The Former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, on Monday urged the Federal High Court in Abuja to order the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to retrieve her seized assets from their current buyers. The former minister specifically requested that the court direct the anti-graft agency to recover the seized properties from the individuals or entities to whom they were sold. …

Legal luminary, Prof. Mike Ozekhome has debunked persistent allegations of corruption against former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, asserting that no stolen Nigerian funds have ever been traced to her by United Kingdom authorities. In a statement on Sunday, the Senior Advocate of Nigeria stated: “The immediate past Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, confirmed to her …

Diezani: CISLAC urges transparency in $52.88m repatriated assets, lauds collaboration The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has commended the repatriation of $52.88 million in recovered assets linked to former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, by the United States government. CISLAC praised the collaboration between the Nigerian and US governments in achieving this milestone and stressed the need for …

The government of the United States of America has repatriated no less than $52.88 million linked to a former Petroleum Resources Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The funds were said to be from the forfeiture of the Galactica assets linked to Alison-Madueke and her associates. US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Richard Mills Jnr., led a delegation that signed the Asset Return Agreement …

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, postponed the hearing of a suit filed by former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, challenging the orders obtained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for final forfeiture of her seized assets. The matter, which was scheduled on number 15 on the cause list, could not proceed due to the absence …

A former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke has filed a libel suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF). In the suit marked CV/6273/2023, Alison-Madueke is accusing the first and second defendants – the EFCC and the AGF – of writing and publishing “false and defamatory reports about her of …

A former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to set aside the bench warrant issued against her on 24th July 2020. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that, in a motion on notice by her counsel, Prof. Mike Ozekhome, Alison-Madueke sought an order extending the time within which she could seek …