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Dubai Police have seized $40.9m in cash and more than a dozen luxury cars in the arrest of Hushpuppi, Nigerian Instagram celebrity accused of online fraud and money laundering. In a video shared by the police, officers explained how they arrested Nigerian gang leader Raymond Abbas, better known as Hushpuppi. Hushpuppi’s principal scam was to create websites that looked identical to well-known companies and banks, it is alleged. He and his accomplices then used emails and messages to prompt people to log in or make payments on the fake sites. The gang hacked corporate emails and directed huge payments by…

President Muhammadu Buhari has told members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to discontinue all litigations as he warns that internal fighting must end. Buhari advised members of the governing party, All Progressives Congress (APC), to withdraw all pending litigations against one another, and settle for internal conciliation, warning that the mutating disagreements could lead to self-destruction, with dire consequences. Speaking at the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on Thursday, said this was a very crucial moment in the life of the APC, stating that, he was elected on the platform of the party. “The issues currently confronting our party…

The current All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee has been dissolved at a National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on Thursday. The decision to dissolve the NWC comes after a recommendation by President Muhammadu Buhari that it should be dissolved. Meanwhile, Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe state has just been appointed as the chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC)’s caretaker committee and extraordinary national convention. Other members of the committee are Governor Abubakar Sani Bello (North Central) of Niger and Governor Isiaka Oyetola of Osun (South West). Buhari, Osinbajo attend Giadom’s APC NEC meeting Other members of the committee are…

C-mi (pronounced C.M.I), Adegoke Adesimisola Alice is a Nigerian born, France based artist poised to take the Nigerian and French scene by storm. Born on December 27, 1988, her musical talent began at the age of nine when she began to write and compose while leading the children choir in church. She started recording in 2002 with the notable influence of Mex Ossai who thought her the rudiments of rhyming. In 2011, her dexterity won her the Bitbender’s freestyle Friday competition in Lagos, Nigeria where she got the beat for her first official single NANI produced by Sleekamo. She relocated…

President Muhammadu Buhari and other leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from across the country, are gathered at the State House for the party’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting. As at noon, the Executive Council Chambers of the State House had been packed with attendees for the NEC, which was called by factional Acting National Chairman of the party, Chief Victor Giadom. The attendees include Governors, National Assembly leaders, as well as some national and state party executive members. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is also in attendance. Governors of Nasarawa, Niger, Jigawa, Plateau, Imo, Kogi, Yobe, Gombe, Osun, Ogun,…

Businessman and promoter of defunct HiTV, Toyin Subair, seeks a return to the pay television industry by free-riding on the 6th National Broadcasting Commission Code which, among other controversial provisions, aims to end exclusivity. Back in 2014, Toyin Subair, founder of the defunct pay television platform, HiTV, launched an ambitious move to return as a major player in Nigeria’s pay television market. Subair, whose HiTV, crashed in 2011 after four years, launched PlayTV six years ago, hoping that it would rise to prominence from the rubble of HiTV. The foundation for PlayTV was Continental Satellite Television (Consat), the failed pay…

A former governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State, Otunba Olusegun Agbalajobi, has warned that the party may collapse if the alleged impunity by Governor Kayode Fayemi is not addressed. He said the governor should be held responsible for the internal crisis rocking the APC, noting that it could tear the party apart and undermine the quest of the leadership to sustain its stronghold on the state. The APC chieftain, in a statement in Ado-Ekiti, alleged that the ruling party under the leadership of Fayemi was riddled with impunity, injustice and disregard for…

Professor of law, Itse Sagay (SAN) on Wednesday urged President Buhari not to participate in today’s All Progressives Congress (APC) National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting called by Victor Giadom. He said Giadom had no right to summon the meeting because a deputy national secretary is not in line to succeed the national chairman. Besides, Sagay, who chairs the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), said the ex-parte order Giadom is relying on to claim acting chairmanship had since lapsed. He said: “I’m stunned by this turn of events. How can a deputy national secretary have the ambition to be the…

CrossFit owner Greg Glassman has sold his fitness company, after stepping down as chief following outcry over remarks he made about George Floyd. The comments, in which he asked why he should mourn for Mr Floyd, had prompted athletes, gyms and sportswear firms to cut ties with the business. Incoming owner Eric Roza, a tech executive and co-founder of a successful CrossFit gym, said he would be “working hard to rebuild bridges”. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The value of the Crossfit business, which is based on a branded exercise regimen focused on high intensity workouts, has previously…

Olympus, once one of the world’s biggest camera brands, is selling off that part of its business after 84 years. The firm said that despite its best efforts, the “extremely severe digital camera market” was no longer profitable. The arrival of smartphones, which had shrunk the market for separate cameras, was one major factor, it said. It had recorded losses for the last three years. The Japanese company made its first camera in 1936 after years of microscope manufacture. The Semi-Olympus I featured an accordion-like fold-out camera bellows, and cost more than a month’s wages in Japan. The company continued…