LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The conviction of two prominent members of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Jolly Nyame and Joshua Dariye in quick succession by a Federal Capital Territory High Court has put a lie to the often repeated charge by critics and cynics that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, is lukewarm in prosecuting…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Heads up, soccer fans: The 2018 World Cup in Russia is coming up. The event, kicking off June 14, will take place in various cities across Russia, from Moscow to St. Petersburg to Sochi. Where is it? The opening ceremony will take place at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium. When is it? The opening…
efcc LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Abuja businessman, Mr Abdulhamid Zari, has alleged that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission operatives extorted N4m from him to release his passport. The passport, he claimed, was seized on the directive of the Head, Economic Governance in the Commission, Abubakar Madaki. Zari, who made the accusation while addressing journalists…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Photos of a Nigerian woman who lives in Texas has been circulating online as the woman who jumped into the lagoon beneath Third Mainland Bridge on Sunday. The woman, named Toyin, has now refuted the rumors by sharing recent photos of herself via her Instagram account. She captioned the photo: “Am alive,…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Forty-five -year -old Achegbulu has been arrested for allegedly operating an illegal blood bank in his one-room ‘Face-Me-I- Face-You’ apartment in Bariga area of Lagos State. He was also alleged to be using under aged children as donors. Recovered from the suspect, were seven pints of blood and other medical instruments. The…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Zainab Bage Abubakar of the Federal High Court sitting in Kano today June 12, 2018 refused an application by a former governor of Kano State Malam Ibrahim Shekarau for the release of his international passport to enable him travel to Saudi Arabia for lesser hajj. Shekarau approached the court with a…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court sitting in Gudu area of Abuja, has sentenced a former Plateau State Governor Joshua Dariye, to 14 years’ imprisonment over charges ranging from criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of over N1.16bn, the sum belonging to the state. Justice Adebukola Banjoko in over six hours judgement Tuesday convicted…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Special Presidential Investigation Panel (SPIP) for the Recovery of Public Property says it has recovered seven dollars million (N2.1 billion at official rate) illegally stashed in Heritage Bank. Chairman of the panel, Mr Okoi Obono-Obla, disclosed this while briefing President Muhammadu Buhari on activities of the panel. Obono-Obla told the president…
