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Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani Kayode and some other PDP loyalist today stormed the Federal High Court to show solidarity Dame Patience Jonathan, as her case against the EFCC was heard. Other include; Rt. Hon. Evans Bipi and Rt. Hon. Adams Dabotorudima and many others. The former First...

The Maitama mansion believed to be owned by ex-First Lady Patience Jonathan was on Wednesday raided by policemen. The policemen, numbering around 20, forcefully gained entry into the house after overpowering the lone security man there. The house is located on Igbeti Rock Street in Abuja. AIT...

Nigeria's former first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan has reacted to the invasion of her Abuja house by operatives of the Nigeria police. Speaking in a statement via her lawyer, Charles Ogboli, she said the whole raid was an embarrassment. "EFCC came last year and conducted a search in the...

The Vanguard is reporting that a Maitama mansion, believed to be owned by ex First Lady Patience Jonathan was on Wednesday raided by policemen. The policemen, numbering around 20, forcefully gained entry into the house after overpowering the lone security man there. The house is located on...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has uncovered fresh evidence against one Esther Oba, an alleged front and cousin of Dame Patience Jonathan, the wife of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Punch reports. Oba, whom the EFCC has put on its watch list, according to PUNCH allegedly...

Multiple sources in Rivers state have told NAIJ.com that former Nigerian first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan is under pressure to contest for the Rivers East senatorial election in 2019. Mrs Jonathan, 59, is from Okirika in Rivers state and is eligible to contest for elections in the state as...

A Prosecution witness at the Federal High Court, Lagos revealed how the accounts with $15,591,700 (about N5 billion) allegedly belonging to former President Goodluck Jonathan’s wife, Patience, were opened. The prosecution witness, Uche Obiakor, who is Skye Bank Plc’s Deputy Manager, said the...

Former First Lady, Patience Jonathan has written a petition to the House of Representatives urging it to stop the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from further “harassment”. The petition was read to the house on Wednesday by Lovette Idisi, a legislator from Delta state. “This...

Former Nigeria's first lady and wife of Goodluck Jonathan, Dame has returned to the country after a long vacation abroad. According to multiple sources, Mrs. Jonathan was received at the Port Harcourt International Airport on Wednesday by associates, friends and close family members. Recall...

Patience Jonathan, wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan is claiming that her account which was frozen by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission contains $10m. Mrs Jonathan according to PUNCH made the claim in a statement signed by her spokesman, Mr. Sam Dokubo, on Wednesday...

The efforts of Nigeria's former first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, to reclaim her money frozen by the EFCC suffered a setback on Tuesday. Jonathan had instituted a fundamental rights suit against the EFCC, claiming the sum of $200 million as damages for inconveniences suffered by freezing her...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is set to seize properties belonging to former First Lady, Patience Jonathan. The commission started the probe in a bid to gather evidence against her, following the freezing of $20m traced to her. EFCC has also set up a team of detectives...

Nigeria's former first lady, Patience Jonathan has dragged the EFCC to court over the freezing of her account, which reportedly contains $15m. Joining EFCC in the suit are Skye Bank, a former Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Waripama-Owei Dudafa, Pluto Property and...

Some group of women protesters, stormed the Federal High Court in Lagos to protest against a court ruling over freezing the (15m) bank account of former first Lady; Patience Jonathan. See photos below:

Patience Jonathan, wife of former Nigerian President has explained how she accumulated in 15 years $15million in several bank accounts linked to her by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Patience had previously clarified that the $15m was for her foreign medical bills and other...

Nigeria's former first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan has dragged the socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), a non-governmental organisation, to court for alleged “campaign of calumny’’ . Speaking with NAN in Abuja, Mr Adetokunbo Mumuni, Executive Director of SERAP said the...

President Muhammadu Buhari believes that Nigerian women belong in the kitchen. The President made the belief known today while responding to criticism from his wife, Aisha Buhari. He said, “I don’t know which party my wife belongs to, but she belongs to my kitchen and my living room and the...

The Deputy Director of Operations at EFCC, Mr. Iliyasu Kwarba has vowed that former first lady Patience Jonthan would be prosecuted once evidence of corruption against her is uncovered. He made the vow after receiving a petition against Patience and the ruling All Progressives Congress from...

Human and vehicular movements along Sani Abacha Road and Isaac Boro Expressway in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, were on Thursday disrupted as hundreds of members of the Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide staged a peaceful protest. The aggrieved Ijaw youths, who began the peaceful protest about...

Former president Goodluck Jonathan accompanied with his wife Dame Patience met former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, at Nnamdi Azikwe airport, Abuja. See photos below: