Tag: Patience Jonathan
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Patience Jonathan shuns EFCC reopens Abuja hotel
The wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience Jonathan has reportedly recovered her N2 billion hotel which was sealed off by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in June. The EFCC had placed the red inscriptions, ‘EFCC Under Investigation’ all over the hotel which is located near Setraco Construction Company, off the Mabushi Kado…
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JUST IN: A’Court judge withdraws from Patience Jonathan’s $5.9m suit
One of the three justices assigned to hear the appeal filed by former first lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan to discharge a court order which temporarily seized the sum of $5.9m found in her Skye Bank account on Wednesday withdrew from the case. TheNewsGuru.com reports the three-man appeal court panel, comprising Justices John Ikyeh, Abimbola Obaseki-Adejumo…
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EFCC sent assassins after me, says Patience Jonathan
Mrs. Patience Jonathan, wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of sending assassins after her. Mrs. Jonathan said she had survived two of such attempts but urged the House of Representatives to quickly intervene before the EFCC would succeed in the alleged plot to eliminate her. In a…
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Help! EFCC, NDLEA, harassing me, former first lady, Patience Jonathan tells Reps
Nigeria’s former First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan has formally sought the intervention of the House of Representatives over an alleged harassment of her family by security and other law enforcement government agencies in the country. In a petition to the Lower Chamber on Thursday, Jonathan urged the Federal Government to call the agencies to order.…
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$20m fraud: Court orders Patience Jonathan to pay EFCC N50,000
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Monday ordered Former First Lady, Patience Jonathan, to pay N50, 000 to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, after she withdrew her suit against the Commission. TheNewsGuru.com reports that Patience had in February sued the EFCC for the alleged breach of her fundamental…
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Photos: EFCC seizes N3bn hotel allegedly belonging to Patience Jonathan
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has seized a hotel allegedly belonging to Patience Jonathan, wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan. The five-storey hotel, believed to be worth about N3bn, is located near Setraco Construction Company, beside Mabushi Kado Expressway. The property, which has not been officially opened, has between 50 to 100 rooms,…
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Patience Jonathan: Court suspends EFCC’s bid to seize $5.7m, N2.4b
A Federal High Court Lagos on Monday suspended proceedings in the hearing of an application seeking permanent forfeiture of $5.7million belonging to the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience. Justice Mojisola Olatoregun stayed proceedings pending the outcome of an appeal filed by Jonathan, challenging the temporary forfeiture of the sum. The Economic and Financial…
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Patience Jonathan vs EFCC: Court adjourns case to May 22
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Monday adjourned to May 22, a suit seeking final forfeiture to the Federal Government of the sum of $5.8m belonging to former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan. Justice Mojisola Olatoregun granted the adjournment following an argument by counsel to Jonathan, Mr Ifedayo Adedipe (SAN), that the respondent…
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Photos: Saraki, Dogara, Patience Jonathan, others attend Melaye’s book launch
Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan and other political heavy weights made it to the book launch of Senator Dino Melaye taking place on Monday (today) in Abuja. The book, titled ‘Antidotes for Corruption’, which is divided into 14 chapters…