LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The US government has filed a civil forfeiture action to recover $5.3 million linked to a business email compromise (BEC) scheme that defrauded a Massachusetts workers union. In January 2023, a spoofed email led the union to transfer $6.4 million to a fraudulent account. The funds were then routed through various international…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Six of the 24 students of the Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State kidnapped in the early hours of Friday (today) have been rescued, Channels Television reports. A top military source close to the Commander of 1 Brigade Nigerian Army, Gusau, confirmed this to our correspondent, following the bandits’ invasion of the Sabon-Gida…
LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-This year will be the fourth year running that Seyi Anne Moses has had to decide against going home to see her parents at Christmas. Like many urban Nigerians, Moses dreads the long road journey to see relatives in the countryside — a trip fraught with danger as gangs lurk to attack…
LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has said it is shopping for multilateral agencies that would fund the reconstruction of the Tin Can Island and Apapa ports in Lagos. The Acting Managing Director of NPA, Muhammed Bello-Koko who stated this in Lagos, said the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi had directed the agency…