Author: David Great

American music mogul Sean Combs, known as Diddy, has been implicated in the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. According to new court documents reported by the U.S. Sun, the Bad Boy Records founder is accused of paying $1 million to Duane “Keefe D” Davis to carry out the assassination. Davis, who was arrested for the murder last year, revealed these allegations. The documents, filed on Thursday, July 18, mention Diddy 77 times, referring to him by various names including Puffy, Puff Daddy, Puff, and his legal name, Sean Combs. “Defendant [Keefe] has asserted publicly that he only told on…

Operatives of the Kano office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a banker, Kamaluddeen Lawal and three businessmen for recycling and manipulating contents of Naira notes. The other suspects are Ismail Ibrahim Ilu, Lamido Bala and Abba Mohammed. In a statement by EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, the suspects were arrested at Unity Road, Kantin Kwari market, Kano following credible Intelligence on the activities of some individuals suspected to be trafficking huge sums of money in cash. “Investigations showed that the suspects specialized in obtaining mutilated Naira notes from various banks with the…

Kimberly Cheatle, the director of the US Secret Service, resigned after the agency came under fire for failing to prevent a would-be assassin from hurting US President Donald Trump during a campaign rally, the White House announced on Tuesday. The Secret Service, which is in charge of protecting current and former US presidents, is in crisis after a gunman opened fire on Trump from a roof above the outdoor rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13. “The independent review to get to the bottom of what happened on July 13 continues, and I look forward to assessing its conclusions,” Democratic…

Two major bodies representing footballers and football clubs in Europe are filing a complaint to the European Commission accusing FIFA of abusing its position. Football’s world governing body has taken “unilateral decisions” and its conduct “infringes EU competition law and notably constitutes an abuse of dominance”, FIFPro Europe and the European Leagues body said in a statement on Tuesday. FIFPro is the global players’ union while European Leagues brings together more than one thousand clubs from 33 countries around Europe. They say FIFA’s conduct with regards to the international match calendar has “harmed the economic interests of national leagues and…

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has poured cold water on reports linking Kevin De Bruyne with a move away from the club amid speculation the Belgian midfielder may depart for Saudi Arabia. De Bruyne, whose contract expires in 2025, said last month that he is not ruling out a move but Guardiola believes there will be no major changes to the squad before the end of the transfer window, which closes on August 30. “Kevin is not going,” Guardiola said at a press conference at North Carolina State University on Monday ahead of their opening U.S. tour match against Celtic.…

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has increased the benchmark lending rate to 27.65 per cent. The hike in the Monetary Policy Rate was disclosed by the Governor of the CBN, Olayemi Cardoso, at the end of the 296th MPC meeting in Abuja on Tuesday. The MPC had maintained a hawkish stance to tame inflation since it resumed meeting this year and thus far, it has hiked rate by more than 500 points. The rate was raised to 26.25 per cent in May. However, with inflation moving to 34.19 per cent in June, according to…

In a decisive move to uphold environmental standards and maintain the Mega City status of Lagos, the Lagos State Taskforce has expelled illegal street traders from Alade Avenue, Orishe Street, and Johnson Street, all located off Obafemi Awolowo Way. According to the Taskforce spokesman, Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, in a statement seen by Chronicle NG, the areas had been unlawfully converted into mini-markets and restaurants, causing significant human and vehicular traffic congestion and severe environmental pollution. The operation, led by the Chairman of the Lagos State Taskforce, CSP Adebayo Akerele, took place over two days at dusk, a time when the illegal…

Aliko Dangote deserves our collective support and official encouragement. I told him the day I visited his plant that he’s ‘’an authentic African hero and a real icon’’, and I meant that from the bottom of my heart. As an investor and businessman, he’s succeeded where our government has failed. He has built a huge business empire consisting of manufacturing, oil and gas, agriculture, fertilizer and petrochemicals and will earn more than Nigeria next year. For the 2025 FY, the Dangote Group is expecting to gross a total revenue of $30 billion, with the refinery contributing $19.5b; fertilizer, $2.5b; oil…

Arsenal are prepared to offer English forward Eddie Nketiah, 25, as part of a swap deal with Crystal Palace for 24-year-old England defender Marc Guehi. (Metro) Manchester United and West Ham are in competition to sign Morocco right-back Noussair Mazraoui from Bayern Munich, who want about £19m for the 26-year-old. (Sky Sports Germany) West Ham could pursue a deal for Manchester United’s 26-year-old English right-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka if Mazraoui moves to Old Trafford. (Sky Sports) Negotiations between Paris St-Germain and Napoli over a deal for Nigeria forward Victor Osimhen, 25, have stalled. (Fabrizio Romano) Besiktas have told former Arsenal, Liverpool and England midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, 30, that he is no longer part of their plans. (Mirror) Manchester City are looking at making a move…

Dr. Baba Adam, a former US leader of Pro National Conference Organisations, PRONACO and one of Nigeria’s prominent citizens in the US has described the federal government’s onslaught against Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote as a ‘civil war’. Adam urged President Bola Tinubu to intervene and end the brouhaha between Dangote and the state-owned oil agencies, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)/Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). In a letter addressed to Tinubu, the US-based elder statesman noted that investors globally were watching the situation and could make future investment decisions based on how it is handled. He advised…