LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has charged telecommunications company, Globacom Limited, before the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja for an alleged fraud of $6,786,674.61. The firm was charged alongside its Indian Chief Marketing Officer, Ashok Israni, who was listed as the first defendant in the case. The one count…
LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Bayelsa State Government on Saturday threatened to drag the Federal Government to court if it refuses to deduct the 13 percent derivation component of the $1 billion Excess Crude Account (ECA) it plans to withdraw to tackle insecurity in the country. The State Commissioner for Information, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said in a…
LAGOS APRIL 14T (NEWSRANGERS)-A Rivers state High Court on Friday granted the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus leave to issue a writ of summons to Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed and the federal Government. River state Chief Judge, Justice A. I . Iyayi- Lamikanra, who presided, also granted that…
LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it is set to resume prosecution of former Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Sunday Ehindero, for alleged N16 million fraud. Spokesperson of the commission, Mrs Rasheedat Okoduwa, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Friday. Okoduwa said the case against…
LAGOS APRIL 13RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday turned down an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission seeking to seize the funds in 15 bank accounts linked to former First Lady, Patience Jonathan. The funds, which the anti-graft agency sought to confiscate, included a total of $8,435,788.84 and over N7.35bn….
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Abba-Bello Muhammad of the FCT High Court, Abuja on Tuesday dismissed the suit filed by the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, alleging violation of his fundamental human rights by the Senate. The judge said that the suit lacked merit as Section 88 and 89 of the Nigeria’s Constitution empowers the lawmakers…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Communications, Barrister Abdulraheem Adebayo Shittu on Saturday threatened legal action against Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo state and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) executive in the state over the supervision of the party’s primary ahead of the May 12th local government election in the state at a hotel…
s LAGOS (APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus, has dragged the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed to court for defamation of character. Mohammed had on Friday, last week, mentioned Secondus in the first list of those he claimed looted the nation’s treasury. He alleged that…