Net closes on Nigeria's former Oil Minister

Nigeria's main anti-corruption agency has filed for the arrest of former Oil Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke after a judge approved a request for her to be charged with corruption. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said the application for a warrant of arrest was a 'condition precedent for Diezani's extradition' to face trial. Alison-Madueke was arrested in Britain in October 2015 in a graft investigation where she was linked to a string of money laundering, bribery and asset recovery cases in Nigeria, Italy and the US. A report on the News24 site notes that she has been on bail in the UK since then. The EFCC said a judge had granted permission for Alison-Madueke to be charged with 'offences bordering on conspiracy' and illegally 'accepting and giving gratifications'.