LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police Force on Tuesday opened evidence in the trial of a seven-member syndicate that allegedly defrauded customers of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) of N900 million. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the case is before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of an…
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Candidate of the Hope Democratic Party, HDP, in the last presidential election, Chief Ambrose Owuru, has approached the Federal High Court in Abuja, asking it to declare the seat of President Muhammadu Buhari vacant. Owuru, who was among the four petitioners that went to tribunal to challenge President Buhari’s re-election, in his…
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 MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Olanrewaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, has been granted bail. This information is credited to his lawyer, Mr. Adesina Ogunlana. CASEFILE was informed on Monday evening that though he is still in police custody, effort is ongoing to perfect his bail. According to his lawyer, “He is still in police custody…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Eighty-two years old, head of Adogun Itele family, Pa Nurudeen Akapo and four other principal members of the family have asked an Ogun state high court to restrain former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his farm, Obasanjo Farms Nigeria Limited, from further trespassing on their family land measuring 464.77 hectares situated at Sogunro-Itele…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-This may not be the best of times for the former Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Ngozi Braide, after a lady reportedly swindled her N3.7m at a popular beauty and cosmetics store. P.M.EXPRESS reports that the incident happened at Vadang Beauty & Cosmetics Store located at Maryland area of Lagos, where…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s leading anti-corruption group, Human and Environmental Development Agenda, (HEDA Resource Centre) has dragged to court the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, over the Asset Tracing, Recovery and Management Regulations, 2019. HEDA said certain sections contradict the Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), the Immigration Act and the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine filed a supreme court challenge on Monday seeking cancellation of the results of a presidential election that handed victory to incumbent Yoweri Museveni, his party’s lawyer said. Museveni, a former guerrilla leader who has led the East African country since 1986, was declared winner of the Jan….