Tag: James Ibori
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Ex-Delta Gov, James Ibori pays tribute to late Nigerian President, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua
Former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori has extolled the virtues of the late Nigerian leader, former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua who died in office 10 years ago. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the late former Nigerian leader died in office on May 5, 2010. Eulogizing the ex-Nigerian leader on his personal Twitter handle @JamesIbori6, the…
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No CoS anywhere exhibited complete loyalty, commitment to his principal like Abba Kyari – James Ibori
Former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori on Saturday extolled the rare virtues of late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari who died on Saturday from the novel coronavirus [COVID-19] disease. According to the former governor, no Chief of Staff anywhere has exhibited the kind of commitment and loyalty that the late…
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PDP National Chairmanship: Dokpesi woos Igbinedion, Ibori, Ize-Iyamu
Former Governor of Delta, Chief James Ibori, on Friday described Chief Raymond Dokpesi as a passionate loyalist of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying he had toiled for the party. Ibori said in Oghara when he received Dokpesi, a national chairmanship aspirant of the party, that the aspirant was enjoying huge confidence of party members because…
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I’ll play politics till I die, James Ibori declares
Former Delta State Governor, James Onanefe Ibori has declared his intention to stage a comeback on the Nigerian political scene. Ibori declared this on Tuesday in an interview with Reuters after his court hearing in London. Ibori who was governor of Delta State from 1999 to 2007 said his involvement in politics was for the…
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Ibori out of prison, spends Christmas in the UK, returns to Nigeria January
Nigeria’s former governor James Onanefe Ibori who was released from prison in the United Kingdom (UK) about noon today after serving a 13 years prison sentence for corruption and money laundering is set to return to Nigeria in January. Justice Juliet May gave the edict that the matter for the deportation of the Delta state…
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BREAKING: Ibori steps out of prison
James Onanefe Ibori, former governor of Delta State, has stepped out of prison in the United Kingdom (UK) where he served a 13 years jail term for corruption and money laundering. Ibori’s release followed a dramatic turn of events at a British High Court in London in which Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, was accused of…
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BREAKING: Efforts to keep Ibori in further detention by British govt fail
Efforts by the British government to get a court order to continue to detain former Delta state government, James Ibori, who has served out a concurrent 13 years jail term, failed, propelling the presiding Judge to lambast the British Home Secretary, saying she is being unlawful and misusing her powers. According to TheNewsGuru reporter in…
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BREAKING: London court orders Ibori’s immediate release
A London court has ordered the immediate release of James Onanefe Ibori from prison before nightfall today. Ibori was convicted and jailed for corruption and money laundering by a Southwark Crown court on 17th April 2012 in the United Kingdom (UK), but there has been mild drama today in the British High Court as senior…
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Ibori goes to church
The long wait will be over soon! May even have been over before you get to read this! The gates of the London prison will soon open for the enigmatic ‘Sheikh’, James Onanefe Ibori, to breathe the air of freedom. Already, a huge number of Nigerians is on ground the United Kingdom (UK) to accord…
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Nigerians invade London for Ibori
A steady stream of Nigerians made up of especially Deltans have in the past week flooded London in anticipation of James Onanefe Ibori, who is scheduled to be released this week, after completing his 13 years jail sentence for corruption and money laundering. This is especially so as Ibori has indicated that he will not…