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Convicted terrorist Henry Okah.

Henry Okah to be jailed for 24 years

Terrorist Henry Okah has been sentenced to 24 years in prison by the South Gauteng High Court for three bomb blasts that killed 13 people altogether.

Convicted terrorist Henry Okah.

Sentencing starts for convicted terrorist Henry Okah

Nigerian Henry Okah has briefly appeared in the high court in Johannesburg ahead of his sentencing, before a short adjournment was announced.

Henry Okah’s prison sentencing postponed

The sentencing process of Nigerian terrorist Henry Okah has been postponed until February 28 by the High Court in Johannesburg.

Henry Okah given guilty verdict for Abuja car bombings

Nigerian terrorist Henry Okah has been found guilty of masterminding two car bombings in Abuja in October last year, by the South Gauteng High Court.

Nigerian security authorities were informed of an imminent attack before the 2010 terrorist bombings in Abuja that left 12 people dead and 36 injured.

Nigerian authorities ‘knew about planned terror attack’

Nigerian security authorities were informed of an imminent attack before the 2010 terrorist bombings in Abuja that left 12 people dead and 36 injured.

Alleged Nigerian terrorist Henry Okah appears in the South Gauteng High Court.

Nigeria leader willing to work with Okah for peace

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has shown a willingness to offer terror-accused Henry Okah an olive branch to pacify the volatile Niger Delta.

Nigerian security authorities were informed of an imminent attack before the 2010 terrorist bombings in Abuja that left 12 people dead and 36 injured.

Minister: I had no knowledge of Okah’s bomb plans

Niger Delta Minister Godsday Orubebe has given a grisly account of the 2010 bombings in Abuja as the trial of Henry Okah begins.

Okah blames Nigerian government for bombing

Okah blames Nigerian government for bombing

Alleged terror mastermind Henry Okah has accused his native country’s government of being behind a bombing in which he is to stand trial.

Nigerian militants threaten to attack SA investments

Nigeria terror suspect to face trial in January

Henry Okah, accused of planning Nigeria’s deadly Independence Day bombings last year, will go on trial in Johannesburg in January, a court has heard.

According to Mariette Liefferink

Hawks: Okah’s cell raided, contraband recovered

Cellphones, chargers, a map and papers with telephone numbers were seized in a raid on the prison cell of Nigerian terror accused Henry Okah.

Okah’s case remanded to April

The case against Nigerian terror-accused Henry Okah was remanded until April 18 at the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Friday.

Nigerian militants threaten to attack SA investments

Court dismisses Okah’s bail appeal

A court hasrejected a bail appeal for Henry Okah, the suspected ex-militant leader accused of ordering car bombings on Nigeria’s independence day.

Nigerian militants threaten to attack SA investments

Okah appeals against bail judgement

Nigerian terror accused, Henry Okah, plans to appeal against a decision to deny him bail in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.

According to Mariette Liefferink

Charles Okah denied bail on kidnapping charges

A Nigerian court has denied bail to the brother of an alleged militant leader charged with kidnapping and bombings in Nigeria’s capital.

Nigerian militants threaten oil industry

Mend threatened to cripple the country’s oil sector after Nigeria’s military confirmed it arrested militants believed to have kidnapped oil workers.

The complicated fate of Henry Okah

The complicated fate of Henry Okah

It was hard to believe that the broad-shouldered man who jogged up the stairs from the holding cells could be a terrorist.

Terror-accused Henry Okah denied bail

Terror-accused Henry Okah denied bail

Nigerian terror-accused Henry Okah was denied bail by the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Friday despite denying being the leader of Mend.

Okah faces new bomb claims

Okah faces new bomb claims

An announcement this week linking Henry Okah to a car bomb explosion in Warri in March could deal a fresh blow to his bail application in SA.

Terror-accused Henry Okah denied bail

Further delays in Okah bail hearing

Nigerian terrorism accused Henry Okah’s bail application was postponed again in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.

Bomb suspect Okah’s bail application to be heard

Henry Okah would on Thursday hear if his bail bid was successful, as the state was expected to produce evidence linking him to bombings in Nigeria.