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We Will Bomb NNPC Towers If Patience Jonathan Is Arrested –Niger Delta Militants Vow

The Niger Delta Peoples Professional Volunteer Force (NDPPVF), has threatened to bomb the headquarters of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) if the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrests former First Lady, Patience Jonathan. Accusing the anti-graftagency of witch-hunting the former first lady, the group, according to an onlinenews portal, TheCable, advised EFCC to lift the No Debit Order imposed on her Skye Bank accounts. The accounts contain more than $15 million, but Jonathan’s wife has since explained that the money was meant for her medical bills. Last week, the EFCC filed money laundering charges against Waripamowei Dudafa, Jonathan’s special adviser on domestic affairs, whom the former first lady directed to open the accounts Dudafa, Amajuoyi Briggs, a lawyer; and Damola Bolodeoku, a Skye Bank official. On Tuesday, the Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, also told journalists that Jonathan’s wife was under investigation. But in a statement by Park

Lagos State Approaches Supreme Court To Ban Wearing Of ‘Hijab’ In Public Schools

The Lagos State Government has approached the Supreme Court to appeal judgment approving use of Hijab (Muslim headscarf) in public secondary and primary schools in the state. It would be recalled that Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos had two months ago granted right of use of Hijab in public primary and secondary schools in the state. Vanguard news noted that the state government, in an appeal filed by Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Adeniji Kazeem, urged Supreme Court to set aside the judgment of the lower court (Appeal Court) and uphold that of the trial court (High Court). In the suit obtained by Vanguard, it was learned that the state government filed the appeal at the Apex Court on September 16th, 2016. The Court of Appeal Justices –Ali Gumel, Modupe Fasanmi, Adamu Jauro, Joseph Ikyegh and Cordelia Jombo-Ofo unanimously interpreted that sections 38 and 42 of 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended) guarantees fundamental human right of wearing hijab. The governme