LAGOS NOVEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Judge Rebukes Two Nigerians Abdulrasheed Maina, a former Nigerian government official who ran a defunct pension reform department, has been convicted of stealing 2 billion naira ($4.8 million) belonging to pensioners after a two-year trial. Okon Abang, a judge at a federal high court in Abuja, sentenced Maina to eight years in…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced Abdulrasheed Maina, the former chairman of the now-defunct Pension Reformed Task Team to eight years imprisonment. Maina was convicted after he was found guilty of money laundering. In a judgement delivered on Monday by Justice Okon Abang, the court held that the prosecutor, the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced Faisal Maina, son of chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, to 24 years imprisonment. Justice Okon Abang found him guilty of the three-count charges, sentencing him in absentia. “The Federal Government shall arrest the convict anywhere found in the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, refuses to grant Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Taskforce Team (PRTT), bail. Delivering a ruling, Justice Okon Abang, alleged that Maina’s application for bail lacked merit. Justice Abang said though it was at the court discretion to grant bail, the ex-pension reformed boss…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Task Team, on Friday told the Federal High Court, Abuja that his leg would have been amputated if he did not travel to Niger Republic for medicare. Maina offered the explanation in his affidavit to support the bail application filed before Justice Okon Abang. He…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said on Thursday Faisal Maina, son of Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), has fled to the United States (U.S). EFCC’s prosecuting counsel, Mohammed Abubakar, said this at the Federal High Court in Abuja where the younger Maina is…
LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Taskforce Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, on Thursday, collapsed in court. Maina collapsed in the dock when his counsel, Anayo Adibe, was addressing the court on his no-case submission before Justice Okon Abang handling his trial. The court had to rise for five minutes to enable…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Police has confirmed the arrival of Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairperson of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT) from Niamey, Niger Republic. Police spokesperson, Frank Mba, made this known in a statement on Thursday. Mr Maina was arrested by a combination of security and intelligence operatives in Niger and Nigeria. “The…