LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-French prosecutors on Wednesday requested a four-year jail term and a fine of 500,000 euros ($562,000) for Lamine Diack, the former IAAF president standing trial for corruption, money laundering and breach of trust. Prosecutors said that Diack, an 87-year-old Senegalese who led track and field’s governing body for nearly 16 years, directly…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As the countdown to 2023 begins and several candidates have started announcing their intentions to run for the office of the President of the federal republic of Nigeria, it appears that there would be a lot of competition ahead. Atiku Abubakar who is a former Vice-President of Nigeria has been a strong…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election and former Governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi, speaks on the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2023 elections and other issues. Excerpts: How would you assess the way the Federal Government has handled the COVID-19 pandemic? The…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Director General of Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside, has denied reports that he was sacked from office on allegations of corrupt practices. Dakuku who held a closed door meeting with the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbanjo in Abuja, last Friday, said the non- renewal of…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fresh facts have emerged on why Dakuku Peterside was not favoured to sit for another four years as Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). Besides the inability of Peterside to develop indigenous shipping tonnage, his failure to curb piracy in the nation’s territorial waters and a frosty…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In his playing heydey Taribo West was a tough-tackling defender taking on the best strikers in Italy’s Serie A with his trademark shock of brightly-coloured braids. Now the former Inter Milan and AC Milan player is one of several ex-Nigeria national team stars and officials on a crusade to stamp out the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A judge in South Africa issued an arrest warrant Tuesday for former president Jacob Zuma for failing to appear in court on a corruption case that he has sought to avoid for months — now by asserting that he is ill. The National Prosecuting Authority requested the warrant, the South African Broadcasting…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Before now, I have confidently argued severally on different occasions with so many people that the corruption status of Nigeria have definitely reduced to a manageable level or below average since the establishment of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) some years now, hearing news of arrests and thousands of cases…