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U.S. court jails former NNPC executive for 87 months over $2.1 million bribery scheme

U.S. court jails former NNPC executive for 87 months over $2.1 million bribery scheme A United States federal court has sentenced Paulinus Iheanacho Okoronkwo, a former top executive of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), to 87 months in prison for his involvement in a major bribery and money laundering scheme linked to oil contracts in Nigeria. Okoronkwo, 58, a dual citizen of Nigeria and the United States, was convicted in August 2025 in the Central District of California on multiple charges, including money laundering, tax evasion, and obstruction of justice. Court...
Abdullahi Mustapha Haruna -
Africa

Gabonese junta jails...

The wife of Gabon’s ousted President, Ali Bongo Ondimba, who has been under house arrest since the coup in late August, has been jailed on suspicion of embezzling public funds.
Maryam Umar -
Crime

Lagos court jails...

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Tuesday, sentenced a man, Ifeanyi Ndieze, to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting a four-year-old in church.
Maryam Umar -
Opinion

Accounts from the...

Accounts from the jails, by Jamila Mohammed Kolo (2) The prisons in Asia are notorious for their horrific states. They are said to be some...
Salim Sani -
Crime

Benue High Court...

Benue High Court jails 3 internet fraudsters Justice Abdu Dogo of the Federal High Court sitting in Makurdi, Benue State capital has convicted and sentenced...
Salim Sani -
Crime

Court in Ikeja...

An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday convicted a trader, Mrs Temitope Awobeku to three years imprisonment for stealing N1.193 million from an aged...
Salim Sani -
Crime

China jails gang...

A court in east Zhejiang Province on Tuesday sentenced 17 people to prison for smuggling more than 23 tons of pangolin scales into the...
Gift Luckson -
Crime

Court jails 2...

A Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere, has remanded, two cousins Olamilekan (Goke) Oke, 33, and Akande Adeyinka, 27, at the Ikoyi correctional centre,...
Maryam Umar -
Crime

Court jails ex-judicial...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of Borno State former judicial officer, Ramat Mohammed (alias Gaddafi) for defrauding 194...
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