London, Jan 26, 2026 (AFP) - Ex-OPEC president's corruption trial to begin in London

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2026-01-26

The corruption trial of Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former Nigerian oil minister and the first woman president of OPEC, is set to begin in London on Monday. The 65-year-old faces five counts of accepting bribes and one count of conspiracy to commit bribery, all related to her time as Nigeria's Minister for Petroleum Resources between 2010 and 2015 when Goodluck Jonathan was Nigeria's president. Alison-Madueke is accused of accepting "financial or o......

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