Corruption trial of Nigeria’s ex-oil minister and former OPEC chief opens in London

OPEC’s first female president enjoyed a life of luxury from bribes taken when she was Nigeria’s oil minister. That was the case alleged by British prosecutors at the opening of Diezani Alison-Madueke’s corruption trial in London on Tuesday.

Alison-Madueke is charged with multiple counts of bribery between 2011 and 2015, when she served as oil minister under Nigeria’s former president Goodluck Jonathan.

The 65-year-old has been on…