LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-Anti-corruption groups HEDA, Re:Common and Corner House have welcomed the appeals lodged by the Milan Prosecutor and the Federal Republic of Nigeria against the acquittal of Shell, Eni and 13 other defendants for alleged corruption in the acquisition of the giant OPL 245 oil field in Nigeria. The defendants, who all denied…
LAGOS JULY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-France on Friday cleared the extradition of Francois Compaore, the brother of Burkina Faso’s former president, to his home country where he is wanted in connection with the murder of a prominent journalist. The Council of State, France’s highest court for cases involving public administration, rejected an appeal by Compaore’s lawyers against…
LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There are strong indications that Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, may be deported to Nigeria. Upon his deportation, operatives of the Nigeria Police Force would arrest him, a security source confided in our correspondent. However, the activist’s lawyers have kicked against the move, saying that it was…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A United States Court has ordered the arrest of Nigeria’s top cop and Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr Abba Kyari. A District Court of California issued a warrant of arrest for Kyari over his role in series of fraud committed by notorious internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas aka Hushpuppi. Our source gathered that…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Wire fraud convict, Obinwanne Okeke, widely known as Invictus Obi, has lost the appeal he filed against his years’ imprisonment. The U.S. Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal after it was voluntarily withdrawn by the convict. The 33-year-old Nigerian, who was arrested in the U.S. on August 6, 2019, had pleaded guilty to the offence of conspiracy…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian Instagram celebrity, Ramon Abass, has finally agreed to plead guilty to the multi-million-dollar fraud charges filed against him by the United States government. Arrested in Dubai, the United Arab Emirate (UAE) in June 2020, and subsequently extradited to the U.S. where most of the victims of his alleged fraudulent activities are…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A court in Benin has ordered that a Nigerian separatist leader being held in the country be moved to prison from police custody. Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, is accused of entering the country illegally and planning to cause trouble but he denied the charges. He was arrested at a…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Benin Republic has filed fresh charges against Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, who was arrested in the country last Monday. Ibrahim Salami, one of the Cotonou, Benin Republic-based lawyers of Sunday Igboho, disclosed the new charges after Monday’s hearing, where Igboho was ordered to remain in police…