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 Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Chief James Ibori and some selected leaders of APC […]
…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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]