LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Depositors at Wema Bank are expressing concern following the bank’s announcement of a significant financial setback. The tier 2 lender, led by Moruf Oseni, revealed a loss of over ₦8 billion to litigation and fraud in 2023. The disclosure was made in the financial statement presented to the Nigeria Exchange Group, as…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former governor of Anambra state, Peter Obi, on Sunday, January 14, presented cheques worth about N75 million to the Annunciation Specialist Hospital for the commencement of its College of Nursing Sciences in Enugu. Obi, who was in the hospital on Sunday, said he mobilized $50,000 (about N60 million) from one of his…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fraudsters weekend hacked the WhatsApp number of a former senator representing Lagos Central, Tokunbo Afikoyomi, defrauding his friends of millions of naira. It was learned that though some of his friends were smart enough to call the senator before parting with money, which the fraudsters solicited on his behalf on Satuday, others…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Cape Verde delivered a ridiculing upset as they secured a 2-1 win against Ghana in a Group B encounter at the African Cup of Nations. The match which held at the Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium in Abidjan on Sunday night, saw the Blue Sharks take the lead in the 17th minute through…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Super Eagles were expected to have a clear run to the second round from Group A of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations, having been pooled alongside hosts, Cote d’Ivoire and minnows, Equatorial Guinea and Guinea Bissau. But the Nigerian side showed yesterday that making it out of the group would…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A North Carolina man who spent 44 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of r@ping a woman in 1976 has reached a historic $25 million (about N25 billion) combined settlement in a civil lawsuit in the U.S. Ronnie Long, 68, received $22 million from the city and $3 million from the…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Passengers numbering about 45 have been abducted by armed men in Orokam, along the Otukpo-Enugu Road in Ogbadigbo local government area of Benue State. The gunmen were said to have ambushed the three fully-loaded 15-seater commercial buses when they came out from nearby forests in Orokam and forced the drivers of the…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reopened fraud cases against thirteen former governors and some former ministers, with the amounts involved running into over N853.8bn. According to Sunday PUNCH, the amount at stake in the high-profile cases involving the former governors and ex-ministers was not less than N772.2bn, with the…