A woman who accused rapper Nicki Minaj’s husband, Kenneth Petty, of sexual assault during high school, has filed a lawsuit against the couple, alleging that they harassed and intimidated her while trying to convince her to change her story.
The case dates back to 1994, when Jennifer Hough, then 16, reported to the police that Mr. Petty, a 16-year-old she had known growing up in Jamaica, Queens had raped her after leading her into a home at knife point, the lawsuit says.
Mr. Petty was arrested that day and was charged with first-degree rape, and subsequently pleaded guilty to attempted rape, said Kim Livingston, a spokeswoman with the Queens district attorney’s office. He served about four and a...
An Indian businessman, Vyapak Nutal, has been taken into custody for interrogation by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, over the smuggling of 134,700 bottles of Codeine syrup into the country through the land border between Nigeria and Niger Republic in Sokoto state.
A statement released by Femi Babafemi, spokesperson of NDLEA, says the suspect had loaded the consignment into trucks in Cotonou, Benin Republic and drove through the land borders via the Niger Republic before entering Sokoto state at the Illela border. Settled in a hotel in Sokoto state, credible intelligence revealed that Nutal began to look for buyers for the controlled drug. While operatives were on his trail, officers of the Department...
