LAGOS APRIL 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Peter Kekemeke of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Nyanya in Abuja, has convicted internet fraudster, Farouk Olamilekan. The Economic and Financial Crimes (EFCC) arrested Olamilekan on January 29, 2021, in the Mpape area of Abuja. Operatives stormed the location after intelligence on his academy where young boys were trained on internet fraud….
LAGOS APRIL 13TH (NEWSRANGERS0-A seasoned journalist, Chris Anucha, has been appointed the Daily Editor of Imo State-owned Newspaper, The Statesman. He replaces the Acting Editor, Peter Uwa. His appointment, which took effect from March 1, 2021, is part of the efforts by the management to rebrand and reposition The Statesman to compete favourably with other tabloids in the…
LAGOS APRIL 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kelyn Spadoni allegedly transferred the funds received from Charles Schwab & Co. to another account immediately A Louisiana woman is being accused of mistakenly receiving funds and not returning them. Kelyn Spadoni, 33, of Harvey, Louisiana, allegedly refused to return more than $1.2 million she mistakenly received from Charles Schwab & Co….
LAGOS APRIL 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Burkina Faso court charged former President Blaise Compaore in absentia on Tuesday in connection with the 1987 murder of then-President Thomas Sankara, one of the most infamous killings in Africa’s post-independence history. Sankara, a charismatic Marxist revolutionary often called “Africa’s Che Guevara”, was assassinated during a coup led by his former…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Executive Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, will lead Powerful delegation to the national maritime summit on Apapa traffic gridlock. The summit is slated for Wednesday 14 – Thursday 15, April 2021, at Rockview Hotel, Apapa, Lagos, time is 10am. The Summit being organied by the Powerful Pen Media, has the…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has dismissed and prosecuted one Sgt Eze Aiwansoba, m, attached to the Special Protection Unit, Base 16, Ikeja, for firing and attempting to kill his lady friend, Joy Ndubueze on 8th October, 2020, at Salvation Road, Opebi, Ikeja of Lagos State. The incident was referred to the…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Seven Catholic clergy, including two French citizens, have been kidnapped in Haiti, said the spokesman of the Bishop’s Conference for the island nation, which has been rocked by unrest. Five priests and two nuns were abducted in the morning in Croix-des-Bouquets, a commune northeast of the capital Port-au-Prince, while they were “on their…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The General Overseer of Resurrection Praise Ministry, Archbishop Samson Benjamin protested against the Buhari administration on Sunday in Lagos. Benjamin, popularly known as Jehovah Sharp Sharp, carried a coffin as he marched through the streets of Festac. The Bishop claimed God asked him to do so because He wasn’t happy with…