Mr Amaechina Alison Madueke, husband of Nigeria’s former Petroleum resources minister may have been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday.

According to online newspaper, Sahara Reporters, insider sources within EFCC disclosed that Mr Madueke was arrested for alleged money laundering.

Mr Madueke was reportedly arrested Wednesday morning by EFCC agents in Abuja for illegally laundering more than $600,000 through his personal accounts.

One EFCC source indicated that Mr Madueke was released on administrative bail. The EFCC however seized his passport and placed him under caution.

This is the latest development in an ongoing global investigation into the financial activity of the former Minister of Petroleum Resources Diezani Maduke, who was arrested last year in London for financial crimes.

Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke who is reportedly battling cancer in London, United Kingdom, headed the petroleum industry in Nigeria at a time oil prices steadied at above $100 but barely reflected in the nation’s fortunes.

There have been series of corruption allegations linked to the period Diezani was in office and supervised by former President Goodluck Jonathan who many accuse of allowing corruption fester in the oil sector in an unprecedented fashion.

On Tuesday, a former group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Austin Oniwon, told a legislative inquiry panel at the National Assembly that Diezani authorized crude oil swap worth $24bn without due process.

– SaharaReporters

Yesterday, at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Oyo State, one Sakira Rasaq, gave birth to a set of quintuplets, 3 boys and 2 girls.

Her husband, Alfa Yusuf Rasaq, a Koranic teacher, said mother and children are doing great.

The couple had 2 children before the arrival of the 5 bundles of joy.

Senator Ben Murray-Bruce was born in Lagos on 18th February 1956 to Papa Mullighan (of blessed memory) and Mama Margaret Murray- Bruce from Akassa in Bayelsa State; between them, they have 12 highly-successful children.

Ben Murray-Bruce’s late father founded the Domino Group.

The PDP senator, who is the founder of the Silverbird Group conglomerate, currently represents Bayelsa East senatorial district.

He turns 60 on 18th February 2016. In no particular order, Dawn-To-Dusk News profiles 7 of Ben Murray-Bruce’s siblings.

1. Mrs. Margaret Murray-Bruce – 89-year-old Murray-Bruce matriarch

2. Mr. William Murray-Bruce – Director, Finance Department and the Management Information Systems of Domino Group

3. Mr. Michael Murray-Bruce – Managing Director, Domino Group

4. Mrs. Joy Murray-Bruce Jonah – Executive Director, Domino Group

5. Mr. Roy Murray-Bruce – President, Silverbird Group (made up of Silverbird Communication-Rhythm FM and Silverbird Television-; Silverbird Cinemas; Silverbird Productions; Silverbird Properties; Silverbird Film Distribution; and Silverbird Malls)

6. Mr. Guy Murray-Bruce – President of Entertainment at The Silverbird Group

7. Mr. Billy Murray-Bruce – Executive Director, Domino Group

8. Ms. Philomena Murray-Bruce – Executive Director, Domino Group

An Ohio woman was arrested on assault charges by police who said she attacked her husband and knocked him unconscious because he failed to buy her a Valentine Day’s present.

Kimberly Hammond, 46, had been drinking, her husband told Washington County Sheriff’s deputies. She scratched and hit his face during an argument, and then allegedly grabbed a mini baseball bat and hit him in the back of the head, the husband said, according to authorities.

He was knocked unconscious, and his wife continued to beat him as he came in and out of unconsciousness, deputies said.

Hammond said she was angry because her husband forgot to get her a Valentine gift, according to deputies, WTAP-TV reported. A breath test showed she had a blood-alcohol level of .221, deputies said.

She was arrested Sunday on assault and domestic violence charges. It was not clear whether she had posted bail or had been arraigned.

Source: Inside Edition

Yewande Oyediran, the Ibadan-based lawyer who allegedly killed her husband, Lowo Oyediran, at their Akobo residence in Ibadan on February 2nd, appeared before the Chief Magistrate’s Court in Iyaganku, Oyo state yesterday February 16th.

At the brief hearing of the case, Amos Adewale, the police officer investigating the case, informed the Chief Magistrate in charge of the case, Kehinde Durosaro-Tijani that based on legal advice from Department of Public Prosecution (DPP), the Magistrate’s court lacked the jurisdiction to hear the case and so the case should be transferred to the state High court.

The Chief Magistrate adjourned the case till March 1st and Yewande was taken back to Agodi prison where she has been locked up since the attack happened.

The 42 year woman paid a 27 year old convict 50million Vietnamese Dong (£1,600) for his sperm which she used to impregnate herself with.

Nguyen Thi Hue, was arrested in the coastal province of  Quang Ninh in 2012 on charges of drug trafficking, local newspaper Thanh Nien News reports. She was sentenced to death two years later.

When she appealed, the court upheld her sentence, according to the Associated Press. But it looks like Hue will avoid the death penalty after all.

The Vietnamese penal code forbids the execution of pregnant women or mothers with children under the age of 36 months and orders that in those cases the death penalty should be converted to life imprisonment.

Investigators discovered that Hue paid a 27-year-old male inmate more than $2,000 in August 2015 for his semen and syringes, which they say she used to inseminate herself. The baby is due in April, and Hue’s sentence will officially be reduced to life imprisonment after the birth.

Four officers at the prison have been suspended for alleged negligence, the Associated Press report.

From : Huffingtonpost