Cubana Chief Priest
17 Sep
The Donald's Fast Food, popularly known as De-Angels Night Club, located on Adebayo Doherty Street, Lekki 1 owned by socialite Cubana Chief Priest has been reopened. The food outlet was closed by officials of the Lagos State Government on Sunday for violating environmental laws. This was disclosed in an X formerly a Twitter post by the Commissioner, Ministry of the Environment…
16 Sep
The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) has sealed Donald Fast Food in Lekki axis, a firm owned by popular socialite and Instagram celebrity, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly called Cubana Chief Priest. LASEPA said that the closure was carried out because the firm allegedly violated the state's pollution law after refusing to heed several warnings regarding…
5 Jun
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday, further adjourned until June 25 to mention a case against celebrity bartender Pascal Okechukwu (Cubana Chief Priest) for alleged abuse of the Naira. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), arraigned Okechukwu on April 17, on a three-count charge of allegedly spraying and tampering with the Naira…
15 May
The charade of Nigeria is never-ending! Only recently, one of the country’s best-known cross-dressers, Idris Okuneye, alias Bobrisky, was arrested on charges of abusing banknotes. He was later convicted and sentenced to six months in prison. Not long after, popular socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, aka Cubana Chief Priest, was also arrested for alleged naira abuse and he’s already being prosecuted.
5 May
Brooding over the Bobrisky debacle, I thought of a piece I would caption, ‘When the Sheriffs are Puritans’.The puritanic rendition of the Naira offence in relation to the personal life of Bobrisky must have flipped open the front page ...
3 May
Justice Kehinde Ogundare of the Federal High Court, Lagos, yesterday, fixed June 5, for a report of settlement in the Naira abuse case filed against celebrity bartender, Pascal Okechukwu popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
18 Apr
Justice Kolawole Ogundare of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, granted a businessman and socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, N10 million bail with two sureties in like sum.
17 Apr
Justice Kolawole Ogundare of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has granted a businessman and socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, N10 million bail with two sureties in like sum. The judge granted him bail following his plea of not guilty to the charge brought against him by the Economic and…
17 Apr
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday arraigned businessman Pascal Okechukwu, aka Cubana Chief Priest, before a Federal High Court in Lagos over abuse of the Naira currency. He was arraigned on three counts of spraying and tampering with the Naira notes during a social event at Eko hotel in Lagos. When the…
17 Apr
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed charges against popular Instagram celebrity, Cubana Chief Priest, who has been accused of abusing the naira.
16 Apr
Popular Nigerian socialite Pascal Okechukwu, known as Cubana Chief Priest, will be arraigned in court the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for naira abuse. Cubana Chief Priest is facing a three-count charge for allegedly violating the Central Bank Act of 2007. EFCC accused Cubana Chief Priest of spraying and tampering with the naira by…
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