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Return all forfeited funds, properties purchased legitimately, Oghara Union tells UK On …Delta elders reject FG’s bid to spend £4.2m refund by Britain …Threaten court action By Emma Amaize & Ikechukwu Nnochiri Delta Elders Forum, led by South-South leader, Chief Edwin Clark, yesterday, opposed plans by the Federal Government to use the £4.2 million pounds taken from the state and seized by a former governor to complete roads and other infrastructure projects in other parts of the count...

UK to return £4.2 million Ibori loot to Nigeria The fund, which translates to about N2.4billion at the official rate, was recovered from Mr Ibori and his associates. 3 min read The United Kingdom government is set to return to Nigerian government, over £4.2 million recovered from a former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori, who was convicted of corruption charges in the U.K. in 2012. The money translates to about N2.4 billion at the official exchange rate. Representatives of...

States should lead in economic recovery and sustainable growth On By Kayode Fayemi ONE of the most significant consequences of the global public health crisis, the novel coronavirus, was the adverse effect that it had on economies around the world. As the world faced the greatest public health challenge in most of our lifetimes, we also grappled with the economic effects of lockdowns: limited travel and economic activity, and especially, for oil producing countries like Nigeria, the rapid decl...

Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Uche Ogah (left); Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu; Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma; Project Manager, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, Wiser Fridget; Federal Controller of Works, Anambra State, Adeyemo Ajani and others during inspection of the Second Niger Bridge at the weekend br The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, some ministers from the South-East zone and the Ohanaeze Ndigbo President-General, Prof. George Obiozor, at the w...

The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr.Ogbonnaya Onu, said President Muhammadu Buhari has achieved 40 percent success in the construction of the ongoing second Niger bridge. He noted that such were the exemplary of good leadership restoration by President Buhari’s led administration ‘which were found absent in previous governments.’ APC chieftain dies in Zulum convoy […]

As the Christmas and New Year festivities draw near, millions of people will travel home to join their kits and kin. Mass movement of people from the North and South-West to the South-East is a common feature of this season. Heavy vehicular traffic of goods and people is the norm. There is heightened fear and apprehension by millions of travellers to the South-East in particular, who must cross the now infamous Niger Bridge at Onitsha to reach their destination. Harrowing tales of suffering, p...

Views: Visits 15 As the Christmas and New Year festivities draw near, millions of people will travel home to join their kits and kin. Mass movement of people from the North and South-West to the South-East is a common feature of this season. Heavy vehicular traffic of goods and people is the norm. There is heightened fear and apprehension by millions of travellers to the South-East in particular, who must cross the now infamous Niger Bridge at Onitsha to reach their destination. Harro...