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A California judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit against disgraced former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein that was brought in 2019 by actress Rose McGowan, one of the first women to accuse Weinstein of sexual assault.

Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja Acting on the recommendation by the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Usman Baba, to suspend the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, over his indictment by United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Police Service Commission (PSC), yesterday, approved the IG request and has suspended Kyari. The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Usman Baba, had Sunday recommended the immediate suspension of Deputy Commisioner of Police and Head of the Police Intelligen...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The head of IGP Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari who is currently embattled over alleged tie with a suspected internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi, may have similar fate with the former Economic Financial Crime Commission, EFCC boss, Ibrahim Magu who was suspended over alleged insubordination and re-looting of recovered funds. Recall that Mr Magu was arrested in July 2020 by the Department of State Services, DSS, for allegedly re-looti...

Share THE Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered an internal review of the allegations of money laundering and advance-fee fraud against the celebrated crime-buster, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, levelled against him by authorities of the United States of America.  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is, however, yet to commence investigation into the allegations.  Kyari is now wanted in the United States in connection with the money launde...

Casey Wheat, who called the north side of the H.B. Pier his home, died in May 2020.

3 min read A United States District Court in California has fixed July 27 as new date for the trial of the Nigerian Instagram celebrity facing fraud charges, Ramon Abass, also addressed as Hushpuppi. This overruled a previous order from the court that fixed May 4 for the trial. The recent order given by Judge Otis Wright followed an application for extension sought by Mr Abass’ defence counsel, Louis Shapiro. Application Mr Shapiro premised the request on the fact that he need...

EXCLUSIVE: Hushpuppi hires former govt. lawyer as defence counsel Hushpuppi hired the new top-rated lawyer following the withdrawal of his former counsel from the case. 2 min read One-time Instagram celebrity facing fraud-related and money laundering charges in the United States, Ramon Abass, also known as Hushpuppi, has hired a top-rated criminal defence lawyer, Loius Shapiro, to represent him in his trial. This followed the withdrawal of Gal Pissetzky and Vicki Podberesky, his...

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Nixing Grocer Pandemic Pay May Not Be On Calif. Judges List Law360 (February 23, 2021, 8:32 PM EST) -- A California federal judge appeared hesitant Tuesday to grant a preliminary injunction that would halt a Long Beach ordinance requiring grocery stores to pay workers a premium due to COVID-19, referencing during a video conference his own struggles to secure food and supplies during the early days of the pandemic. U.S. District Judge Otis Wright did not make a ruli...

essentially, it would give the president for all practical purposes the ability to increase the debt ceiling with really just a minority of support from congress. it would allow congress to voice its disapproval and this is something that the president would have to do in three increments over time between now and the november 2012 election. kyra, this doesnt address entitlement reform and certainly that idea of the tax increases, democrats are still demanding and the white house is st...

allow the president to raise a debt ceiling and avert crisis. a vote on that could happen this week. the fallback plan would likely pass the democrat-controlled senate but face a bigger challenge in the house where republicans hold the majority. lets get the latest with brianna keilar. are we any closer to a deal? >> on a deficit reduction plan, kyra, it doesnt appear so. no announced meetings between the white house and congressional leaders over the weekend, there were staff-level me...