LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Religious police in Nigeria have destroyed nearly four million bottles of beer in a crackdown on alcohol. The bottles were crushed into the ground by bulldozers in the northern city of Kano in front of crowds cheering “Allahu Akbar” (God is Great). The predominantly Muslim city is in one of several northern…
LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian, Mark Okuo and his Kenyan accomplice, Florence Musau, have been accused of alleged conspiracy in internet scam, leading to over $4 million. The 41-year-old Okuo and 36-year-old Musau were accused of depositing $1.3million into various bank accounts from their fraudulent proceeds since 2018, DailyMail reported. About $195,000 was obtained through…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man from Florida has been arrested after being accused of fraudulently obtaining nearly $4 million from the Paycheck Protection Program and using part of the money to buy a $318,000 Lamborghini. The man, David T. Hines, 29, of Miami, was arrested Friday, July 24 and charged with one count of bank…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate yesterday quizzed the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Idris Ahmed, over the identity of a lawyer who collected $4 million as payment for the professional fees for the management of Excess Crude Account (ECA). Chairman of Senate Committee on Finance, Adeola Olamilekan, who demanded the identity of the lawyer during…