LAGOS JULY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Ghana’s government has accepted a recommendation to extend the presidential term from four to five years, the West African country’s justice minister said on Thursday. President John Dramani Mahama set up a committee last year that reviewed the 1992 constitution and made recommendations, some of which were accepted by the government. Attorney…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Paris court on Thursday sentenced former French President Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in prison after finding him guilty of criminal conspiracy in an alleged scheme to finance his 2007 campaign with funds from Libya. The historic ruling made Sarkozy the first former president of modern France sentenced to actual…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A mysterious viral outbreak is overwhelming some hospitals in China and prompting people to wear face masks again. Videos on social media appear to show medical units struggling with large numbers of patients. Parents were seen holding sick children amid long queues in paediatric care late at night. Many are drawing similarities…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States is set to increase visitor visa validity from 24 months to 60 months for Nigerians who want to enter the US temporarily for business and/or tourism, a statement by the US Consulate General said on Monday. The new policy will start from Wednesday, March 1, 2023, the statement said….
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)- A Lagos Federal High Court, today, convicted and sentenced a freight forwarder, Omoniyi Ajibola Isaac, to a five year-imprisonment, for unlawful export of 27. 250 kilograms of Cannabis Sativa, also called marijuana. Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa, who presided over the court, gave the 37 years old convict, the jail terms, after he…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A United States district court has sentenced Abidemi Rufai, a suspended aide of Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, to five years’ imprisonment for fraud. The District Court in Western Tacoma in Washington jailed Mr Rufai on Monday for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. With the stolen identities, he attempted to…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Mali’s lawmakers on Monday approved a plan allowing the military junta to rule for up to five years, AFP journalists said, despite regional sanctions imposed on the country over delayed elections. The army-dominated legislature also decided that the country’s interim president cannot stand for a future democratic election, as part of the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Sherifat Solebo of the Lagos Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a self-acclaimed prophetess, Linda Mabi-Praise to five years imprisonment over a fraud of N128 million fraud. Mabi-Praise was sentenced after she was found guilty of the allegation brought against her by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)….
