LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Nigeria must key into global financial inclusion and the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) must lead in the awareness that may help Nigeria achieve this. The charge was handed down to GOCOP by Yusuf Mamman, Nigeria’s former ambassador to Spain, chairman of the 2024 Annual General Conference of GOCOP holding…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-U.S. prosecutors in Manhattan unveiled criminal charges against a Nigerian fintech businessman who recently bid unsuccessfully for an English Premier League soccer team, saying he lied to investors about his companies’ finances. Odogwu Banye Mmobuosi, 45, the former co-chief executive officer of Tingo Group (TIO.O), was charged with securities fraud, making false…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of Security Services (DSS) says it has charged Godwin Emefiele, the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to court. TheCable had reported that a federal capital territory high court had ordered the DSS to charge Emefiele to court if they have criminal allegations against him. Hamza Muazu,…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-International Press Institute (IPI) Nigeria has noted with concern the arrest, detention and subsequent arraignment before a magistrate court in Bauchi of the publisher of WikkiTimes online newspaper, Mr. Haruna Mohammed and a reporter, Mr. Idris Kamal, by the police in Bauchi. The journalists claimed that they were physically assaulted while they were in…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Europe’s biggest bank, BNP-Paribas, has been charged with “laundering” tens of millions of euros worth of public money in France for the family of Gabon’s late leader Omar Bongo, in what plaintiffs have called a “historic first”. After decades of relative impunity, French courts have in recent years sought to clamp down…
LAGOS JANUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Malian authorities on Thursday charged six prominent figures, including a former prime minister, with seeking to mount a coup, a move that came after a military putsch in August, their lawyers said. The public prosecutor’s office in the capital Bamako said in a statement that six people were under investigation for…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The Federal Government has withdrew the examination malpractices charges pressed against the former governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke and four others. This happened at the resumed hearing on Thursday, when the prosecution lawyer, Simon Lough said the state has amended the charge to…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-During the week, several media outlets reported that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), dropped all 14 count charges against Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. Meanwhile, while reacting on the story, the Economic and Financial crime Commission described the reports as ‘fake’. Spokesperson of the agency, Wilson Uwujaren told…