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Patience Jonathan, the Wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to vacate the interim forfeiture order it granted to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on May 30, to freeze her 16 separate bank accounts containing aggregate sums of $5.8 million and N3.5 billion. [/caption] Vanguard reports that Mrs Jonathan, through her team of lawyers led by Chief I.A. Adedipe, SAN, and Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, maintained that the court order had elapsed and could not be extended by the EFCC . She told the court that the anti-graft agency obtained the forfeiture order by an improper use of the judicial process. The 16 frozen bank accounts belong to 10 different organizations that were allegedly linked to Mrs. Jonathan. The companies which were also cited as co-applicants in the motion the ex-first lady filed to challenge the action of the EFCC are Incorporated Trustees of Ariwabai Aruera Reachout Foundation, Pagmat Oil and

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been left baffled after being dropped from Borussia Dortmund’s squad to face Stuttgart on Friday. Dortmund announced on Thursday that the Gabon international had been omitted from Peter Bosz’s selection for the Bundesliga clash at the Mercedes-Benz Arena for “disciplinary reasons”. No further clarification was provided by the club, with some reports suggesting the 28-year-old had been reprimanded for repeatedly turning up late for training sessions, while others implied a trip to Barcelona during the international break had angered Dortmund officials. Aubameyang was previously suspended by Dortmund for an unsanctioned trip to Italy in November 2016, the striker missing their Champions League trip to Sporting CP, but he insists there are no similarities between that incident and his current disciplinary. “I didn’t turn up late for training,” he is quoted as saying by Bild. “After my trip to Milan I could understand my suspension because I ignore

Chelsea legend Frank Lampard has finally spoken on how he felt when he scored against the Blues for Manchester City. Early into the 2014/15 campaign, Lampard’s new Man City side hosted Chelsea, who were top of the Premier League, at the Etihad. Lampard, who came on for the final ten minutes of the game and scored against Chelsea to stop the Blues from extending their 100 per cent winning start to the season, said it was “really tough” for him. In an interview with Copa90, he said: “It was tough, it was really tough, listen, I had to do my job. “Everyone tells me they had a feeling I was going to score, I only came on for 20 minutes. It’s one of those things that happens in football. “The Chelsea fans were incredible for me and going to Man City was a massive choice for me. “I didn’t want to lose 13 years, I had a great bond with the Chelsea fans, and I was like ‘ah, is this going to taint 13 years?’ “I don’t think it did in the end, and [going to Man City] was a great

A lady on Twitter has revealed how her jilted friend set her boyfriend’s car ablaze after he told her he was no longer interested in the relationship. She wrote; “My friend just set her N!gga car on fire cause he said he didn’t wanna be with her anymore & was ready to move on. WOWWWWWWWW” The boyfriend whose car was set on fire has now decided he will no longer break up with anyone ever again. He said his next relationship will be the last as he will marry whoever he goes into a relationship with next. He wrote; “smh. so my d*** that good, that you females can’t just walk away. Love make you do some crazy Sh!t but this is just stupid. whole infinity gone cause you say you wanna move on. Am dnoe. My next chick gonna be my wife, tired of taking losses.”

This was one of WhatsApp’s most anticipated feature rolled out few weeks ago… unfortunately, the recall feature isn’t as reliable as it looks. Last month, WhatsApp introduced a ‘delete for everyone’ feature, allowing users to unsend an embarrassing message within seven minutes of sending it. The message once deleted from the senders end’ automatically delete the message from the receivers end too. But a new report from a Spanish blog claims that WhatsApp messages that are deleted are actually still on the device, and can easily be accessed through Settings by the recipient. The recipient can easily access the deleted messages regardless whether it has been deleted from sender’s end. Whenever a notification comes in to an Android devices, it is stored in the notification log – whether or not it is subsequently deleted by the sender. While the bulk of the data in the log is technical information, the first 100 characters of the notification message is also recorded

It is no longer news that the entourage of Nigerian music stars Wizkid and Davido clashed violently in Dubai at the One Africa Music Festival, the question however remains what really happened and how did things get o that point. As details of the fracas that went down last night at the One Africa Music Festival in Dubai continues to trickle in, Davido has just tweeted now promising to defend fellow pop star, Tekno. Eyewitness narrates what led to the reported Shedding more light on this tweet, an eye witness who was reportedly present backstage at the event sent a mail to LIB narrating what happened. According to him, ‘I was backstage last night in Dubai when Tekno extended his hands to shake Sunday Are, and Sunday Are punched Tekno’s phone saying he doesn’t have respect probably because he thinks he has done him a favour by allowing Wizkid jump on a song with him. Tekno and his goons wanted to attack Sunday Are but Ubi Franklin calmed everything’. Narrating furrther he

Following the crew fight in Dubai last night, Nigerian comedian, Seyi Law has called on Wizkid and Davido to sheathe their swords and embrace peace. Seyi Law shared a picture of the duo and wrote; “To @wizkidayo and @davidoofficial Our lives are nothing, but the memories we create. Your celebrity status or starboyism is only a perception. Whether you’re the best or the worst, not everyone will agree. Don’t start hatred neither should you fan the fire of hate. Someday, our bodies will end up six feet below. Just above it, our memories will live fading with time. Sheathe your swords and embrace PEACE. Build legacies and write your names as legends. Don’t die prematurely for people’s obsessions. Both of you are doing awesomely well, don’t stop. Bless You. SEYILAW.”

On June5, 2017, Seye Aina became the first woman to be appointed chair of the British Nigeria Law Forum since its inception in 2001. BNLF was set up following the ‘African Law Week’ Conference, organised by the British Council in Nigeria. Prof Oba Nsugbe QC, SAN is one of the founding members and past chair of BNLF. The organisation based in London, is now recognised as an influential professional membership organisation for British and Nigerian legal professionals. Seye is dual qualified, called to the Nigerian Bar in 1985 and also admitted as a Solicitor in England & Wales in 1994. She has senior management/legal experience in local government with expertise in professional regulation and investigating fitness to practise in the Healthcare professions. Her public appointments include an Independent Member of the Professional Conduct Committee of the UK Council of Psychotherapy and also an Independent Member of the Standards Committee of the Greater London Authority. Seye i

Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Nelson who recently gave birth to a baby girl is facing a messy scandal, after the Nigerian wife of her baby daddy spilled all their shenanigans on social media. Keela Harrison, a fashion model,  accused Ms Nelson of snatching her British husband, a photographer, Jamie Harrison , and having a baby for him, regardless of the fact that they are still legally married. The estranged wife claimed she introduced Yvonne Nelson to Jamie, adding that the Ghanaian actress had wanted to purchase slimming tea from them, but it wasn’t long before Jamie and Nelson kicked off their relationship. Ms Harrison also added that Yvonne can’t marry Jamie yet, because he is still legally married to her. “That’s the real reason they can’t get married. Jamie is still legally married to me and bankrupt,” she added. Meanwhile, while speaking with WOW Magazine, the actress who just clocked 32, noted that she is not the traditional girl, and does not really believe in the idea

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has confirmed that Zlatan Ibrahimovic is in the matchday squad to face Newcastle United on Saturday. The striker has been out of action since April with a long-term knee injury and had been expected tor remain on the sidelines until early 2018, but has recovered more quickly than expected and recently returned to full training. Speaking at his press conference ahead of the game, Mourinho revealed that Ibrahimovic will start on the bench for the visit of the Magpies, having been deemed "ready to play". Paul Pogba, who has been out with a hamstring injury since September, and defender Marcos Rojo, who has been absent since April due to cruciate surgery, will also be named in the squad. Talking to MUTV, Mourinho explained: "The players that stayed here and [were] recovering from injuries, even the ones that are recovering from big injuries, they are ready to play." Speaking earlier this week, Ibrahimovic hinted that

All eyes will be on Eduardo Berizzo here. Having guided Celta Vigo to the Europa League Semi-Finals last term, he swapped Galicia for Seville in the summer. Although the jury is still out on his new-look Sevilla side, they have at least found some home form now and they look the more likely winners here. The Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán is one of, if not the most atmospheric stadiums in Spain and it really has been a fortress for Sevilla in recent years. Therefore it will come as a relief to Berizzo that his side have now won 6 straight home games in all competitions. If they avoid defeat here, which they certainly should, it will be 25 home matches without defeat since a Champions League loss to Juventus last November. They haven’t quite settled on their best starting eleven, particularly in the final third, so they’ve been a bit disjointed at times but they have still tended to find a way to win. Nolito is another man who could face his former club here but he’s one of a number

Ahead of Saturday’s premier League clash, Newcastle United manager Rafa Benitez has revealed how his players can end José Mourinho’s men unbeaten run this season. According to the Spaniard, his players must be at their best if they are to end Red Devil’s unbeaten home record in the English Premier League. Manchester United have won all of their eight fixtures at Old Trafford this season. Benitez said during his pre-match press briefing, “They have so much quality in the team. “They keep the ball, they pass the ball, they create chances, they score goals and they don’t concede too much. “We have to be strong in defence and when we regain the ball, try and create something on the counter attack. “They have a team that can compete in every competition. And normally, the fans are demanding that they have to be at the top, and they have to win the Premier League, the Champions League, the FA Cup and the Carabao Cup – everything. “But, it is normal in a club that has this po

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has confirmed the arrest of Anyim Pius Anyim, a former secretary to the government of the Federation. Wilson Uwujaren, spokesman of the commission, said on Friday, November 17, that Anyim was being held over an “ongoing investigation.” The former Senate president was still at the EFCC headquarters in Abuja as at press time. Report said that Anyim was being questioned for his role in the alleged mismanagement of ecological fund while in office as SGF, among other matters, our source said. While serving as SGF in 2012, Anyim was linked to shortfalls of about N396 billion in the Ecological Funds deductions. Subsequently, he was invited by the Senate Committee on Special Duties and House Committee on Environment to provide details of how money for the Ecological Fund office was spent but he never showed up in any of the committees.