LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has extended to Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, its investigation of the laundered 150 million euros cash-for-poll by associates of former vice-president Atiku Abubakar. It was learnt that the investigators went to the Library on August 8 to authenticate the claims by one of those under…
LAGOS AUGUST26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the order given by Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to attack any Nigerian leader who travels abroad, members of the group have converged on Japan in anticipation of the visit of President Muhammadu Buhari. President Buhari is billed to attend the 7th Tokyo International Conference on…
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chika Odionyenma, one of the persons on FBI’s 77-man list of suspected Nigerian fraudsters, was appointed into the inauguration committee of Emeka Ihedioha, governor of Imo state. There have been reactions since Thursday when the agency disclosed that many Nigerians were under investigation in connection with one of the largest scams in…
New figures obtained exclusively from the Nigeria Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) shows that hundreds of Nigerians are on death row while others are serving various jail terms in several countries abroad. According to the figures, 73 Nigerians are presently on death row in Malaysia. An NDLEA source who spoke on condition of anonymity has…
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the indictment of 80 suspects in what is termed the biggest internet fraud in America, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, has spread its dragnet to nine countries for the arrest of another batch of 57 suspects. Nigeria is one of the countries where accomplices in the e-fraud are currently hibernating….
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Ogun State yesterday arrested two brothers, 29-year-old Sunday Durosinmi Onikoyi and 20-year-old Felix Durosinmi Onikoyi, for making purchases with fake currency. The brothers who reside at No 30 Akala Street Idi-Oro Mushin Lagos, were arrested following a distress call from a resident of Gas-line area of Ijoko Ota. Police…
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Maria Adesanya, a Nigerian immigrant and mother of a five-year-old child faces deportation from the UK after she was found guilty of bribing a male NHS nurse to pose as her baby daughter’s father so that her child could get a British passport. Adesanya, 31, paid £3,000 to UK citizen and Nigerian-born…
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 26-year-old housemaid, Franker Amaha, has been reported to have stolen foreign currencies estimated at N1.6 million six hours into her employment. Amaha, who was known as Esther based on her record with the Agency from where she was employed in Ikorodu area of Lagos State, stole the money from her employer,…
