Category: Foreign

Sean Combs allegedly ‘paid’ $1m for 2Pac’s assasination – Report

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Sean Diddy Combs, popular American rapper has been implicated in an alleged connection to the murder of Tupac Shakur, with court documents claiming he paid $1 million to have the late rap icon killed. According to reports, court filings by the prosecutor overseeing Tupac’s murder case extensively mention Combs, citing allegations made by Duane “Keefe D” Davis, currently facing charges in the murder, that Combs orchestrated a $1 million payment for Tupac’s assassination. In documents filed recently, Combs is referred to 77 times under his known aliases such as Puffy,…

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I was tricked to grant permission for my child to undergo puberty blockers -Elon Musk

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Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and Space X, has said he was “tricked” into granting permission for his child to undergo puberty blockers. Musk made the disclosure in a live interview with psychologist Jordan Peterson on X on Monday. During the conversation, Peterson mentioned Musk’s decision to relocate SpaceX’s headquarters from California, citing the state’s new legislation, Assembly Bill 1955, which enables schools to keep a child’s sexual orientation or gender identity confidential from their parents. This move came after California Governor, Gavin Newsom, signed the bill into law…

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Biden withdraws from US presidential race

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United States President Joe Biden has announced his withdrawal from the presidential race. Mr. Biden’s decision came four months before the country’s 2024 presidential election. Joe Biden’s campaign has been thrust into pressure, as panic and worry about his election chances pour in from the highest levels of the Democratic party. Below are some incidents and people who called for his withdrawal: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had expressed concerns in private to Mr Biden about his candidacy. His…

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UAE denies $10,000 bank balance, N640,000 fee for Nigerian visa applicants

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The United Arab Emirates has denied approving $10k bank balance, and N640k fee requirements for Nigerians applying for visas into the country, reports The Cable, an online news agency. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, announced on Monday, that the UAE authorities agreed to vacate travel restrictions imposed on Nigerians. Idris further revealed that applicants must fulfill certain conditions part of which was obtaining a document verification number on documentverificationhub.ae. According to the website, the verification costs a non-refundable N640,000 excluding VAT for each application. This does…

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Tech entrepreneur arrested for alleged fraud

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A tech entrepreneur, Kingsley Inegbedion, has been arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for his alleged involvement in romance scams and business email compromise schemes that witnessed him and an accomplice, Efemena Igbe, who is still at large, posing as legitimate business owners to defraud American citizens between April 2020 and May 2023. The FBI said the duo used sham corporate entities to receive fraudulent funds distributed into other accounts within and outside the US to conceal the fraud. The FBI, in a statement, said it had been seeking…

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Wiz Khalifa charged with illegal drug possession

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Wiz Khalifa, US rapper has been charged with illegal drug possession after performing at a seaside festival in Romania, where he allegedly consumed cannabis on stage, prosecutors said Sunday. The hip-hop star was headlining at the “Beach, Please!” festival in the Romanian village of Costinesti on the shore of the Black Sea, when he got caught with the drug early Sunday, prosecutors say. Cannabis is considered a “risk drug” in Romania, and possession is punishable by up to ten years in prison. Videos posted on social media show the rapper…

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Tinubu, world leaders condemn Trump’s assassination attempt

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu joined other world leaders yesterday to condemn the assassination attempt on former US president Donald Trump at an election rally. Tinubu, in a statement on his verified X handle, described the incident as”distasteful,” adding that it “goes beyond the pale of democratic norms.” “I extend my sympathies to the former president and wish him relief,” he added. Other world leaders and governments, who reacted with shock to the assassination attempt, spoke against political violence and expressed their support for those affected by Saturday’s shooting, which killed…

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Prophet who claims God gave him key to gambling, wins £23k, banned from casino

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A “prophet”, Archbishop Emmanuel Mutumwa, who claimed God gave him a winning formula has been banned from a casino after taking home £23,487 ($30,000). Lucky Archbishop Emmanuel Mutumwa, leader of the Johanne Masowe eChishanu Apostolic Sect in Zimbabwe, had bragged about his mammoth win. But his celebrations were cut short when bosses at other casinos in Zimbabwe told him to stay away amid fears he was getting unfair help from the Lord. “They fear they will go bankrupt because I will win too often,” Mutumwa added. He said he used…

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Louisiana state orders Ten Commandments be displayed in classrooms

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A bill has been signed by the governor of Louisiana on Wednesday requiring the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom in the conservative US state, reigniting the debate over separation of church and state. The legislation, the first of its kind in the nation, mandates that the biblical text be on display starting in 2025 in all public school classrooms from kindergarten through state-funded universities. “If you want to respect the rule of law, you gotta start from the original law given — which was Moses,” Jeff…

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Justin Timberlake arrested for drunk driving

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Local prosecutors in a chic town east of New York City, has revealed that pop star, Justin Timberlake was arrested and arraigned Tuesday on charges of driving while intoxicated. The 43-year-old Timberlake, known for such hits as “SexyBack” and “Cry Me a River,” was taken into custody in Sag Harbor, part of the affluent Hamptons community, in the early hours of Tuesday. “Justin Timberlake was arrested in Sag Harbor for driving while intoxicated,” the prosecutor’s office in Suffolk County said in a statement. “He was arraigned in Sag Harbor Village…

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