Archive for: June, 2019

Patience Jonathan To Know Fate On Forfeiture Of $8.4m, N7.4bn On July 1

LAGOS 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former First Lady, Patience Jonathan, will know the fate of money found in accounts linked to her on July 1, a Federal High Court in Lagos has ruled. The court on Thursday fixed judgement for July 1 in the suit filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), seeking final forfeiture of […]

Taxi Driver In Court For Allegedly Abducting Ten Children

LAGOS JUNE28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police on Wednesday arraigned a 25-year-old taxi driver, Kenneth Edet, in a Grade I Area Court in Mpape, Abuja, for allegedly kidnapping 10 children. The police charged Edet, who lives in Mpape, with one count of abduction. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Prosecution Counsel, Mr Edwin Ochayi, told […]

39kg Of Cocaine Found On Plane Carrying Brazil President’s Team To G20

LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWRANGERS)-A Brazilian air force officer travelling with President Jair Bolsonaro’s G20 team has been arrested after being caught with 39 kilograms of cocaine. The officer was detained in Seville, Spain, when the back-up plane travelling to Osaka made a stop-over, a statement released by the Brazilian defence ministry said. It said: “The […]

Presidential Election Tribunal Strikes Out Buhari, INEC’s Application

LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal, on Thursday, struck out an application filed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and President Muhammadu Buhari, seeking a dismissal of the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM). PDM’s candidate, Aminchi Habu, and his party are challenging their exclusion from the February 23 presidential […]

Sagay To Lawan, Stop Misleading The Public, Senators Earn N15m, Not N750,000

LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), has asked the President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, to stop misleading Nigerians, adding that senators earned N15m monthly and not N750,000 as claimed by Lawan. Lawan had on Tuesday said there was no such thing as “jumbo pay,” adding that […]

INEC Accuses Akpabio Of Parading Fake Results

LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Tuesday, informed the National Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal, sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, that the figures being bandied by the APC in the Akwa Ibom North-west Senatorial district election, Senator Godswill Akpabio were fake. Akpabio, a petitioner who is challenging the victory of Senator […]

Oba Of Benin Raises Alarm Over Criminals Building Camps In Edo Forests

LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II of Benin has raised the alarm that criminal elements, including bandits and herdsmen, are building camps in forests within his kingdom. The Oba, who disclosed this when he met with Enigie (dukes) in his kingdom in Benin yesterday, urged them to […]

Flood Victims Take Shelter In Edo Church

LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some victims of flood in Benin, Edo State took refuge in a Christ Apostolic Church of God Mission, a church within the neighbourhood where the disaster happened on June 24. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the victims were residing at Ogbowan Street and Ogbowan Crescent, Ugbor area of the Government […]

Woman Arranges Own kidnapping To Assist Her Husband Raise Money

LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A middle aged woman, Yemi Samuel, has been arrested by men of the Kwara state police command for arranging her own kidnap. Yemi who was paraded before newsmen at the command’s headsquarters in Akure the state capital yesterday June 26th, explained that she arranged her own kidnap in order to raise money […]

Nigerian Woman On The Run For Allegely Defrauding Russian Firm Of $1.4m Aircraft Parts

LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 46-year-old woman, Ittu Affiong Theresa Tommy, is now on the run after allegedly collecting aircraft spare parts valued at over $1.4 million from a Russian company under the pretext of supplying same to a government agency. She is also been hunted for receiving over N1 billion from a government agency to […]

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