LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Republican lawmakers and officials accused the Biden administration on Monday night of weaponizing the Justice Department for political ends after former President Donald Trump revealed that the FBI had searched his Florida home. Allies were quick to back Trump’s claim that the unprecedented search of a former president’s home was politically motivated,…
LAGOS PRIL 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A fourth man allegedly involved in a scheme that cost a Lexington woman $200,000 through what is known as a “romance scam” was flown to Kentucky Wednesday to face charges in federal court. Authorities arrested Adedunmole Gbadegesin, a Nigerian citizen, in Nigeria last year in connection with the scam. A court in…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Service Commission (PSC) has emphasised immediate dismissal and prosecution of besmirched officer Abba Kyari over his involvement in the international online fraud syndicate led by Ramon ‘Hushpuppi’ Abbas, Peoples Gazette has learnt. Two sources and internal memos outlined how the police regulatory body placed the interest of the Nigeria Police…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Service Commission has directed the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, to deepen investigations into the connection between the suspended erstwhile head of the Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, and an internet scammer, Abbas Ramon, commonly known as Hushpuppi. The commission, it was learnt, gave the IG two weeks to turn…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court yesterday ordered the service of fresh hearing notice in the suit seeking to stop the Nigeria Police Force and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, from arresting and extraditing the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba…
LAGOS OCTOBER 21 (NEWSRANGERS)-Eight Nigerian men accused of an internet dating scam have been charged in a South African court after a massive international operation involving the FBI and Interpol. Authorities in the US, where the investigation originated and most of the alleged victims are based, have applied for their extradition. They are accused of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States prosecutors handling the case of Abba Kyari and co-conspirators in the multimillion-dollar fraud masterminded by Ramon ‘Hushpuppi’ Abbas have accused the disgraced police office of being at large. Officials said they would proceed with the trial of three other co-conspirators in the international wire fraud and money laundering case…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected an ex-parte application for an order restraining the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) from arresting and extraditing suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari. Justice Ahmed Mohammed, in a ruling on Thursday, said he was not…