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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is set to present nine witnesses in its case against musician Azeez Fashola, aka Naira Marley,  The PUNCH  can report. According to court documents obtained by our correspondent, the witnesses would give evidence of their investigation, tender exhibits and reveal their findings to the court. Three of the witnesses were said to have taken the defendant’s and witnesses’ statements. The remaining are representatives of Mastercard, Visa Inc and Guaranty Trust Bank, who are expected to tender relevant card and account details of the defendant to the court. The artiste was arrested on May 10 at 9 Gbangbala Street, Ikate, Lekki, Lagos, together with Omomniyi Temidayo (aka Zlatan Ibile) and three others for alleged advance fee fraud. After his arrest, the anti-graft agency filed 11 charges against Naira Marley bordering on alleged cybercrime and identity theft. The alleged crimes were in contravention of the Money Laundering (P

Popular lawyer-turned-rapper, Folarin Falana, a.k.a Falz TheBahdGuy, son of human rights activist, Femi Falana has stated that in spite of the recent clampdown on perpetrators of internet fraud, popularly known as Yahoo Yahoo, the present government has not done enough to combat the cybercrime which has gradually become a fallback means of livelihood for Nigerian youths. In a chat with E-Daily, the ‘This is Nigeria’ crooner who has been heavily criticized for condemning the crime and entertainers who encourage it, said the government needs to do more to put an end to the crime which has tarnished the country’s image abroad. “I think the government through their law enforcement agencies are supposed to come in and clamp down on people perpetration such acts and make sure that people face consequences for their actions; because if they do face consequences, that could be a deterrent to other people thinking about committing such acts. So far, the gov

Dark Phoenix Dark Phoenix is the 12th film in the X-Men franchise, if you count the Wolverine and Deadpool spin-offs, but it’s the first to have a female central character: an X-Woman rather than an X-Man. Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones) stars as Jean Grey, a mutant whose psychic powers are supercharged when a space rescue mission goes wrong. She’s joined by Jennifer Lawrence, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and the other regulars, and Jessica Chastain plays an alien who tries to lead Jean astray. How any of this connects to the ‘Dark Phoenix’ storyline in 2006’s X-Men: The Last Stand… well, you might need some psychic powers of your own to know for sure. Released on 5 June in the UK and France, 6 June in Australia, Germany, and the Netherlands and 7 June in the US   Late Night Mindy Kaling, creator of The Mindy Project, writes and co-stars in this comedy about the US’s only female late-night talk show host, Katherine Newbury (Emma Thompson), a boss from hell with