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    Metro Ibori To Face 170 Charges in Nigeria on Completion of UK Jail Term

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is set to re-arrest and prosecute a former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori, who will return to the country after completion of his prison sentence in Britain on December 20, 2016. Barring last minute changes, the former governor will...
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    Politics James Ibori to be Released From UK Prison in December

    Incarcerated ex Delta State governor, James Onanefe Ibori, will be released from prison in December, reports from The Nation says. Ibori was jailed 13 years for money laundering offences by Southwark Crown court in 2012. It is however unclear if he will return to Nigeria immediately as legal...
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    Politics Ibori Appeals UK Conviction, 2 Months Before Completion of Jail Term

    A London court heard on Friday, October 7, an appeal instituted by convicted Nigerian politician, James Ibori that the British police and lawyers involved in his case were themselves corrupt. The former Delta governor is serving a 13-year sentence after pleading guilty in 2012 to 10 counts of...
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    Politics UK Upholds Ibori's Conviction Despite Evidence of Police Corruption

    Former Delta Governor, James Ibori, remains convicted despite new evidence that police corruption in the process of his prosecution was covered up, a UK court has ruled. Ibori was sentenced to 13 years in prison in 2012 for fraud, money laundering and other offences. However, the case became...
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    Politics Panama Papers: Buhari Orders Probe of Saraki, 7 Others [FULL LIST]

    The Presidency has reportedly ordered a probe into those Nigerians who were named in the Panama Papers scandal. According to PREMIUM TIMES, those to be probed include: Senate President, Bukola Saraki Former Senate President, David Mark Former National Planning Minister, Rasheed Gbadamosi...
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    Politics James Ibori's Daughter: Nigerians Are Praying for my Father's Safe Return

    Hon. Erhiatake Ibori, daughter of Chief James Ibori, former Delta State governor, has stated that many Nigerians are praying for her father's safe return to the country. Ibori is currently incarcerated in the UK for financial crimes he committed when he was governor of the state. Speaking in...
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    Politics James Ibori's Daughter Sends Him Special Birthday Message

    36 year old Ehiatake Ibori, who represents Ethiope West constituency in the Delta State House of Assembly has written a special birthday message to her father, former Governor James Ibori.
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    Metro Ibori’s Lawyer Awarded £20,000 for Unlawful Detention

    Bhadresh Gohil, a lawyer convicted of money laundering and linked to James Ibori, a former governor of Delta state, has received £20,000 from the crown prosecution service after claims that he was deprived of his rights. According to BBC, Gohil had served half his sentence for fraud and...
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    World #PanamaPapers: List of Those Implicated in Africa

    The massive leak of confidential documents described as the Panama Papers has got a lot of politicians and world leaders hot under the collar. The leak of more than 11.5 million documents from Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca—obtained by German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung and the...
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    Metro #PanamaPapers: James Ibori Exposed, Among 140 People in the World With Hidden Assets

    Former Delta state governor, James Ibori has been indicted in a massive tax evasion scandal and allegations of corruption made by Panama Reports released in Panama, a tax haven where many wealthy people go to invest their money due to the free tax laws in the country. Read the full report from...
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    Politics James Ibori Re-arrested After Being Released From UK Prison [THE NEWS]

    Ex Delta State governor, James Onanefe Ibori, has been re-arrested after the completion of his prison terms in the United Kingdom. According to The News, Ibori was jailed 13 years in April 2012 by a Southwark Crown court in London for using UK financial institutions to launder hundreds of...
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    Politics Ibori Reacts to Reports He's Returning £6.9m Loot Back to Nigeria

    Ex Delta State governor, James Ibori, has condemned reports that FG is set to receive a fresh 6.9 million pounds sterling described as “Ibori loot”. Ibori’s media assistant, Tony Eluemunor, in a statement said “there is no ‘Ibori loot’ anywhere in the world. Such money, whether in British...
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