Ibori Returns Only $15m Out Of $200m He Misappropriated -Obasanjo
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Olusegun Obasanjo, a former president, has disclosed that James Ibori, a former governor of Delta State, looted $200 million but only repaid $15 million of the funds. Between 1999 More...
EFCC Sets To Ambush James Ibori, Lists Ribadu as Key Witness in $15m Bribe Allegation
Chief James Ibori LAGOS DECEMBER 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The pioneer Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has been listed as a key witness against a former Governor of Delta State, Mr. James Ibori, More...
Miscreants,Rodents, Criminals Take Over N2.8b Seized Alamieyeseigha’s Hotel in Abuja
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Almost seven years after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) handed over the N2.8billion Chelsea Hotel to the government of Bayelsa State, the hitherto money-spinning More...
EFCC Is Now a Toothless Bulldog Under Magu – Obasanjo
Obasanjo LAGOS MARCH 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday lamented that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has become a toothless bulldog. He said the anti-graft agency More...
Nigeria Among 10 Most Corrupt Countries, Ranked By Perception
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Corruption lingers at the core of many of the world’s underdeveloped nations. Nigeria, the most populated country in Africa, is perceived to be the most corrupt among 60 More...
Buhari’s Anti Corruption War Should Start from Himself-Obasanjo
Buhari and Obasanjo LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to begin his anti-corruption crusade with himself, the vice president, the Senate More...
Anti-Graft War: Buhari Orders AGF to Probe Ex-EFCC Bosses
Muhammadu Buhari -LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) through the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, to probe More...
Are Southerners Incapable of Being EFCC Chairman? Fani-Kayode Asks Buhari
Fani Kayode LAGOS NOVEMBER 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of “insensitivity” following the appointment of Ibrahim Magu as the More...
Ribadu Dumps APC, Joins PDP
Ribadu LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Nuhu Ribadu, has dumped the opposition All Progressives Congress [APC] and joined the Peoples Democratic More...
Ibori $15m. Bribe: Delta State Govt. May Appeal against Ruling
Chief James Ibori LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-THE last may not have been heard on the controversial $15 million allegedly offered by the disgraced former governor of the state as bribe to Malam Nuhu Ribadu, More...
Delta State Forfeits Ibori’s $15 Million to Federal Government
Chief James Ibori LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Federal High Court in Abuja has finally declared that the $15 million bribe money offered to the pioneer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, More...
Ibori N22bn Loot: UK Court to Restart Asset-Confiscation Case
Chief James Ibori LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Hearing in the case of confiscation of 90 million pounds (N22.5 billion) worth of asset belonging to ex-governor James Ibori ended inconclusively on Monday in a More...
At 53, Nigeria is not a Nation Yet
By Olugu Olugu Orji LAGOS OCTOBER 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Sometimes when a problem is complex and convoluted, resolution is achieved faster by the process of elimination. Knowing one way that something does not work More...