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Addax Petroleum

February 25, 2026

U.S. court sentences ex-NNPC chief Paulinus Okoronkwo to seven-year jail over million-dollar bribe

Mr Okoronkwo forfeited $2.5 million Los Angeles mansion to U.S. government in October last years.

Paulinus Okoronkwo
February 27, 2024

FBI charges top NNPC official for taking $2.1 million bribes to help Addax Petroleum escape $2.4 billion liability to Nigeria

Paulinus Iheanacho Okoronkwo used his role as a general manager in upstream department to rake in illicit payments from the Chinese oil giant, filings said.

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