LAGOS DECEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A court in the United States has sentenced Babatunde Ayeni to 10 years’ imprisonment. Peoples Gazette reports that the court filings from the District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, which it obtained, showed that the court ordered Ayeni to pay approximately $20 million to victims of his scam. According…
LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian man who has spent 10 years on death row for stealing some hens and eggs has been promised a pardon by the governor of the south-western Osun state. Segun Olowookere was 17 years old in 2010 when he was arrested along with his accomplice, Morakinyo Sunday. They were said to…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has blamed the freefall of the naira on the huge sum of $39.6bn spent by Nigerians on foreign education and medical tourism in 10 years spanning 2010 to 2020. Giving a breakdown, the apex bank disclosed that the sum of $28.6bn was spent on foreign education…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Sokoto State High Court sitting in Sokoto on Monday convicted a Facebook scammer, Murtala Abdullateef, who was said to have presented himself as a General in the United States Army serving in war-torn Syria. Mr Abdullateef was sentenced to 10 years in prison, but was given an option of N200,000 in…
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A 13-year-old boy who was handed a decade-long jail sentence for blasphemy last year will now walk free. He was convicted by an Islamic court in August for making uncomplimentary remarks about God during an argument with a friend in northern Kano state. But a secular appeals court overturned the sentencing on…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Magistrate Court in Port Harcourt has slammed 10 years imprisonment on 47-year-old, Lois Obazi, a US-based woman for child trafficking. Obazi had in 2018 disguised in a quasi-name, ‘Precious Obasi’ living around Omehia School Road, Igwuruta community in the Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, at the time of her…
LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The government of Ekiti State, SHS Holdings, and UNOPS have today (1 July 2020) announced a deal to build at least 50,000 affordable homes over the next decade. A statement made available to NewsRangers disclosed that all of the new affordable homes built will include renewable energy and disease preventative technology –…
