Alice Tan Ridley, a singer who shared her powerful vocals on the New York City subway before performing on “America’s Got Talent” and the mother of Oscar nominee Gabourey Sidibe, has died. Ridley died March 25 in New York City, her family announced in an obituary published on the Sconiers Funeral Home website. A cause of…
Peter Okoye, one half of defunct music group P Square, testified in court against his brother and former manager, Jude Okoye, over alleged diversion. Jude Okoye and his company, Northside Music Ltd., have been charged with seven counts of allegedly laundering N1.38 billion, $1 million, and £34,537.59. When the trial over alleged money laundering came…
Emmanuel Iren, the founder of Celebration Church International, has shared an observation regarding the electricity situation in Nigeria. The pastor took to X to disclose that his daughter wrote a poem titled “Nigeria is Light”, but the irony was that there was no power supply at the time. He wrote: “My daughter wrote a poem…
Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO) and its banking subsidiary, Guaranty Trust Bank Limited, paid nearly N6 billion as penalties for contravening regulatory provisions over a period of three years across the various countries in which it operates. According to the audited financial statements published on its website for the years 2022, 2023, and 2024, the…
An illegal immigrant was convicted by a jury on Monday of raping and murdering Rachel Morin, a 37-year-old woman and mother of five children, in August of 2023. According to Fox 5, Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez, an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, was found guilty of first-degree rape, first-degree murder, third-degree sexual offense, and kidnapping by…
