Abuja High Court Awards Alleged Ibori $15m Cash to FG

James Ibori

An Abuja Federal High Court Friday awarded the controversial $15million bribe money linked to the former  Governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori,   to the Federal Government. Justice Gabriel Kolawole while rejecting the Delta State claim to the money ruled that the state government failed to prove that the money actually belonged to it.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had claimed to have received the money   from an alleged agent of  Chief Ibori in 2007 to influence the commission’s probe against his  administration.

Abuja High Court Awards Alleged Ibori $15m Cash to FG

James Ibori

An Abuja Federal High Court Friday awarded the controversial $15million bribe money linked to the former  Governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori,   to the Federal Government. Justice Gabriel Kolawole while rejecting the Delta State claim to the money ruled that the state government failed to prove that the money actually belonged to it.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had claimed to have received the money   from an alleged agent of  Chief Ibori in 2007 to influence the commission’s probe against his  administration.

74 Boko Haram Sect Members Killed in Army Raid

Nigerian Army

No fewer than 74 members of the Boko Haram sect have been killed by the Nigerian Army in a raid  carried out in Borno State. AFP  reports that the raid which was aimed at crushing  the insurgents in their various hideouts  in the state  took place  on Thursday in two villages in the Mainok Local Government Areas, near Maiduguri, according to Army spokesman, Mohammed Dole.

Pirates Kidnap Two American Mariners off Nigeria's Coast

Barely two days after Exercise African Winds, organised by the African Partnership Station (APS) to tackle piracy in the Gulf of Guinea took off in Calabar, pirates yesterday attacked and took hostage two mariners.