London, Jan 27, 2026 (AFP) - Ex-OPEC president accused of enjoying 'life of luxury' from bribes at UK trial

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2026-01-27

British prosecutors on Tuesday accused Diezani Alison-Madueke, the first woman president of OPEC, of enjoying a "life of luxury" from bribes taken when she was Nigeria's oil minister. The 65-year-old, who sat in the dock at London's Southwark Crown Court on the first day of her trial, is accused of multiple counts of bribery between 2011 and 2015, when she was Nigeria's minister for petroleum resources under then-president Goodluck Jonathan. Duri......

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