Day: February 26, 2025

P-Square’s brother, Jude Okoye remanded in Ikoyi prison over N1.3bn fraud

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned Jude Okoye, the elder brother and former manager of Peter and Paul Okoye of the defunct music group, P-Square and subsequently remanded at the Ikoyi Correctional Facility over allegations of money laundering amounting to N1.38 billion, $1 million, and £34,537.59. Okoye was arraigned alongside his company, Northside Music Ltd, before Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Federal High Court in Lagos on a seven-count charge on Wednesday. One of the charges stated: “That you, Jude Okoye Chigozie and Northside Music Ltd sometime in…

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Senator Natasha slams N100.3bn suit on Akpabio, claims defamation

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Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who represents Kogi Central senatorial district, has instituted a N100.3billion defamation suit against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, at the Federal Capital Territory High Court, FCT, Abuja. This came after the Senate began a probe of the senator for engaging in verbal exchange with the Senate president, Godswill Akpabio, over sitting arrangement at plenary last Thursday. Akpoti-Uduaghan, alleged that the Senate president tarnished her image through a defamatory post published on his social media platform, Facebook. According to the claimant, the Senate President had in the post…

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Man kills newly wedded wife with 4-month pregnancy in Edo State

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Operatives of the Edo State Police Command arrested one Kelvin Izekor for the murder of his 38-year-old wife, Success Izekor. The unfortunate incident happened at Upper Mission Extension in Benin City on Saturday, February 22, 2025. A resident claimed that the couple recently got married. Also, a viral video on social media shows police officers and residents taking the deceased, who had deep machete cuts on her head, from her apartment into a police Hilux patrol van. The spokesperson of the Edo State Police Command, Moses Yamu, confirmed the incident…

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Trump to sell US residency permits for $5m

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President Donald Trump of the United States of America has unveiled plans to sell new “gold card” residency permits for a price of $5 million each — and said Russian oligarchs may be eligible. Trump said sales of the new visa, a high-price version of the traditional green card, would bring in job creators and could be used to reduce the US national deficit. “We’re going to be selling a gold card. You have a green card, this is a gold card. We’re going to be putting a price on…

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