MAN BRUTALISES HIS PREGNANT WIFE IN ANAMBRA . (VIDEO/PHOTO).
Man brutalises his pregnant wife in Anambra In another case of domestic violence, a pregnant woman was brutally beaten by her husband in Ichi, Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State. The mother of three identified as Chinelo Francis, from Ebonyi State, said trouble began when she requested money from her husband, Peter, to prepare food. According to the young woman, she had already bought vegetable with the profit she made from her shop. Peter, also from Ebonyi, claimed he didn’t make money that day and took the children home. He returned to her shop at around 8:00 PM and insisted she close up and come home with him. She refused, explaining that the time was when she typically made most of her sales. Later, she closed up her shop, went home at 9:30 PM, prepared the children for bed, and retired. The interviewer urged her to go straight to the point, asking when the assault occurred. The woman said it happened that night. The attack left...
The trial of Muhammed Dele Belgore,a Senior Advocate of Nigeria,SAN,and Prof. Abubakar Sulaiman,a former Minister of National Planninf,commenced on Monday,March 13,2017 before Justice R.M. Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi,Lagos,with a prosecution witness,Timothy Olaobaju,a staff of Fidelity Bank Plc,revealing how the immediate former Minister of Petroleum,Diezani Alison-Madueke,allegedly paid the sum of N450,000,000 into the defendants accounts.The accused persons were arraigned on February 8,2017 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC,on a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy and money laundering to the tune of $115,010 {equivalent of N450m}.At the resumed hearing today,Olaobaju,who is the first prosecution witness,PW1,told the court that he met the defendants in the course of his duty as a supervisor for operational activities in his region.Olaobaju,who was led in evidence by the prosecution counsel,Rotimi Oyedepo,said that the Bank's Managing Director,Nnamdi Okonkwo,told him sometime in April 2014 that some individuals and three companies-Northern Belt Oil and Gas Company,Auctus Integrated Investment Limited and Mid-Western Oil and Gas Company Limited-would pay some money in dollars into the bank.He also told the court that Okonkwo,however,did not disclose the purpose of the payment.Giving further testimony,he said: ''In March 27,2015,there was a directive from the former Petroleum Minister,Diezani Alison-Madueke,through the Managing Director of Fidelity Bank Plc,that the received funds should be converted to Naira and paid to some certain individuals.''Both Mohammed Dele Belgore,SAN,and Prof. Abubakar Sulaiman were among the beneficiaries of the money.The sum of N450,000,000.00 {Four Hundred and Fifty Million Naira} was paid to them as instructed''.The receipt of payment was tendered and admitted in evidence as exhibit by the court.Justice Aikawa adjourned the matter to March 14,2017 for continuation of trial,
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