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Pact with Tinubu: Ibori takes over Delta APC

Ihesiulo Grace 13 May 2023 0

Tipped to nominate Petroleum Minister, others By Nosa Àkeñzua Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Chief James Ibori has concluded arrangements to take over the structure of the All Progressives Congress in Delta State. Daily Times gathered that there was a high-level meeting between Asiwaju

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I cried on live TV when I buried my mother – Ibori

Ihesiulo Grace 30 January 2023 0

…As Olateru lays mother to rest Osogbo BY CHUKWUEMEKE IWELUNMO Chief James Ibori, former Governor of Delta State said that he wept on live television when his mother, Madam Comfort Ibori, was being prepared for burial in October, 2004. Ibori stated this over the weekend in Osogbo, the Osun State Capital, in his short speech […]

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Omo-Agege, Okowa, Ibori, others attend anniversary thanksgiving of Warri monarch

Ihesiulo Grace 22 August 2022 0

By Nosa Akenzua Activities marking the first coronation anniversary of the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse lll, has ended with a thanksgiving ceremony at the palace chapel of the monarch in Warri. The event attracted dignitaries from all walks of life – from the state and beyond – including the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie […]

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Malami: Pleads with Ibori to withdraw suit against UK over £4.2 million loot linked to him

Ihesiulo Grace 16 May 2021 0

The Federal Government has written to the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) to beg former Delta State Governor, James Ibori to withdraw his suit against the United Kingdom on the planned repatriation of about £4.2 million linked to him. According to a report by Barrister NG, the government also promised UPU that it would create an […]

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Abacha loot Vs Ibori loot

Ihesiulo Grace 14 March 2021 0

The attorney-general of the federation and minister of justice Abubarkar Malami (SAN) announced last week that the £4.2 million which is expected to arrive Nigeria next week would be used for the construction of the second Niger Bridge, Abuja-Kano road and Lagos-Ibadan expressway, and would not returned to the Delta State government from where it […]

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Ownership of £4.2m seized by UK from Ibori ignites more controversy

Ihesiulo Grace 11 March 2021 0

The dust raised by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Abuja and London for the return of £4.2 Million of the monies confiscated from a former Delta State governor, Chief James Onanefe Ibori, by the government of the United Kingdom, may take a long time to settle. This is especially so following […]

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I do not want to be part of this dance – Ibori replies Akpabio

Ihesiulo Grace 4 August 2020 0

James Ibori, former Governor of Delta State, has countered allegations by Godswill Akpabio, Minister of Niger Delta, linking him to contract scam in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. Ibori said contrary to Akpabio’s allegation he did not receive any contract from NDDC. Recall that Daily Times reported that Akpabio had named Ibori as one […]

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“I am not guilty”, says Ibori

Ihesiulo Grace 12 February 2017 0

Former Governor of Delta State, Chief James Onanefe Ibori, who was recently released  from a jail in Britain, has asserted that he was not guilty of the charges against him. Rather, he stated that his traducers were the ones that are guilty. He made the assertion at a thanksgiving service held in his honour at […]

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Ibori cleared to return to Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 31 January 2017 0

Erstwhile governor of Delta state, Chief James Onanefe Ibori, who had spent close to four years in a London prison for graft charges, and ended his prison term in December last year, is set to return to Nigeria after been cleared by a British court on Tuesday. Ibori, in a statement by his Media Assistant, […]

Opinion

Ibori: London and cesspool of stolen monies

Ihesiulo Grace 11 January 2017 0

For those anxious for James Onanefe Ibori’s touchdown in Nigeria, patience has to be a virtue. For the Ogidigboigboi is not coming home just now. Why? London is not done with him yet. London lawyers are circling like vultures over Ibori’s head, forming an apparent evil looking halo even as the British Home Office seeks […]

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Drama in UK Court over N6.3b Assets of Ibori’s Mistress

Ihesiulo Grace 15 April 2015 0

The language was acerbic; tempers flared, somewhat. Lawyers de­ployed harsh words against each other. That was the hallmark of the hearing at Courtroom 8 of the Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday in Lon­don, the United Kingdom. At issue was the hearing into the planned confisca­tion of assets worth N6.3 billion (£21 million) traced to Udoamaka […]

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Ibori's £89m Assets: Confiscation Trial Begins Today

Ihesiulo Grace 13 April 2015 0

The long awaited aborted confiscation of assets worth £89 million hearing of former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, begins today (Monday) at Southwark Crown Court, courtroom 8. Billed to last for six weeks, both the Crown prosecutors and Ibori’s defence team, have this final chance to prove to Judge Anthony Pitts, whether the […]

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UK to Use Ribadu’S Fresh Evidence against Ibori

Ihesiulo Grace 31 March 2015 0

When his assets for­feiture trial in the United Kingdom begins on April 13, former Delta State Governor, James Onanefe Ibori, will be ­confronted by fresh evidence from former chairman of the Economic and financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu. Ribadu, whose attention is cur­rently taken up as Governorship candidate of the Peoples Demo­cratic Party […]