LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s infamous suspected fraudster, Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, alias Hushpuppi, who recently pleaded guilty in the United States, has narrated how he bribed Nigeria’s celebrated Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari. According to the US Department of Justice, a criminal complaint initiated the prosecution of Hushpuppi in February as court documents ordered unsealed…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Witnesses to the shocking public kidnapping of Nigerian and British national Nnamdi Kanu—head of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group—told The Daily Beast that the separatist leader was stepping out of his car at an airport when a group of heavily armed men forcefully seized him to arrange his transfer to…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Command in Nasarawa State says it has arrested a seven-member syndicate in Lafia with N7.8million and 110,000 dollars counterfeit currencies. Mr Bola Longe, Commissioner of Police in the state, paraded the suspects on Friday at the Police Command Headquarters in Lafia, alongside 61 others for various criminal offences. Longe said…
LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS0-Britain has asked Nigeria to explain where and how Nnamdi Kanu, a separatist leader who holds British citizenship, was arrested after Kanu’s lawyer alleged he had been detained and mistreated in Kenya before being sent back to Nigeria. Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group which wants part of…
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A 36-year-old lady, Chioma Afam, who uses multiple identities and wears hijab to evade security scrutiny has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA in Benue state along with her partner, Peace Chidinma Caleb, 22, for trying to smuggle a total of 296,000 tablets of Diazepam and…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Traditional Ruler, Kabiyesi Jacob Esan of Ijesa, Osun State and owner of Liberitas Plc is now counting his loses after he was swindled to the tune of N525m. The Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested one Philemon Ibrahim Gora for offences bordering on obtaining…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 30 suspects have been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission during a raid on Parktonian Hotel in the Lekki area of Lagos State. During the raid on Tuesday, the operatives were alleged to have gained entry into the occupants’ rooms by seizing the master cards…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has said the rearrest of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, was in accordance with the legal process. The Special Assistant to the Minister on Media and Public Relations, Jibrilu Gwandu, in a telephone interview…