christine Ibie-Ibori was found guilty on all nine counts of money laundering and mortgage fraud. She was detained as soon as the court rose today and sent to prison. The Southwark Crown Court Judge, Christopher Hardy, is awaiting a psychiatric assessment report on her before setting her prison sentence. Efforts by her lawyers to secure her bail were denied.
A legal source told Saharareporters that the jury’s decision regarding Udoamaka Okoronkwo would determine if Ibori’s former mistress is to stand trial with Ibori's wife, Theresa Nkoyo, and his London-based lawyer, Bhadresh Gohil. The prosecution of Mrs. Ibori and Mr. Gohil will commence later this month in the same court. A third trial involving Mr. Gohil, James Ibori, former Governor Victor Attah of Akwa Ibom, and two UK citizens as well as the former private secretary to Umaru Yar'adua, Mr. David Edevbie, will follow later in the year.
UK authorities are currently seeking the extradition of Ibori from Dubai to the UK. A London-based lawyer told Saharareporters that, if the extradition succeeds, Ibori’s trial in the UK on the laundering of Delta State assets worth £70 million pounds, “may well be an international test case in the effort to curtail the illicit outflow of funds from Africa.”
Mr. Ibori remains under arrest in Dubai awaiting extradition hearings by a UAE court.
Tuesday, 01 June 2010 06:57
Guilty: Christine Ibie-Ibori
The 12-member jury deliberating on the money laundering trial of associates of former governor of Delta State, James Ibori, today found his sister, Christine Ibie-Ibori, guilty of all charges of money laundering and mortgage fraud. The jury however acquitted Ibori's former assistant, Adebimpe Pogoson, of the charges against her. Also, the jury did not announce its verdict pertaining to Ibori's mistress, Mrs. Udoamaka Okoronkwo. A legal source in London told Saharareporters that the jury is continuing deliberations over Ms. Okoronkwo’s case. The jury went home today unable to reach a verdict, but our source disclosed that a verdict on Okoronkwo could come as early as tomorrow.
Christine Ibie-Ibori was found guilty on all nine counts of money laundering and mortgage fraud. She was detained as soon as the court rose today and sent to prison. The Southwark Crown Court Judge, Christopher Hardy, is awaiting a psychiatric assessment report on her before setting her prison sentence. Efforts by her lawyers to secure her bail were denied.
A legal source told Saharareporters that the jury’s decision regarding Udoamaka Okoronkwo would determine if Ibori’s former mistress is to stand trial with Ibori's wife, Theresa Nkoyo, and his London-based lawyer, Bhadresh Gohil. The prosecution of Mrs. Ibori and Mr. Gohil will commence later this month in the same court. A third trial involving Mr. Gohil, James Ibori, former Governor Victor Attah of Akwa Ibom, and two UK citizens as well as the former private secretary to Umaru Yar'adua, Mr. David Edevbie, will follow later in the year.
UK authorities are currently seeking the extradition of Ibori from Dubai to the UK. A London-based lawyer told Saharareporters that, if the extradition succeeds, Ibori’s trial in the UK on the laundering of Delta State assets worth £70 million pounds, “may well be an international test case in the effort to curtail the illicit outflow of funds from Africa.”
Mr. Ibori remains under arrest in Dubai awaiting extradition hearings by a UAE court.
Thursday, 13 May 2010
ARRESTED AT LAST !!!
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Ibori Granted Bail, Plans Escape From Dubai James Ibori, the fugitive former governor of Delta State who was arrested in Dubai yesterday at the instance...
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UK Police Confirm Ibori’s Arrest UK authorities moments ago confirmed to SaharaReporters that Mr. James Onafefe Ibori, the 47 year-old...
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James Ibori Arrested In Dubai Several sources have confirmed to Saharareporters that James Onanefe Ibori, the fugitive former governor...
Ibori Granted Bail, Plans Escape From Dubai James Ibori, the fugitive former governor of Delta State who was arrested in Dubai yesterday at the instance...
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UK Police Confirm Ibori’s Arrest UK authorities moments ago confirmed to SaharaReporters that Mr. James Onafefe Ibori, the 47 year-old...
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James Ibori Arrested In Dubai Several sources have confirmed to Saharareporters that James Onanefe Ibori, the fugitive former governor...
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
MR UMARU YAR'ADUA TODAY
UMARU YAR'ADUA Born in 1951 in the northern Muslim state of Katsina Self-confessed Marxist as an undergraduate Became a chemistry teacher after university Married twice, has nine children Governor of Katsina from 1999 to 2007 During his governorship Katsina adopted Sharia law Nicknamed "Baba-go-slow" since becoming president in 2007 High point of his presidency so far - the amnesty for oil militants Has suffered from a chronic kidney condition for at least 10 years
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