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      The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) told the Federal High Court in Lagos Wednesday that wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, allegedly paid $6,791,599.64 (about N2,150,378,386.32) into her account between February 8, 2013 and January 30, 2015.       It said the money, which she allegedly directed her aides to pay into her account while her husband was President, was suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities. EFCC said Mrs Jonathan had earlier spent $949,282.98 (about N296,141,911) from the money.       The commission said she also withdrew another N100,000 from the account this month, leaving a balance of $5,731,173.55. It prayed the court to order the temporary forfeiture of the remaining sum to prevent her from further dissipating it. Justice Mojisola Olatoregun granted the order as prayed based on an ex-parte application by the EFCC. The commission said it found the money in an accoun...

        Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos have arrested two Brazilians who together attempted to smuggle over 23kg of cocaine into the country.         Dias Dos Santos Marcia Cristina, 36, was found with 9.4kg of cocaine in her bag and Lima Pereira Erick Diego, 20, had 14.465kg of cocaine in his bag. The duo, who traveled from São Paulo, claimed to be tourists.        Mitchell Ofoyeju, spokesperson for NDLEA, said in a statement that the drugs were carefully hidden in food cans inside their luggage. The cocaine has an estimated street value of N310 million.       Mr. Ofoyeju said that it was the first the NDLEA arrested Brazilians with cocaine at the Lagos airport. However, he explained that the Nigeria-Brazil cocaine trafficking route has gained notoriety over the years.       The cocaine was conceal...

Police operatives investigating the case of alleged rape of 15-year old Princess and secondary school student (names withheld) in the palace of the Obi of Idumuje-Ugboko, Aniocha North Local Government Area, Delta State, recorded a success on Tuesday, with the arrest of two suspects accused of complicity in the matter. The suspects, Prince Richard Nwoko and Prince Ejimofor Nwoko, were reportedly arrested in the premises of the Magistrates Court, Asaba, after several unsuccessful attempts by the police to pin them down over alleged offence of compounding felony. Police sources told newsmen yesterday that efforts were on to arrest the principal suspect and others, including the crown Prince, Nonso, so as to unravel the true position concerning the case that had attracted reactions from sections of the society. According to the source, the arrested suspects made statement to the police and were detained while investigation continued, adding that the arrests reduced tension in the c...

        A man returned to his house at 1 a.m., insisted on having sex with his wife that had spent the whole day at the farm while he caroused about the town. The woman complained she was tired and begged for more time to rest, so as to be better ready to fulfill her filial duty.        Her protest was in vain as she got strangled by her spouse.A Plateau High Court in Barkin-Ladi, where this incident was narrated, has sentenced the culprit, 37-year-old Benjamin Toma, to death by hanging for killing Vicky, the mother of his two children.         Justice Samson Gang, in a 68-page judgement, condemned Mr. Toma after he pleaded guilty to the one-count charge of culpable homicide, punishable with death, under section 221 of the penal code.The incident is only one of the many cases of rising violence against women in Plateau State.        “We have recorded 430 cases of violence against women and girls in ...

Arizona –  An Arizona prisoner was convicted Tuesday of the gruesome killings of his best friend, the man's girlfriend and her four young children 12 years ago in what prosecutors called a crime motivated by money. A jury found Preston Strong, 50, guilty of six counts of first-degree murder following a monthslong trial. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty, and the jury will begin considering Strong's eligibility Friday. Prosecutors said Strong, who is already serving a life sentence for a separate slaying, spent hours killing 35-year-old Luis Rios, 29-year-old Adrienne Heredia and her four children, ages 6 to 13, in Yuma in 2005. They said he suffocated Heredia and three of her children and fatally shot her youngest child and Rios. "This crime required information and access to these victims," prosecutor Karolyn Kaczorowski said during closing statements. "It required motives; it required a great deal of opportunity because, as you've seen ...

LOS ANGELES –  A missing 5-year-old boy's father has been released from jail in an unexpected twist that only deepens the mystery behind the boy's disappearance. Investigators on Tuesday decided against presenting the case to prosecutors and moving forward with charges against Aramazd Andressian Sr., who was found unconscious Saturday at a South Pasadena park. His son, Armazd Andressian Jr., was nowhere to be found and remains missing four days later. Andressian Sr. was arrested later Saturday on suspicion of child endangerment and abduction and was being held on $10 million bail before his release Tuesday. Authorities would say only that the investigation was continuing, and would not say whether the father remains a suspect. On Tuesday authorities searched Cachuma Lake in Santa Barbara County, but now don't believe the boy was there.

CHICAGO –  A man has been found guilty in the 2010 death an off-duty Chicago police officer. It took a Cook County jury four hours Tuesday to find 25-year-old Bernard Williams guilty of first-degree murder in Officer David Blake's killing. The jury also found Williams guilty of armed robbery. Prosecutors said the then-18-year-old Williams lured Blake into an alley to kill the officer and raid a gun safe at his house. No physical evidence linked Williams to the killing of Blake, nor was the murder weapon recovered. However, several of Williams' friends testified he tried to recruit them to help in the murder and robbery, and then confessed after killing Blake. Assistant Public Defender Dylan Barrett told jurors that investigators targeted Williams "because of the pressure they felt to solve this crime."

         How on earth can anybody believe such a stupid story,the government and some criminals are looking for all means to persecute Femi Fani-Kayode,they have turned him to the Jesus of our time,they keep creating allegations against this gentle,humble man just to make sure he suffers for being in opposition and swearing to remain one,and all he stands for,where is the democracy we were told of,please read this and I promise you more allegations would follow,we know their plans but e no go work;                   Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode is now officially on trial at Federal High Court in Abuja starting Tuesday, April 25. The trial has begun with Mr Victor Ehiabhi, a police officer, narrating how he helped Fani-Kayode to receive N26 million from the office of the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki in 2014.          The police officer ...

An iron bender/welder, Named Solomon Ejoor, from Urhuoka - Abraka was shot and hacked to death by Fulani herdsmen on Monday, April 24. It was gathered that the victim's mother was held captive by Fulani Herdsmen in her Abraka farmland and was told by the herdsmen to call her children to come and rescue her and upon the son getting there, he was promptly ambushed, shot to death and his neck cut round/cut off with cutlass by the herdsmen.        Reacting to the brutal murder, the lawmaker representing Ethiope East in Delta State House of Assembly, Hon. Evance Ivwurie said that anarchy is building in his Constituency as "a result of the Conspiracy of Silence by President Muhammadu Buhari (who himself is a Cattle Rearer), the Inspector General of Police, the Director General, Department of State Security, DSS and other security agencies." The lawmaker once again called on the Federal Government to come to the rescue of Ethiope East Local Government Area, Delta S...

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has declared that his state is now part of Biafra,Dailypost reports. Speaking to newsmen, during the bail hearing of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, at the Federal High Court that sat in Abuja on Tuesday. “Ekiti State is now part of Biafra,” he declared. This is the first time Fayose is openly showing support for the movement, which is agitating for a breakaway of the South-East from the Nigeria. Kanu has been granted bail on health grounds .The IPOB leader is also expected to provide three sureties one of whom must be a serving Senator, a Jewish religious leader and highly respected person, who own land anywhere in Abuja. The bail bond has been set at N100million for each surety. Kanu was also ordered never to grant any interviews to the press, pending the outcome of his trial. He will not be seen in a gathering of more than 10 people. Justice Binta Nyako made it clear that Kanu’s bail will be rev...

The suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), David Babachir Lawal, on Tuesday appeared before the Yemi Osinbajo-led panel, where he answered questions over the alleged violations of due process in the award of contracts under the Presidential Initiative on the North East (PINE). Lawal arrived the Presidential Villa around 1pm and was ushered before the Vice President. He left at 3.35pm. The panel had on Monday grilled the suspended Director-General of the National Inteligence Agency (NIA), Ambassador Ayo Oke. Oke was suspended over the recovery of $43million from a Lagos apartment, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The panel went through documents and quizzed some officials during the 11-hour sesssion that began at 10am. The suspended NIA DG told the committee, that he wrote a memo to the National Security Adviser (NSA) on the $43,million for covert operations. He also insisted he informed the NSA, Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, w...

OGA OO: Saraki Owns Warehouse Where He Stockpiles 'Stolen Money', Why We Stole His N310m - Aides Expose Shocking SECRETS Sahara Reporters  - Some of Senate President Bukola Saraki's aides involved in the November 20, 2015 theft of N310 million being transported to the senator have disclosed why they stole the cash. The aides snatched the cash from a bureau de change operator at 5 Nana Close, Maitama in Abuja. Tracked down by SaharaReporters and speaking anonymously, some of Mr. Saraki’s aides, who are currently on the run, said the senator was in the habit of warehousing large volumes of cash, mainly for use as bribes to judges, investigators and prosecutors to ensure the scuttling of his trial for false assets declaration by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). The theft, first reported by SaharaReporters, featured five officers of the Department of State Security (DSS) led by Abdulrasheed Maigari, the most senior of the DSS officers attached to Senator ...

Eight persons alleged to be involved in a gang clash that led to the destruction of property in Idi-Oro, Mushin – Lagos have been arrested,the Lagos Police Command says. The command Spokesman, ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday. Famous-Cole said that the Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni, had also deployed more police personnel to ensure peace in the area. He said the suspects, who were arrested in Idi Oro had machetes and axes in their possession “Normalcy has returned to the area and there is heavy police presence there. “The public should go about their business. There is a free- flow of traffic in the area now,” Famous-Cole said. The police had to deploy men of the Rapid Response Squad to bring the situation under control.

A 45 year old man has been rescued after he allegedly attempted to commit suicide by jumping into a well at a residence in Kujore street in the Ojota area of Lagos state yesterday April 25th. Men of the Lagos state Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) were alerted at about 6am this morning after the man jumped into the 116 feet well.He was taken to the hospital for treatment by officials of the Lagos State Ambulance Service. Sources said the man, whose name is not identified yet, was found inside the 116ft well, but the process leading to the event could not be ascertained. Officials of the Lagos State Fire Service, LASEMA Response Team and other emergency respondents, however, responded to the situation and rescued the man alive from the well. Though the man sustained  fracture on his right hand and left knee joint dislocation he has been moved to hospital for treatment by the officials of the Lagos Ambulance Service. The General Manager LASEMA, Adesina Tiamiyu, who...