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…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The assistant commissioner of police in charge of Public Complaint Rapid Response Unit (PCRRU), Abayomi Shogunle, has revealed how the police retrieved N11.1 million as bribes collected within the last two years by police officers across the country. Mr Shogunle stated this in Osogbo during a sensitisation for police officers towards the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, has alleged that the federal government was “deliberately corrupting the elections process in the country,” fingering the newly launched ‘Trader Moni.’ Ezekwesili, co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) Movement, specifically said that the scheduled governorship election in Osun State expected to take…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Divisional Police Officer in charge of Pen Cinema Police Division, Lagos State, Harrison Nwabuisi, has been recalled to the state Police Command headquarters following the corruption allegation leveled against him. According to a statement signed by the Spokesman of the command, CSP Chike Oti, Nwabuisi was recalled by the Commissioner of…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As 2019 election approaches, citizens have been advised to get their permanent voter’s card, PVC, and fulfill their civic duties when the time comes. But a number of Nigerians have complained of the hardship they have to endure to get their PVC which include payment of N1,000 bribe. Nkemjika Okorafor shared a…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Reports in the South African media allege that one of its referees, Victor Gomes rejected a $30,000 (about N10.8 million) bribe to fix the CAF Confederation Cup match between Plateau United and Algeria’s USM Alger. Plateau United won the first leg second round fixture played in Lagos on Saturday by 2-1.But according…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Policemen attached to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Imo State Police Command, have been accused of collecting a N10,000 bribe from some journalists. The operatives, led by one Inspector Uche, reportedly collected the money under duress, threatening to frame the journalists if they failed to give the bribe. A photo…
