Court jails ex-minister Saleh Mamman for 75 years over power project fraud

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday sentenced former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, to 75 years’ imprisonment for the diversion of funds meant for Nigeria’s major hydropower projects. The judge, James Omotosho, convicted and sentenced Mr Mamman on 12 charges of N33.8 billion fraud, attracting varying years of imprisonment...