Ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor set to serve half a century jail term in UK

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Ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor is to serve his 50-year war crimes sentence in the UK, Justice Minister Jeremy Wright has confirmed. Sweden and Rwanda had also offered to imprison him following the rejection of his appeal last month by a UN-backed special court in The Hague.

It ruled that his convictions had been proved beyond doubt. He was sentenced in May 2012 for aiding rebels who committed atrocities in Sierra Leone during its civil war. Mr Wright made the announcement in a written statement to Parliament.

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EFCC arrests former CBN governor, Charles Soludo

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Former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Prof Charles Soludo, was Thursday arrested  by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC). He was picked up from his Abuja residence a source in EFCC confirmed to Vanguard. Vanguard gathered that Soludo’s arrest was in connection with the controversial contract he awarded for the printing of polymer currency notes to an Australian firm while he was governor of the CBN between 2006 and 2008.  It was not clear as at the time of filing the report if the operatives would release the former Anambra State Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate. (Vanguard)

Charles Okah prison letters

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Dear readers – I wanted to share with you this letter from Charles Okah, who is currently held in prison where he has been pressured to fabricate accusations against critics of the government and subjected to the worse kind of abuse. His story speaks for itself. – Nasir El-Rufai.
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