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Patience Jonathan Begs EFCC As She Opts For Out Of Court Settlement

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Former First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan appears to be tired of fighting the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in court and has asked for out-of-court settlement. In a January 30, 2018 letter, titled “Proposal for out-of-Court Settlement of all cases related to Dame (Mrs.) Ibifaka Patience Jonathan,” she told the EFCC of her intention to settle the matter. The letter, which was written by her counsel, Chief Ifedayo Adedipe (SAN), is being considered by the EFCC. The letter said: “As senior counsel, representing Dame (Mrs.) Patience Jonathan (former First Lady) and companies linked to her and some family members, associates, companies and NGOs, we have thought it fit to engage your commission in a discussion over all issues involving her and the commission with a view to having amicable resolution of all cases as stated above. “This will enable both sides create an atmosphere for mutual understanding and peaceful coexistence. We will therefore appreciate it, if you can give us an...

Comic Actor Babasuwe wins suit as Court grants him bail

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Babasuwe in White Native Attire at the extreme left  A Nigerian court has ordered authorities to free the popular comedian baba suwe held for over two weeks after a drug screening.Justice Yetinde Idowu of Ikeja high court ordered this morning  that Baba Suwe should be released Friday Nov 4,2011 on bail of N500,000 if he doesn't excrete any drug till friday. NDLEA however still believes that there is a large quantity of drugs lunging in Baba Suwe's bowel and hasn't been able to excrete it for over a month due to a very high level spiritual juju that he has applied.

Man flogs wife to have sex with him

A defendant in a divorce suit, Mr. Sarafadeen Adejumo, 57, has told an Agege Grade ‘A’ Customary court, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria that he flogs his estranged wife, Mrs. Simbiat Adejumo, to compel her to have sex with him. Sarafadeen, a vulcaniser, made the revelation during cross-examination in a suit filed by the petitioner, Simbiat, 46, seeking the dissolution of her 26 years marriage on

Court jail man to 4 years imprisonment for seducing a married woman

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judicial 3d gavel  A Chief Magistrate court sitting in Bauchi has sentenced a man to four years imprisonment for seducing a married woman. The court presided over by Chief Magistrate, Isa Mohammed convicted Attahiru Umar Sade, a bachelor. The husband of the woman Suleiman Bello through his lawyers, UB Darazo, Auwal Ibrahim and Jibrin Sa’id Jibrin filed a direct criminal complaint before the court against the accused. Bello alleged that sometimes in July 2010, Umar Sade started wooing his wife Mars Munira Mohammed in an unlawful way suggestive of his intention for a love relationship and she reported the

Edo based Music Promoter sues P'square

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 A Benin High Court, Edo State has adjourned hearing in a suit filed by Benin-based music promoter, Mr. Patrick Anieze against popular hip-hop artistes, PSquare, to 26 October, for failing to honour a show. The music promoter accused the musicians of failing to honour a show organised by his outfit, PARUJON, in December 2009 and also refused to refund the money he paid them. In the suit, the promoter claimed that the musicians were contracted to perform at Naomi Garden, GRA, Benin on 26 December, 2008. “Instead of honouring the show, PSquare left for Dualla in Cameroon and returned to Benin very late (around 10p.m.) on the

Fuji Star Saheed Osupa denies arrest and seizure of his properties by Court

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For several weeks, the story regarding court bailiffs seizing some of the properties of the supposed king of music, Saheed Osupa was hot. The court bailiffs reportedly stormed his Ajao Estate residence after he failed to pay up the sum of N5.2 Million decided by an Ijebu-Ode High Court to a Ogun State businessman and socialite, Mr. Agbomeji Adekunle who allegedly gave him N1 Million to perform at his event in Ijebu Ode, but didn’tturn-up. Saheed Osupa was asked by the court to pay N5 Million for damages and the case expenditures which according to the complaint amount to N200,000, but reportedly ignored. Following his negligence, the court reportedly stormed his Ajao Estate home on Maurice Nwoku Close, seizing his Lexus X300 truck with plate number ‘CF 328 SR’ and some other valuables. However, recent rumours by many Fuji enthusiasts out there was that the fuji star was arrested and detained for 3weeks, a claim he utterly denied. Speaking with Nigerian Entertainment Today (NET), Ki...