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Justice Babs Kuewumi of a Federal High Court in Lagos will on December 12, hear a motion seeking to set aside the conviction of four firms allegedly used to launder $15.5 million belonging to a former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan. The motion was filed by a lawyer, Amajuoyi Azubuike Briggs, who is standing trial alongside Waripamo-Owei Dudafa, an aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan and one, Adedamola Bolodeoku, for allegedly concealing the total sum of $15,591,700.00 which they knew formed part of the proceed of an unlawful act, through various banks in Nigeria. The four firms pleaded guilty to laundering the money upon their arraignment alongside the trio by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The firms; Pluto Property and Investment Company Ltd, Seagate Property Development and Investment Company Limited, Trans Ocean Property and Investment Company Limited and Avalon Global Property Development Company, pleaded guilty through their repres

click to view mubi-attack-death-toll-rises-50 The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Othman Abubakar, confirmed the development to newsmen on Tuesday. Abubakar said that a young boy was responsible for the blast which occurred during the early morning prayer. “We have 50 dead and we are now trying to get the exact number of those injured ,” Abubakar said. Newsmen report that the attack happened in Dazala area of Mubi town in Adamawa on Tuesday around 5 a.m. when Muslims were observing the early morning prayer. The incident was the first in three years since the liberation of Mubi town from Boko Haram insurgents in 2014. Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/11/mubi-attack-death-toll-rises-50/ https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/11/mubi-attack-death-toll-rises-50/ The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Othman Abubakar, confirmed the development to newsmen on Tuesday. Abubakar said that a young boy was responsible for the blast which occurred during t

The wedding between Nigerian singer, Oluwabankole Wellington, aka Banky W, and actress Adesua Etomi, held in Lagos on Sunday. The ceremony was star-studded. In attendance were celebrities including, Ebuka, Bovi, Basket Mouth, Kemi Adetiba, Tunde Demuren, Chigul, Lynxx, Juliet Ibrahim, M.I Abaga,Dotun Kayode, Toolz, among many others. The wedding held weeks after Banky W survived cancer of the skin. The newlyweds were stars of Nollywood hit move ‘The Wedding Party’. Photos from the wedding below..

Ahead of the Local Government election in Enugu State, which comes up in few hours time, the Police have announced that there would be no movement with effect from 8 a.m. on Saturday till 4 p.m. In a statement made available to DAILY POST, the spokesman of the Enugu Police Command, SP Ebere Amaraizu stated that “ahead of the local Government chairmanship/councilorship elections slated to take place on 4th November,2017 in Enugu state, the state command of the Nigeria Police Force is advising members of the public to adhere to the movement restriction order between 8am to 4pm. “The command further wishes to inform members of the public that its operatives have been mobilized to arrest and prosecute those that will attempt to violate or violate the movement restriction order. “Those that will be exempted from the movement restriction order within these stipulated time of 8am to 4pm are those performing essential duties. Members of the public are enjoined to

Two notorious kidnap and cult group kingpins have been arrested by the Enugu State Police Command. This was disclosed in a statement by the command’s spokesman, SP Ebere Amaraizu, on Wednesday. Amaraizu said that the police recovered two suspected stolen motorcycles and a tiger generator. According to him, the arrest is part of the ongoing onslaught against criminal elements in nimbo and Adani axis of Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of the State. He gave the names of the suspects as Jonathan Okeagu and Simon Enejere all of Umuasa village in Ugbene Ajima community in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area. He added that his arrested was aided through intelligence information. “Further intelligence information gathered by the operatives revealed that the suspect, Jonathan Okeagu had once been arrested and charged to court. “He was later remanded in prison custody for various offences ranging from cult related issues to other vices. “He was also suspected to be having ser

ABUJA -- Forty bodies have been evacuated from the scene of an early Tuesday suicide attack inside a local mosque in the northeastern Nigeria town of Mubi, according to emergency aid workers. The death toll rose from 30 as emergency aid workers combed the mosque where the attack took place after an early morning prayer, said Emma Adasolid, an official of the International Rescue Committee. Othman Abubakar, a spokesman for the police, told reporters the dawn attack was perpetrated by an unidentified teenage boy who set off the suicide vest he wore to the mosque in Kunu Araha, a suburb town of Mubi in the northern state of Adamawa. "Immediately after the prayers, he detonated the bomb," Abubakar said. "Many of the wounded are receiving treatment at various hospitals in Mubi North where the attack occurred." Eyewitnesses told Xinhua most of the wounded victims were in critical conditions. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the suic

A former Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) and Solicitor-General of Lagos State, Mr. Fola Arthur-Worrey has stated that the reluctance of Nigeria Police to conduct proper basic investigations into criminal cases is a major reason their cases get dismissed in courts. He lamented that the Police were so accustomed to not going through the standard investigative process, and that all efforts to change their approach to doing things the right way have failed so far. Fola Arthur-Worrey said this at the launch of The Halogen’s Professional MBA in Security Management programme in Lagos. His words: “The standard approach when someone is arrested is you take his photograph, then you take his fingerprints and then his height for the purpose of identification but I was DPP for two years and I didn’t see a single photograph in any file which I thought was weird. “How do you find out whether this person has been involved in a prior for example? The most fundamental el

BERLIN (Reuters) - Time is ticking on Brexit negotiations between Britain and the European Union and there is real urgency to make progress, a German government spokesman said on Monday.  “More progress is required as time is ticking,” Steffen Seibert told a regular news conference. “It is understandable that the (EU) chief negotiator (Michel) Barnier stresses how urgent it is for Britain to act promptly, to make proposals.”

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, accompanied by Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, speaks during a bilateral meeting at the ASEAN Summit at the Philippine International Convention Center, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017, in Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) The Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (A