LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dani Alves became world news when he was accused of sexual assault while he was preparing his retirement from the Mexican Liga MX with Pumas, and everything resulted in him being sentenced and found guilty, but he was just released a few days ago on bail; and just a couple of days…
LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Chukwuejekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has sentenced the trio of Kasumu Ademola, Salau Mikailu, and Ganiyu Ishola to 20 years imprisonment. The three persons were sentenced on Wednesday after pleading guilty to diverting the shares of a dead client, identified as Mr Joseph Adeyemi, worth N34…
LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Sokoto Division of the Court of Appeal today, March 31, 2023 convicted and sentenced two Chinese nationals, Mr. Meng Wei Kun and Mr. Xu Kuai, to 6 years imprisonment on two of a three count charge bordering on conspiracy, money laundering and attempted bribery to the tune of N50 Million brought…
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 SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court, in Ikeja yesterday sentenced Ayodeji Oluokun, an assistant Pastor of the Redeem Christian Church of God (RCCG), City of David Parish, Victoria Island, Lagos, to two years imprisonment for issuance of $1.6 million dud cheque. The convicted Pastor was charged alongside his company, Peak…
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two months after they were granted state pardon, 159 convicts, including a former Governor of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye, and a former Taraba State Governor, Jolly Nyame, have yet to be released, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. The Council of State led by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), had on…
LAGOS MAY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court has sentenced a dismissed policeman, Mohammed Alidu to life imprisonment for defiling a nine-year-old schoolgirl in a barrack. Judge Abiola Soladoye, in her ruling, said Mr Alidu was a disgrace to the police because he failed to uphold law and order and went about…
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)…