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$14.8m Fraud allegation: Sylva seeks new EFCC appointment date

Daily Dispatch November 27, 2025

Former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to fix a new date for him to meet with investigators over an alleged $14.8 million fraud. In a letter dated November 24, 2025 — and received by the EFCC two days

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Sylva denounces EFCC ‘persecution drama

Daily Dispatch November 11, 2025

…. says corruption allegations are politically motivated Former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and ex-Bayelsa State Governor, Chief Timipre Sylva, has accused his political adversaries of orchestrating what he called a “relentless theatre of persecution” following his recent declaration as wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In a

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Sylva denies coup allegation

Daily Dispatch October 29, 2025

…. explains raid on his homes Chief Julius Bokoru, spokesman to former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has refuted claims linking the Bayelsa-born politician to a coup plot and explained the circumstances surrounding the raid on his residences in Yenagoa and Abuja. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Bokoru confirmed that […]

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Coup plot: Timipre Sylva fled Nigeria to Senegal enroute Argentina

Daily Dispatch October 29, 2025

Former Petroleum Minister, Timipre Sylva who is under investigations for plotting a Military coup to topple the Government of President Bola Tinubu, fled Nigeria to Senegal from where he is to go into hiding in Argentina, a South American country. Insiders said the former Minister fled through the creeks immediately he got wind that the […]

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THE ATALA OIL FIELD HEIST: TIMIPRE SILVA, THE MASTERMIND

Daily Dispatch September 24, 2023

By Allison Abunah Upon the dawning of the age of commercial crude oil discovery and exploration in Nigeria and particularly Bayelsa State as the pace setter, the people of oil producing communities like Azamgbene, which hosts the lucrative Atala oil field and Bayelsa State as a whole, were licking their lips in anticipation of the […]