LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, discharged two executives of Binance Holdings Limited, accused of tax evasion. The two freed staff of the crypto currency firm are Tigran Gambaryan, who have been in custody since his arrest in late February and his colleague, Nadeem Anjarwalla, who is…
LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has freed Abdullahi Babalele, a son-in-law to former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, on a two-count allegation of alleged money laundering of $140,000. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke discharged the defendant on the grounds that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had chosen a wrong venue. The…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Malawian millionaire preacher Shepherd Bushiri, wanted by South Africa on fraud charges, was Thursday ordered freed by a court in his native country following his arrest on an international warrant. A court in the capital Lilongwe instructed the unconditional release of Bushiri and his wife Mary, a day after they turned themselves…
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWRANGERS)-The Federal High Court in Lagos has discharged and acquitted a former Senior Special Adviser to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on Domestic Affairs, Waripamo-Owei Dudafa, and a banker, Joseph Iwuejo, who were charged with N1.6bn fraud. The court, in a judgment by Justice Mohammed Idris, said it found it difficult to convict the…