Nigeria to Charge Dick Cheney in Pipeline Bribery Case

Nigeria to charge Dick Cheney in $180 million bribery case, issue Interpol arrest warrant
© na The energy services company Dick Cheney ran prior to becoming Vice President of the United States was atop the tongue of Liberals each time it was awarded a contract in Iraq. Now the company's name, Halliburton, is being spoken somewhere else: Nigeria. According to a story filed late Wednesday, Cheney will be indicted in a Nigerian Bribery case as part of an investigation into an alleged $180 million Bribery Scandal. "Last week, Nigeria arrested at least 23 officials from companie...

Nigeria to charge Dick Cheney in $180 million bribery case, issue Interpol arrest warrant
© na The energy services company Dick Cheney ran prior to becoming Vice President of the United States was atop the tongue of Liberals each time it was awarded a contract in Iraq. Now the company's name, Halliburton, is being spoken somewhere else: Nigeria. According to a story filed late Wednesday, Cheney will be indicted in a Nigerian Bribery case as part of an investigation into an alleged $180 million Bribery Scandal. "Last week, Nigeria arrested at least 23 officials from companie...

Nigeria to charge Dick Cheney in $180 million bribery case, issue arrest warrant through Interpol
Stumble This! The company that Vice President Dick Cheney ran prior to becoming Vice President of the United States was atop the tongue of every liberal each time his company was awarded a contract in Iraq. Now the company's name is being spoken somewhere else: Nigeria. According to a story filed late Wednesday, Cheney will be indicted in a Nigerian Bribery case as part of an investigation into an alleged $180 million Bribery Scandal. "Last week, Nigeria arrested at least 23 officials from comp...

Nigeria Charges Cheney in Bribery Case
BusinessWeek reports: Nigeria will file charges against former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and officials from five foreign companies including Halliburton Co. over a $180 million Bribery Scandal, a prosecutor at the anti-graft agency said. Indictments will be lodged in a Nigerian court “in the next three days,” Godwin Obla, prosecuting counsel at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, said in an interview today at his office in Abuja, the capital. An Arrest War

Nigeria to charge Dick Cheney with bribery
Nigeria will file charges against former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and officials from five foreign companies including Halliburton Co. over a $180 million Bribery Scandal, a prosecutor at the anti-graft agency said. Indictments will be lodged in a Nigerian court “in the next three days,” Godwin Obla, prosecuting counsel at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, said in an interview today at his office in Abuja, the capital. An Arrest Warrant for Cheney “will be iss...

Nigeria to Charge Dick Cheney in Pipeline Bribery Case
Nigeria will file charges against former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and officials from five foreign companies including Halliburton Co. over a $180 million Bribery scandal, a prosecutor at the anti-graft agency said. Indictments will be lodged in a Nigerian court "in the next three days," Godwin Obla, prosecuting counsel at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, said in an interview today at his office in Abuja, the capital. An Arrest Warrant for Cheney "will be issued and transmit...

Cheney to Be Charged with Bribery in Nigeria
Nigeria will file charges against former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and officials from five foreign companies including Halliburton Co. over a $180 million Bribery Scandal, a prosecutor at the anti-graft agency said. Indictments will be lodged in a Nigerian court “in the next three days,” Godwin Obla, prosecuting counsel at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, said in an interview today at his office in Abuja, the capital. An Arrest Warrant for Cheney “will be iss...

NIGERIA TO CHARGE DICK CHENEY IN PIPELINE BRIBERY CASE
Nigeria will file charges against former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and officials from five foreign companies including Halliburton Co. over a $180 million Bribery Scandal, a prosecutor at the anti-graft agency said. Indictments will be lodged in a Nigerian court “in the next three days,” Godwin Obla, prosecuting counsel at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, said in an interview today at his office in Abuja, the capital. An Arrest Warrant for Cheney “will be iss...

Halliburton Says It Hasn't Seen New Nigerian Charges
Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Halliburton Co., the world's second- largest oilfield-services provider, said it hasn't seen any amended charges by Nigerian authorities who plan to indict current and former employees in a Bribery Scandal. Nigeria will file charges against former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and officials from five foreign companies including Halliburton over a $180 million Bribery scandal arising from the construction of a $6 billion liquefied natural- gas plant, Godwin Obla, prosecuti...

Nigeria To Charge Cheney With Bribery
Nigeria will file charges against former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and officials from Halliburton Co. and four other companies in a Bribery case involving $180 million. It is rather ironic that Cheney can go around bragging about torturing people, but will be charged criminally with a bribe in Nigeria. I will be discussing this and the Wikileaks case tonight on Countdown. Godwin Obla, prosecuting counsel at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, said the indictment will likely come ...

Nigeria 'to charge Dick Cheney'
Are Africa's commodities an economic blessing? Nigeria's anti-corruption agency is to charge former US Vice-President Dick Cheney over a Bribery Scandal that involves a former subsidiary of energy firm Halliburton. Agency spokesman Femi Babafemi said that the charges were likely to be brought next week. The case involves engineering firm KBR, which has admitted bribing officials. Mr Cheney was Halliburton's chief executive before becoming vice-president to George W Bush in 2001. K...

Nigeria to Charge Dick Cheney in Pipeline Bribery Case
Source: Bloomberg Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Nigeria will file charges against former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and officials from five foreign companies including Halliburton Co. over a $180 million Bribery Scandal, a prosecutor at the anti-graft agency said. Indictments will be lodged in a Nigerian court “in the next three days,” Godwin Obla, prosecuting counsel at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, said in an interview today at his office in Abuja, the capital. An Arrest Warrant f..

Cheney could face Nigerian charge
Former Vice President Dick Cheney may soon face Corruption charges in Nigeria for his alleged involvement in a Bribery Scandal involving Halliburton, the company he once headed, according to reports from the African nation. "We are filing charges against Cheney," Femi Babafemi, a spokesman for Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, told Reuters. Babafemi added in an interview with AFP: "it's true ... definitely” that Cheney, who was Halliburton’s C...

Nigeria to Charge Dick Cheney in Pipeline Bribery Case
Nigeria will file charges against former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and officials from five foreign companies including Halliburton Co. over a $180 million Bribery Scandal, a prosecutor at the anti-graft agency said....

Dick Cheney to Face Criminal Charges
Not for War Crimes or Torture, mind you. But for the Bribery allegedly committed while at Halliburton that has been bubbling along for years. (h/t scribe) Nigeria will file charges against former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and officials from five foreign companies including Halliburton Co. over a $180 million Bribery Scandal, a prosecutor at the anti-graft agency said.Indictments will be lodged in a Nigerian court “in the next three days,” Godwin Obla, prosecuting counsel at the Econo...

Nigeria 'to charge Dick Cheney' over alleged bribery
LAGOS (AFP) – Nigerian authorities plan to charge ex-US Vice President Dick Cheney in connection with a Bribery Scandal allegedly involving energy firm Halliburton, a spokesman for the anti-graft agency said Thursday. Asked whether Cheney would be charged over the investigation, Femi Babafemi said, "it's true ... definitely." The spokesman could not give details on the charges that he says are likely to be filed next week, but said "they are not unconnected to his role...

Why Nigerian Authorities Are Coming After Dick Cheney
In recent days, anti-corruption investigators in Nigeria have told reporters that they plan to bring charges against former Vice President Dick Cheney in connection with a $180 million Bribery scheme undertaken by Cheney's former company, Halliburton. This case has already been litigated in U.S. courts. Halliburton, which Cheney left in 2000, has admitted to wrongdoing and paid nearly $600 million in civil penalties. As a result, a significant fact pattern has already been established. According...

The Cheney Familys Next Vacation Destination: Not Nigeria
Photo: Tom Pennington/Getty Images Anticorruption police in Nigeria — must be a busy bunch — plan to file charges against and issue arrest warrants for Dick Cheney and other current and former Halliburton officials over their alleged involvement in bribing Nigerian officials for a liquefied-natural-gas contract. Halliburton and KBR, a former unit of Halliburton, pleaded guilty to similar charges in the U.S. last year and settled for $579 million in fines. [Reuters] ...

Nigeria: Dick Cheney To Be Charged Over Alleged Bribery Case
AFP: Nigerian authorities plan to charge ex-US Vice President Dick Cheney in connection with a Bribery Scandal allegedly involving energy firm Halliburton, a spokesman for the anti-graft agency said Thursday. Asked whether Cheney would be charged over the investigation, Femi Babafemi said, "it's true ... definitely." The spokesman could not give details on the charges that he says are likely to be filed next week, but said "they are not unconnected to his role as the chief executi...

Nigeria agency says to charge Dick Cheney over Halliburton
LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's anti-corruption police said on Thursday they planned to file charges against former Vice President Dick Cheney in a $180 million Bribery case involving a former unit of oil services firm Halliburton. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday summoned the country chief of Halliburton and last week detained 10 Nigerian and expatriate Halliburton staff for questioning after raiding its Lagos office. "We are filing charges against Cheney," EFCC spokes...

Nigeria agency says to charge Dick Cheney over Halliburton
Lagos (Reuters) - Nigeria's anti-corruption police said on Thursday they planned to file charges against former Vice President Dick Cheney in a $180 million Bribery case involving a former unit of oil services firm Halliburton. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday summoned the country chief of Halliburton and last week detained 10 Nigerian and expatriate Halliburton staff for questioning after raiding its Lagos office. "We are filing charges against Cheney," EFCC spoke...

Nigeria 'to charge Dick Cheney'
Nigeria is to charge Dick Cheney, the former US Vice-President, over a Bribery Scandal that involves a former subsidiary of energy firm Halliburton....

Nigeria: Anti-graft agency seeks Shell comment
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Nigeria's anti-graft agency wants to question the local Managing Directors of Royal Dutch Shell PLC and oil service firm Halliburton over allegations they bribed authorities in Africa's most populous nation, an official said Tuesday. The investigation by the nation's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission comes after U.S. authorities found those firms and others encouraged massive Corruption within the troubled Nigerian Customs Service and elsewhere. The U.S. cases uncov...

Nigeria Filing Charges Against Cheney
LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's anti-corruption police said on Thursday they planned to file charges against former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney in a $180 million Bribery case involving a former unit of oil services firm Halliburton. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday summoned the country chief of Halliburton and last week detained 10 Nigerian and expatriate Halliburton staff for questioning after raiding its Lagos office. "We are filing charges against Cheney," EFCC s...

Nigerian police to grill Shell, Halliburton officials
Abuja, Nov 30 (PTI) Nigeria''s graft police has asked officials of Shell and Oil service company Halliburton to appear before it for questioning in relation to USD 420 million Bribery cases. The two separate cases were investigated earlier and settled in the United States but the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) spokesman Femi Babafemi said the agency wants to Probe it from the Oil rich African country''s side of things. "We invited the chief executives of Shell and Halliburton as...