Tag: Ibori
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Ibori loses appeal against UK graft conviction
A former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori who was jailed in Britain for laundering tens of millions of dollars in stolen public funds through British banks and properties lost an appeal against his conviction in London on Wednesday. The Court of Appeal’s ruling against Ibori, is a relief for the British authorities at…
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Ibori appeals against UK fraud conviction
Ex-Governor of Delta state James Ibori on Wednesday filed an appeal against his conviction in United Kingdom, alleging corruption in the ranks of British police. Ibori was released from a jail in December 2016 after serving half of his 13-year sentence, as is normal in Britain. The former governor had pleaded guilty to laundering a…
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2019: Vote in the right leaders, Ibori tells electorate
A former Governor of Delta, Mr James Ibori, on Thursday urged Nigerians to take the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration seriously to enable them to vote for the right candidates during elections. Ibori, who is also the publisher of The Independent Newspapers Ltd., said this at the company’s Annual Thanksgiving service held at its premises in…
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Tambuwal, Wike, Okowa, Ibori hold discreet meeting in Asaba
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state, Wednesday played host to governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State and Nyesom Wike of Rivers state, barely three days after the National Convention of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP). Also present with them in Asaba was the former governor of Delta state, Chief James Ibori who was not present…
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2019: Wike storms Delta, meets Okowa, Ibori for reconciliation talks
Ahead of the its repositioning strategy towards the 2019 general elections, the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Reconciliation Committee and Executive Governor of Rivers State, Barrister Nyesom Wike on Saturday arrived Delta State in company of his governor colleague, Senator Patrick Okowa for a reconciliatory meeting with former governor, James Ibori. …
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PDP nominates Ibori into convention committee
Former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, has been nominated into the National Convention Planning Committee for Friday’s Special Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ibori, is No 41 in the main organising committee list. He was, however, absent at the inaugural meeting of the committee on Wednesday. Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa…
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Saraki, Okowa, Ibori, others hail Sen. Nwaoboshi at 60
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, former Governor James Ibori on Sunday celebrated Senator representing Delta North, Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi, as he marks his 60th anniversary. Speaking at the Thanksgiving Mass for Sen. Nwaoboshi at St Augustine’s Catholic Church, Ibusa, they speak of his importance to his constituents, and all called…
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Legal victory demonstrates Ibori as victim of UK’s ongoing political persecution
The profound victory which Chief James Onanefe Ibori won on Monday against the British Home Secretary must be not be understated. This was not about the £1 nominal damages but the significantly greater victory over just how the UK political establishment blatantly attempted to restrain a free man. The victory was greater for the principle.…
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Ibori wins legal battle over unlawful detention
Former governor of Delta State, JamesIbori has won a High Court declaration that he was unlawfully detained by Home Secretary Amber Rudd. But a judge ruled that Ibori, who claimed £4,000 in damages for breaches of his human rights, is only entitled to a nominal £1 of the sum. Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb declared he was…