LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives has poked holes in the purported launch of Nigeria Air at the twilight of the administration of former President, Muhammadu Buhari, declaring it a fraud. Chairman of the House Committee on Aviation, Nnolim Nnaji, declared the launch of Nigeria Air a fraud after the major stakeholders in the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s athletics federation says last week’s conviction of two of its athletes for their part in a fraud scheme uncovered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is “sad and damaging” for the country. On 10 November, Emmanuel Ineh and Toluwani Adebakin were convicted for transferring tens of thousands of dollars to…
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 JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives has alleged that more than $10 billion worth of the nation’s crude has been stolen via fraudulent fuel subsidy claims by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and other industry stakeholders. The parliament has therefore constituted an ad-hoc committee to investigate the petroleum products subsidy regime between 2017…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The scope of the ongoing probe of the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reached N170billion. Idris, who was battling for bail last night, has opened up on some top government officials allegedly involved in some transactions. The EFCC has grilled a…
LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Linda Mabi-Praise, a self-proclaimed prophetess, was found guilty on Friday December 17th and sentenced to five years in prison for alleged N128 million fraud. The prophetess was convicted by Justice SO Solebo of the Ikeja Special Court after her indictment by the state command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)…
LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, October 18, 2021, arraigned one Olaniyan Gbenga Amos ( aka Crime Alert ) and his company, Detorrid Heritage Investment Limited before Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State on a 35 -count…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian Instagram celebrity, Ramon Abass, has finally agreed to plead guilty to the multi-million-dollar fraud charges filed against him by the United States government. Arrested in Dubai, the United Arab Emirate (UAE) in June 2020, and subsequently extradited to the U.S. where most of the victims of his alleged fraudulent activities are…