Former Petroleum Resources Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke answers a question following a speech at the IHS CERAWeek, in Houston, March 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] DAKAR ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP ... as part of a yearslong corruption probe against former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke and associates, according to a joint statement by Nigeria's minister of ...

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DAKAR, Senegal (AP ... as part of a yearslong corruption probe against former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke and associates, according to a joint statement by Nigeria’s minister ...

On Friday, the government announced that millions in recovered funds linked to former Petroleum Resources Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke will be used to fund rural electrification projects across Nigeria.

Nigeria plans to power its rural communities with illicit funds recovered from a former oil minister and her associates.On Friday, the Nigerian government announced that millions in recovered funds linked to former Petroleum Resources Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke will be used to fund rural electrification projects across the country.

The United States announced Friday that it would be returning USD 52.88 million in seized assets to Nigeria as part of a yearslong corruption probe against former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke and associates,

The court forbids all banks from dealing in all monies and assets belonging to Mr Obaigbena and General Hydrocarbons Limited.

By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria and the United States signed an agreement on Friday to repatriate about $52.88 million in assets forfeited by former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke and her associates.

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A prominent Nigerian lawyer and former EFCC prosecutor Wahab Shittu has waded into Diezani Alison-Madueke's delayed trial in Nigeria over alleged corruptionIn a trending interview, Shittu revealed that complex legal processes are complicating the successive government's efforts to extradite ex-minister Diezani to Nigeria for trialDiezani has remained in the United Kingdom since the end of Jonathan's administration,

Close to $53m (£43m) in alleged illicit funds recovered from Nigeria's former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke among others will be used to fund public services, the country's justice ministry ...