The bribery trial of former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke at London’s Southwark Crown Court this week shifted focus, as witness testimony painted a complex picture of luxury transactions while the defence methodically challenged the prosecution’s narrative, centering on the alleged duplicity of businessman Kola Aluko. The proceedings, now in their second week, have highlighted […]
Testimony from a former building contractor provided a detailed look into the management of high-value London properties connected to former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke during the fifth day of her bribery trial at Southwark Crown Court. Tony Mulcahy, the former director of Bear Rock Construction Ltd, gave evidence about work his company performed between […]
Proceedings in the high-profile bribery trial of former Nigerian Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke were unexpectedly adjourned today. The scheduled hearing at Southwark Crown Court was cancelled due to the illness of a juror. This pause offers a moment to reflect on the complex and sprawling case that has unfolded over the past week. It is […]
The London trial of Diezani Alison-Madueke, Nigeria’s former Minister of Petroleum Resources, focused on a series of luxury furniture transactions on Monday, with testimony revealing a complex web of aliases, entourages, and third-party payments. The case, unfolding at Southwark Crown Court, centres on whether millions spent on London properties, renovations, and shopping constituted bribes or […]
The bribery trial of former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke entered its fourth day at the Crown Court in Southwark, with the defence intensifying its focus on missing evidence and the conspicuous absence of key individuals from the dock. As the prosecution began to present its detailed evidence of lavish spending, the defence team pointed […]
The third day of the London bribery trial of former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke was dominated by explosive defence claims of vanished evidence and political motivations, casting a shadow over the proceedings at Southwark Crown Court. Lead defence counsel Jonathan Laidlaw KC launched a robust counterattack, alleging that critical documents had disappeared from Alison […]
At Southwark Crown Court on Wednesday, prosecutors detailed what they describe as a years-long campaign of lavish, secretive spending by oil businessmen on former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke, allegedly in exchange for access to billion-dollar contracts. The court heard that between 2012 and 2014, associate Kola Aluko funded a relentless luxury shopping itinerary. At […]
More allegations have been made against Diezani Alison-Madueke, Nigeria’s former minister of petroleum resources, who is currently standing trial in London, United Kingdom, over bribery charges. British prosecutors told the court that owners of energy companies with profitable contracts from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) paid the running costs of Alison-Madueke’s property […]
In the wood-panelled quiet of Court 4 at Southwark Crown Court, a historic legal reckoning is slowly unfolding. The defendant, Diezani Alison-Madueke, once one of the most powerful women in global energy, now listens as prosecutors detail a decade-old narrative of luxury, influence, and alleged corruption. The 65-year-old former Nigerian petroleum minister and ex-president of […]
Diezani Alison-Madueke, former Nigerian minister of petroleum resources and immediate past president of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), is scheduled to appear before a London court on Monday as her long-awaited corruption trial formally begins. The opening stage of the trial will take place this week, starting with preliminary proceedings such as […]
Diezani Alison-Madueke, Nigeria’s former minister of petroleum resources, has appeared before the Southwark Crown Court in London for a preliminary hearing in her ongoing bribery case. Court records show that the matter was listed before Justice Thornton in Court 8 on Monday. The appearance forms part of early proceedings ahead of the substantive trial, which […]
The former Minister for Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, on Friday, instituted a N100billion defamation suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The erstwhile Minister, who left the country since 2015, in the suit she filed before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, alleged that the anti-graft agency authored and […]
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, refused to grant an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC’s) application seeking the court order on issuance of warrant of arrest against a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu held that an affidavit with evidence in support to prove that the earlier court […]
The Ijaw Women Connect (IWC) says it will not allow anyone victimize Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former minister of petroleum resources. The group expressed this in a statement issued on Tuesday, wherein it said there is an attempt to intimidate Alison-Madueke over her recent comment on the erosion of social values among Nigerian youths. While speaking […]
Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, says online fraudsters are the role model youths look up today today in society, as she discussed on the importance of mentorship. READ ALSO: Dominican republic withdraws Diezani Alison… Diezani said this while delivering a lecture at a virtual event organized by the Ijaw National Development Group, on […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. (EFCC), on Tuesday, said that it will issue criminal summons against former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to compel her to stand trial. The EFCC counsel, Faruk Abdullah, told Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja. Read also: Breaking: We have not dropped corruption charges against Diezani […]
…Fixes Feb 5 for arraignment of ex- Petroleum Minister …Ex-Kebbi Gov, Dakingari, others for arraignment on Dec 6 over N450m fraud The day of reckoning appears to have beaconed on former Minister of Petroleum Resources Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, as the Federal Capital Territory, High Court, on Monday, granted an approval to the Economic and Financial […]
A Federal High Court on Lagos on Wednesday ordered the temporary forfeiture of a landed property belonging to the former Minister of Petroleum Resources , Mrs Diezani Alison Madueke valued at N325million to the Federal Government. Justice Babs Kweuwumi granted the order of temporary forfeiture of the property, sequel to a motion file and argued […]
Further hearing in a suit filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), seeking final forfeiture of $4.760 million two Penthouses linked to a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has been fixed by a Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos. Justice Mojisola Olatoregun on Friday fixed February 12, 2018 due to non […]
Former Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah, has alleged that former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison Madueke, forced ex-President Goodluck Jonathan to sack her. She made the claim in an upcoming book, ‘On a Platter of Gold: How Jonathan Won and Lost Nigeria’, written by the spokesman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bolaji Abdullahi, who […]