American rapper, Sean Carter, aka Jay-Z, has reacted to a lawsuit that accused him of raping a 13-year-old girl with disgraced music mogul Sean Combs, aka Diddy, in 2000. A lawyer, Tony Buzbee, had filed a civil lawsuit accusing Jay of statutory rape.Reacting in a swift statement shared via his social media pages on Sunday, 8 december, 2024, Jay-Z denied the allegations and challenged Buzbee to file a criminal complaint. The rapper described the allegations as “false and blackmail.” The statement partly read: “My lawyer received a blackmail attempt, called a demand letter, from a ‘lawyer’ named Tony Buzbee.
Author: Abimbola Ogunaike
Popular Nigerian rapper, Blaqbonez has hinted at retirement. The ‘Like Ice Spice’ exponent, who announced that he would be retiring in the next three to five years, made this disclosure during a recent interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo. “I will keep doing my music to the point where I know that I’ve saved up something that would last me for a lifetime; enough legacies. And I project I will be done in the next three to five years,” he said. On his retirement plan, he said, “I will find another job in the entertainment industry. I would probably work…
Personnel of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service have rescued a 63-year-old plumber, Akin Kuboye, alive from a deep well in the Igando area of Lagos State. The Director of the fire agency, Mrs Margaret Adeseye, made this disclosure in a statement issued on Sunday, 8 December, 2024. She said that the incident happened on Sunday, 8 December, 2024 at 9:54 a.m. at 20, Muyibi Adebayo Street, off Agric Road, Egan–Igando, Lagos. According to Adeseye, the rescue team responded to a life threatening distress call and saved the survivor. “On arrival at the scene of emergency, it was discovered…
Police operatives in Delhi, India, have arrested three Nigerians for allegedly running a cyber fraud network that defrauded a local woman of ₹2.62 lakh (approximately N4.9 million). The suspects—identified as Lezhu John, Gibril Mohammed, and Egboola Ekena—were arrested on Friday, 6 November, 2024 in connection with an elaborate scheme involving the use of fake bank accounts and social media profiles to target victims. The Assistant Commissioner of Police (Cybercrime), M.M. Rajput, who confirmed the arrest of the trion, stated that the suspects had overstayed their visas and turned to cyber fraud as a source of income. “They were systematically transferring large…
Tragedy occurred in the early hour of Monday, 9 December, 2024 as a fire outbreak killed an 18-year-old boy at Sayi area of Alore in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The incident was said to have occurred at about 1:30am in the early hours of Monday, 9 December, 2024 A government official confirmed the sad the incident to Leadership. As of press time, a delegation of the Kwara State Government was about to visit the scene of the fire outbreak for an assessment of the situation.
Operatives of the Delta Police Command have arrested one Rich Otokwame aka Chinaranbo for allegedly raping a fourteen year old girl (name withheld) to coma in Oghara Community, Ethiope-West Local Government Area of state. The suspect, who is currently in detention at the Oghara Police Division, was said to have committed the act on Sunday, 8 December, 2024. In a text message sent to an online medium in Warri, Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe, confirmed the report. The message read: “Confirmed.” Source: Daily Post
The 2024 Edo Governorship Election Petition Tribunal is set to begin its inaugural and pre-hearing session over petitions challenging the declaration of the APC governorship candidate, Monday Okpebholo, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as winner of the 21 September, 2024 governorship election. It was gathered that there are seven petitions before the tribunal, one from the People’s Democratic Party(PDP), and its governorship candidate, Asue Ighodalo. Thegazellenews.com reported that the PDP candidate had emerged second while the candidate of the Labour Party (LP)) Olumide Akpata, came third in the results of the September 21, 2024 governorship election declared by INEC…
Gunmen on Sunday, 8 December, 2024 invaded Kakin Dawa village, a district in Gidan Goga, Maradun Local Government Area, Zamfara State and abducted over 50 women and children. According to a community member, the gunmen stormed the village with sophisticated weapons, moving from house to house. “Everyone started running because the armed bandits have been targeting our village; later we discovered that more than 50 of our women were abducted,” he told an online medium While disclosing that the kidnapped victims included young girls and married women, he e appealed to the federal and the Zamfara State governments to deploy…
Human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, has been granted bail by the Ekiti State High Court. The court granted Farotimi bail in the sum of N50 million, with a surety of the same amount. The court ruled that the surety must possess a landed property and adjourned the matter to 29 January, 2025, for further proceedings. Farotimi was taken to court by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Afe Babalola, after being arrested by operatives of the Ekiti State Police Command. Babalola, 95, accused Farotimi of defaming him in a book titled Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System. Men of the…
The Minister of Youth Development, Oyedele Olawande, has announced a collaborative effort with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to establish a Youth Desk Office aimed at tackling issues affecting young Nigerians. Speaking during the International Anti-Corruption Day event, the minister emphasized the critical role of this initiative in empowering the youth and addressing corruption. He noted that: “The Nigerian Youth Aid Desk is not just a platform; it is a confirmation that this administration sees, hears, and values the youth.” Olawande, while describing the initiative as a direct link between young Nigerians and decision-makers, providing avenues…