LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has convicted former Senior Special Assistant on Media to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe, of breaching the Money Laundering Act. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu presiding over the case on Monday found Okupe guilty of contravening sections 16(1)&(2) of the Money Laundering Act and accepting cash in…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted a former Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Interior, Mrs. Anastasia Daniel-Nwobia in relation to the botched 2014 recruitment exercise in the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS). Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, in a judgment on Thursday, found Mrs Daniel-Nwobia guilty of breaching the Public Procurement…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa on Thursday said that over three million kilograms of drugs have been intercepted and seized by the agency. Marwa said this during the Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria (CRAN) 2021 Annual Lecture and Award Ceremony with topic: “Proliferation…
LAGOS APRIL 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Peter Kekemeke of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Nyanya in Abuja, has convicted internet fraudster, Farouk Olamilekan. The Economic and Financial Crimes (EFCC) arrested Olamilekan on January 29, 2021, in the Mpape area of Abuja. Operatives stormed the location after intelligence on his academy where young boys were trained on internet fraud….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The International Criminal Court on Thursday convicted a one-time child soldier who morphed into a brutal commander in the notorious Ugandan rebel group the Lord’s Resistance Army of dozens of war crimes and crimes against humanity, ranging from multiple murders to forced marriages. Dominic Ongwen, who was abducted by the shadowy militia…
LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Saudi court has sentenced a prominent women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul to five years and eight months in prison. That’s according to local media that said Hathloul was charged with seeking to change the Saudi political system and harming national security. The trial has drawn international condemnation and poses an early…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Zone 6, Wuse, Abuja, yesterday convicted a member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Victor Mela, of lying on oath in his Form CF001 submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as a candidate in the 2019 general elections. The chief magistrate convicted the lawmaker representing…