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UK Court Delivers Final Ruling In Diezani Corruption Trial Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has been acquitted of all six bribery charges brought against her in the United Kingdom. A jury at Southwark Crown Court in London returned a unanimous verdict of not guilty on Wednesday after a 12-week trial that examined allegations of corruption during her tenure as Nigeria’s petroleum minister. Alison-Madueke, who served in the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan between 2010 and 2015, had consistently denied all the allegations. The jury reached its decision after 46 hours of deliberations. Prosecutors had accused the former minister of accepting benefits from oil and gas industry figures seeking favourable treatment in relation to contracts and business interests in Nigeria. According to the prosecution, Alison-Madueke allegedly enjoyed a “life of luxury” in London funded through illicit benefits provided by individuals linked to the oil and gas sector. The court heard claims that she received £100,000 in cash, more than £2 million spent on luxury shopping at Harrods, £4.6 mi…

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1. 🚨 BREAKING: Diezani Alison-Madueke, Nigeria’s former oil minister, has been acquitted of bribery charges, following a decade long corruption investigation by the National Crime Agency (NCA) 🧵 www.reuters.com/world/africa...

Ex-Nigerian Oil Minister Cleared of Bribery by London Jury Diezani Alison-Madueke Photo by Chris Ratcliffe / Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bl Article content (Bloomberg) — Former Nigerian oil minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, was cleared of all bribery charges following a London trial that lasted for five months. Sign In or Create an Account or View more offers Article content Alison-Madueke, minister for petroleum resources in Africa’s biggest oil producer from 2010 to 2015, was found not guilty on five counts of accepting bribes from people linked to energy firms and one count of conspiracy to commit bribery while in office by a jury at Southwark Crown Court on Wednesday. The jury deliberated for more than 46 hours before reaching their verdict. Article content We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or tap here to see other videos from our team . Article content Article content Alison-Madueke, 65, was charged by the UK’s National Crime Agency in 2023 over allegations she took £100,000 ($133,910) in cash as well as accepting flights on private jets, chauffeur driven cars and luxury goods from Louis Vuitton and Harrods. As oil minister for Ni…

Former Nigerian oil minister cleared of all six bribery charges By Sam Tobin Former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke was on Wednesday found not guilty by a London jury of six bribery charges after a rare corruption trial of a high-profile former energy official. Alison-Madueke, minister for petroleum resources between 2010 and 2015 under then-president Goodluck Jonathan, stood trial charged with five counts of accepting bribes and a charge of conspiracy to commit bribery, which she denied. Prosecutors alleged Alison-Madueke, 65, was given “a life of luxury” in London from oil and gas industry figures seeking lucrative contracts in Nigeria, which has long grappled with mismanagement and corruption. But the former minister, who was also briefly president of Opec, said she never took any bribes and had no real influence over the awarding of lucrative government contracts. After a trial in London’s Southwark Crown Court, Alison-Madueke was acquitted of all six charges she faced. Reuters

Ex-oil minister Deziani Alison-Madueke cleared of all charges by London ... Top Stories Published By Isa Isawade Date 17th June, 2026 Share: Diezani Alison-Madueke Quick Read After a trial at London's Southwark ‌Crown ⁠Court, Alison-Madueke was acquitted by a jury of all six charges she faced after more than 46 hours of deliberation. Former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke was on Wednesday found not guilty ​by a London jury of six bribery charges, after ‌a rare corruption trial of a high-profile former energy official. Alison-Madueke, minister for petroleum resources between 2010 and 2015 under then-president Goodluck Jonathan, stood trial ​charged with five counts of accepting bribes and a ​charge of conspiracy to commit bribery, which she denied. Prosecutors ⁠alleged Alison-Madueke, 65, was given “a life of luxury” in London ​from oil and gas industry figures seeking lucrative contracts in Nigeria, ​which has long grappled with mismanagement and corruption. But the former minister, who was also briefly president of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, ​said she never took any bribes and had no real ​influence over the awarding of lucrative governmen…

Nigeria: UK Court Acquits Ex-Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke of Bribery Charges. [Premium Times] A London jury has acquitted former Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke of all six bribery-related charges after a high-profile corruption trial that lasted several weeks.

Ex-Nigeria oil minister cleared in UK bribery trial Diezani Alison-Madueke had been accused of receiving bribes from oil tycoons but was found not guilty by a jury at Southwark Crown Court.

BREAKING: London court acquits Diezani of bribery charges The Southwark crown court in London, United Kingdom has acquitted Diezani Alison-Madueke, the former minister of petroleum resources, of bribery charges filed against her. Alison-Madueke was acquitted by a jury of all six charges after more than 46 hours of deliberation on Wednesday. During the trial, the written statement of former President Goodluck Jonathan was read in the open court. In the written statement, Jonathan informed the court that it was not unusual for third parties to make payments on behalf of ministers on overseas duties. Jonathan said he had approved Alison-Madueke’s use of private jets on some foreign trips. BACKGROUND In January 2026, the trial of the former minister commenced after the UK government charged her in August 2023 over an alleged £100,000 bribe. The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) said they suspected Diezani had accepted bribes in return for awarding multi-million-pound oil and gas contracts during her stint in office. The former minister, along with Olatimbo Ayinde, an oil executive, and Doye Agama, her brother, were arraigned on charges bordering on accepting bribes. They pleade…

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Ex- Nigerian oil minister cleared of bribery allegations in London Share Diezani Alison-Madueke, once one of Africa’s most powerful energy officials, walked out of Southwark Crown Court on Wednesday a free woman after a London jury acquitted her of all six bribery charges that had shadowed her for more than a decade. The verdict, delivered after more than 46 hours of deliberation across a five-month trial, concluded one of the most high-profile corruption cases to emerge from Africa’s biggest oil producer. Alison-Madueke, 65, was found not guilty on five counts of accepting bribes and a sixth count of conspiracy to commit bribery — charges that alleged she received financial advantages in exchange for steering lucrative contracts toward favored energy firms during her tenure as Nigeria’s petroleum minister from 2010 to 2015. The case, investigated by the UK’s National Crime Agency over nearly a decade, centered on claims that Alison-Madueke accepted what prosecutors described as “a life of luxury” from businessmen linked to Atlantic Energy and SPOG Petrochemical — two firms that secured contracts with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation while she ran the sector. Read also:…