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A 45-year-old Nigerian, Okeoghene Patrick Udugba, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in the United States on charges of money laundering and conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud over an alleged romance scam and business email compromise scheme. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced the indictment in a statement on Wednesday, alleging that Udugba, who resides in Frisco, Texas, orchestrated overlapping fraud schemes with others. According to the statement, “Udugba and others orchestrated overlapping romance and business email compromise schemes. “As part of the scheme, Udugba and others utilized social…

Michael Saylor’s Strategy announced the launch of the Bitcoin Security Consortium, a group of financial institutions and Bitcoin companies supporting the long-term quantum security of the Bitcoin network.The consortium pledged an aggregate $15 million over the next three years to support developers securing the Bitcoin network against the threat of a quantum computing breakthrough, Strategy announced in a Thursday press release.Other founding members include Anchorage Digital, ARK Invest, BlackRock, Block, Blockstream, Coinbase, Fidelity Digital Assets and Galaxy. The consortium’s day-to-day work will be coordinated by Mike Schmidt, who serves in a volunteer capacity and is the executive director of Brink,…

The Valley’s Kristen Doute is weighing in on Jax Taylor’s romance with his publicist — and estranged wife Brittany Cartwright’s former publicist — Lori Krebs. “To me, this is not about Jax. Jax is so diabolical … like, of course,” Kristen, 43, reacted to the news on the Wednesday, July 22, episode of Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen. She continued, “But with [Brittany] … this is Brittany’s trusted paid professional, a friend, basically part of her family for the past decade. It’s so totally deceitful. It’s her publicist. The one person who knows the ins and outs of…

Three men linked to the kidnapping of school children and teachers in Orire Local Government Area (LGA) of Oyo State in May pleaded guilty on Thursday to terrorsim charges before the Federal High Court in Abuja. The three men are Abdulrazak Umar, also known as Abu Khalifa/Abu Khalid, Yunusa Musa, also known as Yunusa bin Musa, and Shamsu Adamu Sani, alias Abu Itisar. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the men, who were arrested by the State Security Service (SSS), all hail from Suleja LGA of Niger State. The three defendants pleaded guilty to some of the 10…

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has threatened sanctions against Royal Air Maroc, citing a history of defiance against its regulatory authority and poor treatment of Nigerian passengers. Michael Achimugu, the NCAA spokesperson, announced the development in a post on X, stating that the airline has become a serial offender regarding baggage infractions, poor passenger handling, and inadequate resolution of customer complaints. “Having been sanctioned—for the first time—for consumer protection-related infractions in 2025, one would have expected major improvements in how they attend to complaints from Nigerian passengers,” Mr Achimugu noted. He added that despite the authority’s support to ensure…

Kannywood actor Uzee Usman has attributed the slow growth of the Hausa-language film industry to insufficient investment and sponsorship. Although the industry has produced hundreds of films and cultivated a loyal audience across northern Nigeria and parts of West Africa, it has yet to secure the corporate financial support that Nollywood enjoys. Speaking about the industry’s development on The Morayo Show this Wednesday, Usman acknowledged Kannywood’s progress, including its international recognition. However, he maintained that its expansion remains hindered by a lack of backing. “I’m one of the people who really pushed it out there to the global world with…

Confederation of African Football President, Patrice Motsepe, says the 2026 FIFA World Cup was incomplete without Nigeria and Cameroon. He spoke on Wednesday during a global press conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he reviewed the performance of African teams at the tournament. Nigeria’s Super Eagles failed to qualify for the World Cup, marking their second successive absence from the global showpiece after also missing the 2022 edition in Qatar. Eric Chelle’s side finished second behind South Africa in Group C of the CAF qualifiers before edging Gabon in a playoff semi-final. Their qualification bid ended in the final playoff…

RAMageddon has claimed yet another victim, with Framework now announcing a “major and unfortunate” pricing update for its upcoming premium laptop — which also impacts folks who preordered it. Memory configurations for the Laptop 13 Pro have been adjusted after Framework says it received cost updates from its memory supplier that “are more than double that of the prior inventory.”While Framework says it has enough LPCAMM2 memory modules on hand to cover all existing preorders, they’re not the right mix of 64GB, 32GB, and 16GB modules to match all preorder configurations. The company is now notifying some customers that the…

Bernstein said that it remains overweight on the Bitcoin mining sector, citing the growing partnerships between Bitcoin mining companies that are necessary to address the power constraints of artificial intelligence (AI) data centers.The investment manager’s Bitcoin mining industry deal tracker registered a new AI-related deal every week in July, with combined deals standing at more than 7.5 gigawatts or the contracted equivalent of $150 billion in multi-year contracts, according to a Thursday research note shared with Cointelegraph. The analysts said that third-party computing capacity from Bitcoin miners will remain highly valuable as access to power remains the AI industry’s real bottleneck…

Jimmy Kimmel confirmed that he recently offered former late-night rival Stephen Colbert the chance to guest host Jimmy Kimmel Live! during his summer vacation. “Of course, I asked him, and I think it feels premature,” Kimmel, 58, revealed to Variety in an interview published on Wednesday, July 22. “But I told him, ‘Anytime you want to host, it doesn’t matter if it’s the summer, I’ll gladly step aside.’” While Kimmel made the offer ahead of his summer break, he revealed to the outlet that Colbert, 62, politely declined. Both Colbert and Kimmel have been frequent targets of President Donald Trump…