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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said a recent application filed by Patience, the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, before the Federal High Court in Abuja has justified its assertion that a non-governmental organisation, Ariwabai Aruera Reachout Foundation, being...

Eyewitness reports states that the security detail of former First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Patience Jonathan, allegedly assaulted a Deputy Director of the FCT Department of Development Control at a building site currently under construction in Kado, Abuja. Reports claim that...

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, filed an application before an Abuja Federal High Court seeking to take over assets belonging to Ariwabai Aruera Reachout Foundation owned by wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience. In an ex-parte motion that was signed...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has allegedly traced the sum of N2.114bn to the bank account of a company owned by the wife of former President, Patience Jonathan and her late mother, Mama Charity Oba, Magel Resort Limited. The agency also alleged that Patience Jonathan...

Lauretta Onochie, President Buhari's special assistant on new media has ripped both Diezani Alison- Madueke and Patience Jonathan to shreds in a recent Facebook post. ------- Post ---- “It’s the season of weird demands. Recently, Nigerians were assaulted by the demand by the wife of the...

The Presidency on Tuesday said that the former First Lady, Patience Jonathan must be attracted to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC because of some stolen items President Muhammadu Buhari’s Personal Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie made the remark in response to Mrs...

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions on Tuesday directed the Union Bank to unfreeze an account operated by former first lady, Patience Jonathan, in the bank. The committee, chaired by Rep Uzoma Nkem-Abonta (PDP, Abia), also directed other banks that may have frozen Mrs...

Patience Jonathan, wife and former Nigeria's first lady, has recovered her N2bn hotel which was sealed off by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in June, Punch newspaper gathered. The hotel, the EFCC had placed the red inscriptions, ‘EFCC Under Investigation’ all over the building...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Monday denied allegations that it was “harassing” a former first lady, Patience Jonathan. In a statement by its spokesperson, Mitchell Ofoyeju, the anti-narcotics agency said it did not harass citizens. Jonathan had petitioned the House of...

Wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan Mrs Patience Jonathan has accused the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Ibrahim Magu, of attempt to deny her of visa into the United Kingdom. Mrs Jonathan said that Magu, wrote a letter to the British High...

It appears as if former Nigeria's first lady, Patience Jonathan has finally run out of patience with some agencies of the federal government. According to Channels TV, Jonathan's lawyer has sent a petition to the house of representatives about attacks on her being orchestrated by the officials...

In preparation for the 2019 general elections, three Igbo groups, the World Igbo Youth Congress, WIYC, the Igbo Students’ Association, ISA, and the South-East Women Professionals, SWP, have shortlisted prominent Igbo politicians to run for presidency. The decision came after their...

Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal how former First Lady, Patience Jonathan rained downed abuses of him for allegedly plotting to remove her husband from power in 2012. Tambuwal's story is contained in ‘Against the Run of Play’, a new book authored by THIS DAY journalist, Olusegun...

Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of a Federal High Court, Lagos, on Wednesday granted a fresh ex parte application ordering the forfeiture of 5.8 million dollars belonging to a former First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday withdrew its application seeking to stay the execution of a court order which unfroze the Skye Bank account of the wife of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience with a balance of $5.9m. A counsel for the EFCC, Rotimi Oyedepo...

Patience, wife of former Nigeria's President, Goodluck Jonathan, has explained why she 'rushed to bank' immediately after the court order for EFCC to unfreeze her account. Patience Jonathan, said through her lawyer, Charles Ogboli, that the action was in compliance with court order. Ogboli...

Nigerians on social media lashed out at President Muhammadu Buhari's personal assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad over his statement criticizing court ruling on Patience Jonathan's $5.9m account. Recall that a Federal High Court in Lagos ordered the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission...

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to unfreeze the account of former first lady Patience Goodluck Jonathan. The account contains $5.9 million. Recall that a Federal high court sitting in Lagos had in December last year...

Nigeria's former First lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, on Friday attended the burial of late Pa Bethel Obuah, father of the Rivers state PDP Chairman, Bro Felix Obuah at Omoku in Rivers state. Governor Nyesom Wike, former Governors Dr. Peter Odili and Celestina Omehia, ministers, members of the...

A federal court in Lagos has adjourned to March 6, 2017 the suit filed by former first lady, Patience Jonathan, seeking to un-freeze bank accounts she says belong to her. According to Premium Times, the judge adjourned the case on the requests of some of the defence counsel representing...