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Ibori fails to get 13-year jail term reduced

Jailed former Delta State governor, James Ibori, has lost an appeal against his 13-year prison sentence for embezzling 50 million pounds. Reuters reports that Judge Antony Edwards-Stuart on Thursday in London rejected Ibori’s appeal for a...
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Why oil theft will continue in the Niger Delta

Latest Nigerian News Trends about Oil Theft in the Niger-Delta area as of April 21st 2013……. A trail along the river banks deep in the Nigerian swamps winds through forest before arriving at a clearing, where the ground is black...
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Western Delta Varsity graduates 198

A total of 198 students have graduated from the Western Delta University, Oghara in Delta State. They were the first set of students to be awarded first degree by the university and none of them made a first class degree at the institution first...
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Scholarships for Delta private university students

Scholarships for Delta private university students Students from privately owned institutions in Delta State now have an opportunity to benefit from the state’s government scholarship and bursary schemes. The decision was made known by the...
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10 NYSC Corp Members Die In Delta, Ogun, Rivers

As the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), 2011 Batch ‘B’ wound down, yesterday, about 10 corps members died in Delta, Rivers and Ogun states respectively. In her speech at the passing out parade in Asaba, Delta state. The Delta State Coordinator...
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Thunder Kills 3 In Delta State

Three persons were reportedly killed and several others injured yesterday,  following the thunder storm which struck in Obiaruku, Delta State. Reports said the incident left the residents in shock as the three persons were struck down during...
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James Ibori’s Conviction, A Lesson For Nigeria

Yesterday, a London court convicted the former governor of Delta State and a chieftain of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Chief James Onanefe Ibori of corruption and multiple frauds and consequently jailed him 13 years. As many Nigerians...
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James Ibori To Be Sentenced Today As UK Prosecutor Closes Case

The United Kingdom Prosecutor that is currently trying the former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori for multiple frauds on Monday indicted the former Chieftain of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stressing that he stylishly...
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Homosexual Act Rocks 15-Year-Old Marriage In Delta State

The 15-year-old marriage between an Asaba-based businessman, Emeka (surname withheld) and a daughter of a prominent high chief in Asaba, Delta State last Saturday packed up, following an alleged illicit homo-sexual act by the man.  The man...
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Delta State: Armed Robber Arrests Colleague, As Police Kill 3

A robbery suspect in Warri, Delta State has reportedly arrested his colleague in crime who abandoned him at the scene of crime.  Both robbers, reports said were shot on Friday in their legs during one of their operations by a local vigilante...