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Mohbad Death: Court Clears Naira Marley, Sam Larry, Prime Boy

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A Magistrate court sitting in Yaba, Lagos has cleared Nigerian street singer Azeez Fashola popularly known as Naira Marley, his aide Sam Larry, and Prime Boy from the death of Mohbad.

Magistrate Ejiro Kubenje, who read and implemented the legal advice of the Directorate of Public Prosecution, DPP, Lagos, said that they had no case to answer as regards the unfortunate demise of the late singer.

The court said it would prosecute the auxiliary nurse that injected him (Feyisayo Ogedengbe) and one of Mohbad’s friends, Ayobami, for the offense of reckless and negligent acts contrary to Section 251 (e) of the Criminal Law, Ch C.17, Vol 3, Laws of Lagos State, 2015.

The duo will be prosecuted at the Magistrate Court.

Refreshing Mohbad memory, a former signee of Naira Marley’s record label, tragically passed away at 27 under unclear circumstances on September 12, 2023.

Following his death, his former boss, Naira Marley and his aide, Sam Larry lost the admiration of Nigerians when a video of Sam assaulting the late Mohbad surfaced online. The video sparked a flurry of reactions from the online community and led to the cancellation of Naira Marley and his label.

The duo were arrested and kept in police custody for more than five weeks but were released on November 17th after they met their bail conditions. After their release, the singer and his aide engaged in several charitable deeds to win back the hearts of Nigerians.

Back in March, a video of an Imam forcing Naira and Sam Larry to say Amen for the killers of Mohbad surfaced online and left tongues wagging. The Imam later spoke out on the incident, revealing that they had confessed to him that they were innocent and had nothing to do with his death, and had asked him to say a prayer for the killers of Mohbad.

In May, Sam Larry was embarrassed over an incident at a club. The socialite had stormed a club, and unfortunately for him, a club guest confronted him over Mohbad’s death, questioning where the boy he killed was. This made Sam Larry flare up and was captured online venting as some guys held him.

Zinoleesky, who is signed under Naira Marley’s label, Marlians Records, also lost the support of many for keeping silent over the maltreatment rendered on Mohbad. His career took a major blow, as US show promoters cancelled his tours and distanced themselves from him.

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Video: Portable Blasts Davido, Asake Over 2025 Grammy Loss

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“Na Me, Naira Marley Deserve The Award’’

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Controversial Nigerian singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as portable has thrown heavy shade at Davido and Asake for missing out on winning a Grammy award.

The ‘Zeh Nation’ boss took to his Instagram page as he shared a video where he mocked the singers for losing at the 67th Grammy award, held on February 2, at the Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles.

According to him, they had avoided him but the international awarding committee did not recognise them with an award.

In the video, Portable added that he and Naira Marley are the ones who deserve to win the award. The singer mentioned the fact that a female artist defeated his colleagues and confidently declared that he would win the Grammy.

Throwing shades at Asake, he stated that the singer wore a military uniform to the award ceremony, adding that the event was not about war but about glory.

He urged Skepta to submit their collaboration, Tony Montana, for the next Grammy Awards and also encouraged Olamide to submit their hit song, Zazu, for consideration.

Recall that singer Tems bagged an award for the best African music performance ahead of Burna Boy, Davido, Asake and others.

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Mohbad’s Royalties: Reps Summon Naira Marley, Manager

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The House of Representatives has summoned controversial singer Azeez Fashola popularly known as Naira Marley to appear before it.

This was part of moves to secure proper compensation and royalties of late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba (Mohbad) musical works.

The House Committee on Justice, Youth and Legislative Compliance, also invited the manager to the late singer, Jiggy Adeoye to an interactive session slated to hold next week Tuesday.

In a letter dated October 26, 2023, signed by the Committee’s Clerk, Yusuf Ibrahim, t                   he House said both Naira Marley and Mohbad’s manager were needed to guide the committee on further legislative action.

The letter reads: “The House Committee on Justice, Youth and Legislative Compliance invites you and the legal team of MOHBAD for an interactive meeting session as regard a referral received being a resolution of the House of Representatives during their plenary session on Tuesday 26th September 2023 with respect to the circumstances surrounding the royalties and other benefits of Mohbad and to ascertain the level of your interaction with other relevant copyright organizations, such information will guide the committee on further legislative action.

“In view of the above, you are kindly invited for an interactive session with the chairman, Committee on Justice, Youth and legislative compliance scheduled as follows;

Tuesday October 31, 2023, at 2:30pm”

Ibrahim Shehu

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Alleged Cyber Fraud: EFCC Tenders More Evidence against Naira Marley’s

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has presented more evidence against singer Azeez Fashola known better as Naira Marley, at the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos State.

This is as the court also dismissed the defendant’s objection to the forensic evidence earlier presented by the witness.

The trial of the singer continued on Friday before Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos State.

At the resumed hearing on Friday, the prosecuting witness, Dein Whyte, an operative of the EFCC continued the presentation of evidence against the singer.

Naira Marley is standing trial on an 11-count charge bordering on credit card fraud brought against him by the EFCC.

A statement by the anti-graft agency read, “At the last sitting on June 9, 2022, the defence counsel, Olalekan Ojo SAN, had objected to the witness’s opinion on the forensic evidence linking the defendant to credit card fraud.

“He had argued that only the court could make pronouncements on the defendant’s culpability, not an investigator”.

“At the resumed trial today, Justice Oweibo delivered a short ruling in which he dismissed the defence’s objection;

“It is the duty of the law enforcement agency or police, to charge a person to court to investigate if the defendant committed the crime or not. The investigator must be able to link the defendant to the commission of the crime.

“The prosecutor must have made up his mind as to the involvement of the defendant before bringing the case to court. I do not agree that the prosecution has declared the defendant guilty,” the judge ruled.

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EFCC Forensic Investigation Indicts Naira Marley

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The Cybercrime Section of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Thursday, submitted reports of forensic investigations led by Whyte Dein to corroborate their case against singer Azeez Fashola a.k.a Naira Marley, charged with credit card fraud before the Ikoyi Federal High Court.

Dein, the Chief Detective Officer of the Section told the court that his team’s investigations revealed that the defendant was involved in credit card fraud.

The artiste faced 11 charges bordering on alleged credit card fraud contrary to Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act and the Cyber Crimes Act. 

It was gathered that the singer committed these offenses between November 26 and December 11, 2018, and May 10, 2018. He was arraigned on May 20, 2019, but was granted bail.

At the resumed trial on Thursday, Dein, led in evidence by EFCC counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, told Justice Nicholas Oweibo that they discovered conversations on the defendant’s iPhone with one Raze who asked for a credit card details.

He said, “One of our findings from the forensic report shows the exchange of chat messages with several persons when the defendant sent credit card details, including card numbers and expiration dates. Visa card details were one of those sent by the defendant to a certain person known on his contact list as Raze. This message sent Visa Card details to Raze, after which Raze replied that the card was not valid.”

“We were able to establish through investigation the previous messages he sent with a wrong card that was indeed not valid. We then repeated the same process a second time which was now valid.”

Dein also explained that the singer used a multi-lingual browser to access illegal networks.

He said: “The defendant used malicious tools to disguise the identity and location of the user of the laptop when connected to the internet along with the presence of the Top Browser which acted as a single gateway to the dark net. This gave us a reasonable ground to suspect that the defendant had been engaging in fraudulent card activities. And this was established through a reply to our request to Visa Western Union Card.”

“The types of sites most commonly associated with the dark web are marketplaces where illicit goods such as narcotics, firearms, and stolen credit card numbers are bought and sold. The darkest corners are used to hire hitmen, engage in human trafficking, and exchange child pornography.”

Another forensics expert, Buru Buhari on October 3, 2019 during the proceedings, told the court that his investigations revealed stolen card details issued by European, American, and Latin American banks from the singer’s laptop.

Dein concluded by saying the investigations pointed out the defendant’s involvement in cyber fraud. However, the defense counsel, Olalekan Ojo, SAN, objected and said only the court could conclude.

The case was adjourned till July 13 for ruling on the points raised, and July 15 for the continuation of the trial.

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Celebrities You Didn’t Know Are Muslims

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On our listicle today, we will be revealing some of your favourite celebrities who are Muslims that you might not even know.

Interestingly, some of these celebrities have always been known by their aliases with little attention paid to their real names. These guys have really cool Muslim names if we must say.

However, some of them have at different times expressed publicly their ties to Islam.

Reminisce

Nigerian rapper Reminisce was born Remilekun Abdulkhalid Safaru.

The rapper who has been in the music industry for over a decade now is one of the most popular and influential in the country.

Reminisce has also inculcated his Islamic faith in his music. No wonder two of his albums ‘Vibes and Insha Allah‘ and ‘Baba Hafusa‘ have Islamic words in them.

CDQ

CDQ may be one of your favourite rappers but he is also Muslim. He was born Sodiq Abubakar Yusuf in 1985 to a Muslim family.

CDQ is best known for his single “Nowo E Soke” featuring Wizkid and Masterkraft’s Indomie where he was featured alongside Olamide.

Naira Marley

Unarguably one of the biggest music stars to have emerged from Nigeria in 2019, Naira Marley needs no introduction. However, it may interest many to know that the rapper is a practising Muslim.

Azeez Fashola popularly known as Naira Marley can be described as one of those Muslim celebrities who always keep their fans abreast during their fasting season.

JJC Skillz

Abdulrasheed Bello popularly known as JJC Skillz is another Muslim celebrity you should know. He gained prominence in the early 2000s when Afrobeats and Hip Hop started becoming popular in Nigeria.

He is married to movie star Funke Akindele Bello and they have a set of twins.

Maryam Apaokagi

Nigerian skit maker and Instagram comedian Maryam Apaokagi popularly known as Taaooma is also a Muslim. The skit maker has always made it clear about her strong Islamic faith.

In an exclusive interview with Pulse in 2020, the comedian talked about covering her hair because of her religion.

“Because one of the main reasons I cover my hair mostly is because I’m a Muslim. So, some people might say because she covers her hair, it’s a movie set and they might want me to wear a wig and I might not be able to, so that is why I say it depends on what character,” she said.

Femi Adebayo Salami

Femi Adebayo is a Nigerian director, film actor, lawyer, producer and Special Adviser to the Governor of Kwara State on Arts, Culture and Tourism.

He is one of the most popular actors in the Yoruba Nollywood industry. He is also the son of a veteran movie star, Adebayo Salami.

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