The British Government has resolved to return to Nigeria £4.2million being part of the funds so far recovered from friends and family members of former Delta Governor, James Ibori.
The British High Commission to Nigeria, Ms. Catriona Laing, who disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja, said this was the first tranche of such planned returns.
Laing said what is currently being returned were retrieved from friends and family members of Ibori.
She noted the Ibori case is complicated and the United Kingdom authorities were still working on the total actual amount involved in the case.
Laing, who spoke at a ceremony for the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between both countries in Abuja, assured more of such recoveries from the Ibori case would be returned to Nigria in due course.
Recently, ZimLive made three audio recordings of Mohadi’s phone conversations public.
The online publication claimed that in the audios, Mohadi is apparently soliciting sex from a number of women, including a married Central Intelligence Officer working in his office.In one of the telephone conversations, a man can be heard scheduling to have sex at his office.
Later, Mohadi “categorically” distanced himself from the “imagined immoral behaviour” and called himself “innocent” while addressing a press conference that was broadcast on Zimbabwe Television Network. He further blamed unnamed political foes for undertaking a voice morphing campaign to damage his reputation.”I am innocent and a victim of political machinations being peddled through hacking and voice cloning,” said the ex-intelligence minister.
Pan- Yoruba socio- political organisation, Afenifere has said the Northerners cannot threaten the South with withdrawal of cattle and other food produce as there are other alternatives where the items can be purchased. There have been fears that acute shortage of beef, vegetables, tomatoes and onions, among other essential edibles from the North may soon […]
The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Ita Enang has assured Nigerians that the presidency has taken drastic steps to crash the prices of petroleum products.
To do so, the Federal government, according to Enang, has concluded plans to host a National Conference on Artisanal and Modular Refining to integrate local refiners into the mainstream refining in Nigeria.
Speaking at the Correspondents’ Arena in Uyo at the weekend, Sen Ita Enang said the Federal Government has agreed to partner with those in the creeks on how to legalise their businesses towards refining with incountry capacities.
Northerners Begin Diversion of Food Items to Niger and Cameroon. Foodstuff and cattle dealers across the Northern part of the country have started diverting their goods and all consumables to the neigbouring countries of Niger Republic and Cameroon. They have also begun blocking trade routes to the South by stopping food item-laden trucks from going […]