LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fidelity Bank has dismissed reports alleging that its Managing Director (MD) paid N5 billion in bribes to avoid detention by the police. In a statement released on Monday, the bank explained that the MD was asked to sign a N5 billion bail bond as part of a police investigation into a matter…
LAGOS APRIL 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) is in trouble after allegedly collecting princely sums as bribes from an out-going governor. The said REC, it was learnt, was taking orders from the governor contrary to his oath of office. The governor attempted to smuggle in the ballot papers he printed for the March 18 governorship…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has given N1 million to a woman that rejected N5,000 cash-for-vote bribe during the just-concluded governorship election in the state, which Professor Chukwuma Soludo won. The woman, a native of Ukwulu in Dunukofia Local Government Area rejected the offer from a political party’s representative, who was…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Apo, Abuja, has sentenced a former federal lawmaker, Farouk Lawan, to seven years imprisonment for taking bribes while serving as the chairman of the defunct House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating the fraud around fuel subsidy regime in 2012. Angela Otaluka, the trial judge,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian police said they have arrested one of their officers who was caught on camera collecting bribe from a motorist. The officer has been identified as Onuh Makedomu, a non-commissioned officer, with Force No.431625, according to a statement issued on Sunday by the Force Headquarters, Abuja. The statement, signed by the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One dead, two police vans, other vehicles destroyed as truck drivers and members of the presidential task force team clashed in a face-off on Thursday. As at the time of filing this report, the Lilypond terminal gate, two police Hillux vans were still on fire. The cause of the face-off is not…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two human rights activists have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly demanding a bribe from Wahum Nigeria Limited. According to The Punch, Dandy Eze, President of the Path of Peace Initiatives, and one Solomon Johnson, approached Wahum Nigeria Limited in 2018 to demand N50million to help…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)- Former Ghana Football Association president Kwesi Nyantakyi was handed a life ban from all football-related activities by FIFA on Tuesday following various violations of the governing body’s ethics code, including bribery and corruption. Nyantakyi, a former member of FIFA’s General Council, was found guilty after being filmed by an investigative journalist…