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P Square: Mr P denies Rudeboy’s EFCC claim

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By Francesca Hangeior.

 

Afrobeat singer Peter Okoye known as Mr. P has denied filing any petition against his twin brother Paul and their former manager Jude Okoye at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

He challenged Paul or anyone else to produce evidence of such a petition.

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He wrote on X: “Let’s set the record straight together. Here is the full statement on the recent EFCC issue involving P-SQUARE and our former manager and elder brother, Jude Okoye.

“I challenge PAUL, or anyone else, to produce any petition that I, Peter Okoye, my management or my legal team, ever filed against my twin brother PAUL, or that even mentions his name. “

Grammy-winning singer Burna Boy, has launched a football academy with training centres in Lagos, Abuja, and Port Harcourt.

The academy aims to create an environment where young players can learn the fundamentals of football, combined with education, discipline, and technique, to excel in life beyond the sport.

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According to the academy’s website, the program is open to players aged 4-15 and 16-21, with training sessions three days a week, lasting two hours per session.

The academy has partnered with several top-tier football clubs, including Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspurs, Leicester City, and Brighton from the English Premier League, as well as Watford from the Championship and Scottish clubs Hearts and Hamilton.

According to the statement on their website, the academy’s vision is to engage parents in sports education, emphasising its importance alongside academic pursuits.

“We aim to create an environment where kids can learn the fundamentals of football, combined with education, discipline, and technique, to excel in life beyond the sport.

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“We strive to engage parents in sports education, emphasising its importance alongside academic pursuits.”

With two centers in Lagos, Lekki and Surulere, as well as Abuja and Port Harcourt, the academy has already seen success, with results from seven friendly matches showing four wins, two defeats, and a draw.

Burna Boy’s football academy is a significant investment in the development of young football talent in Nigeria, providing a platform for players to hone their skills and potentially secure a future in the sport.

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VIDEO: Beauty Tukura confirms break up with Neo

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Big Brother Naija reality show star, Beauty Tukura has confirmed her break up with colleague, Neo Akpofure.

Beauty made this known amid the breakup rumors between her and Neo after unfollowing each other on Instagram.

Speaking in a red carpet interview, she shed light on her current relationship status .

While addressing her relationship status, the reality star emphasized the importance of faith, security, and support.

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The interviewer asked; “Are you in a relationship?”

She responded; “It is complicated and I’m not seeing anybody. I love a God fearing man who can make me feel secure, encourage me and support me to fly.”

Watch video below:
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One Billion Users, But Controversies Mount Up For TikTok

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TikTok’s breakneck rise from a niche video-sharing app to a global social media behemoth has drawn intense scrutiny, particularly over its links to China.

In Washington, the platform has been accused of espionage.

The European Union suspects it was used to sway Romania’s presidential election in favour of a far-right candidate.

And now Albania has banned it for a year, Prime Minister Edi Rama calling it the “thug of the neigbourhood”.

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Here are the main controversies surrounding TikTok:

Albania: minimum one-year ban

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said Saturday the government would shut down social network TikTok for at least a year from 2025.

The move came less than a month after a 14-year-old student was killed and another injured in a fight near a school in Tirana.

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The fight had developed from an online confrontation on social media.

Romania: suspected influence campaign

The EU is probing whether far-right presidential candidate Calin Georgescu’s surprise victory in the first round of Romania’s presidential election was aided by Russian meddling and “preferential treatment” by TikTok.

It is the third investigation the commission has launched against TikTok, which risks fines of up to six percent of its global turnover.

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The platform said it had taken “robust actions” to tackle election-related misinformation. Russia has denied interfering in the vote.

US: sell-off pressure

The United States in April passed a law obliging TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance to sell off the platform by January 19 on the grounds it allowed China to access data on US users.

If not, the platform would be banned in the United States — denying TikTok its claimed 170 million users in the countries.

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TikTok admitted ByteDance employees in China had accessed Americans’ data but it has denied giving data to the Chinese authorities.

To protect data, the US government, the European Commission and Britain’s government had already banned TikTok from their employees’ work devices in 2023.

Australia: teenage ban

TikTok was among the many platforms targeted by a landmark law passed in Australia in November banning under-16s from accessing social media.

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Social media firms that fail to comply with the law face fines of up to Aus$50 million (US$32.5 million) for “systemic breaches”.

TikTok said it was “disappointed” by the Australian legislation, claiming it could push young people to the “darker corners of the internet”.

Nearly a third of TikTok users are between 10 and 19 years old, according to the Wallaroo agency.

EU: engagement feature ditched

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In August, the company, under pressure from EU regulators, was forced to ditch a feature in its TikTok Lite spinoff in France and Spain rewarding users for time spent in front of their screens.

In that rewards programme, users aged 18 and over could earn points to exchange for goods like vouchers or gift cards by liking and watching videos.

It was accused by the EU of potentially having “very addictive consequences”.

TikTok’s editing features and powerful algorithm have kept it ahead of the game, attracting an army of creators and influencers as well as creating many of its own.

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TikTok and ByteDance employees also manually increase the number of views on certain content, according to a report in Forbes.

TikTok has said manual promotion only affects a tiny fraction of recommended videos.

Disinformation

The app is regularly accused of putting users in danger with the spread of hazardous “challenge” videos.

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Several children have reportedly died while trying to replicate the so-called blackout challenge, which involves users holding their breath until they pass out.

And around one-fifth of videos on topical issues such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine were found to be fake or misleading in a study by misinformation group NewsGuard.

AFP, along with more than a dozen fact-checking organisations, is paid by TikTok in several countries in Asia and Oceania, Europe, the Middle East and Spanish-speaking Latin America to verify for internal moderation videos that potentially contain false information. The videos are removed by TikTok if the information is shown to be false by AFP teams.

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I’m convinced all men cheat – Rapper Sexyy Red

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American rapper, Sexyy Red, has said marriage is just “ceremonial” because of men’s cheating nature.

The ‘Rich Baby Daddy’ crooner said she would get married but would never trust her partner.

She said she is convinced that all men cheat.

Speaking in a recent interview with Angel Reese, Red said, “I’m going to get married but I think that marriage is fake. I think all men cheat.

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“Even if I’m not dating, I know that men cheat. That’s why I got no hope. I’ve never met a man who doesn’t cheat.

“Even if a man tells me he won’t cheat on me, I won’t believe it. We can get married but at the end of the day, it’s just a ceremony. I don’t have faith in men.”

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