Three Soldiers Behind Gabon’s Failed 2019 Coup Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison

LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Three soldiers behind a failed coup in Gabon in 2019 have been sentenced to 15 years’ prison, the prosecutor told AFP on Thursday. The three, including Lieutenant…

Ex-South African President, Jacob Zuma Jailed For Contempt Of Court

LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-South Africa’s top court has jailed former president Jacob Zuma for “egregious” contempt of court after he refused to appear before a corruption investigation he himself set…

N27.5bn Fraud: Ex-Bank Chief, Atuche, Ex-Finance Officer Jailed 24 Years

LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Managing Director of Bank PHB (now Keystone Bank), Mr. Francis Atuche standing trial for stealing the sum of N25.7 billion belonging to the bank have…

Six Ugandan Soldiers Jailed For Brutal Beating Of Journalists

LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Six Ugandan soldiers were handed prison sentences of up to three months by a military court on Thursday for taking part in the brutal beating of local…

Nigerian Yahoo Kingpin, Obinwane Jailed Ten Years In US

LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian businessman, who once appeared on the cover of Forbes magazine, has been jailed for 10 years in the US over a cyber fraud scam that…

Blasphemy: 13-Year-Old Boy Jailed For 10 Years By Kano Sharia Court Regains Freedom

LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A 13-year-old boy who was handed a decade-long jail sentence for blasphemy last year will now walk free. He was convicted by an Islamic court in August…

Six Chinese Medical Staff Jailed For Harvesting Organs From Patients

LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Six people in China, four of whom are doctors, have been sentenced to prison for illegally harvesting organs from patients, often car accident victims or those with…

Court Sentences Ex-Bank Staff To 98 Years For Stealing N49m, $368,000 From Employer

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Muniru Olagunju of the Oyo State High Court has sentenced Oreoluwa Adesakin, an ex-staff of a tier-one bank, to cumulative 98 years in prison for fraud.…

Ghanaian Scammer Arrested At U.S Airport With Stolen $130,000 Jailed Four Years

LAGOS  SEPTEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Ghanaian man in Charlotte, North Carolina, known as Suleman Alhassan has been arrested by police in the United States of America carrying $130,000 of stolen cash.…

Boss Of Rahamaniyya Oil, Bashir Jailed In United Kingdom

LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chief Executive Officer of Rahamaniyya Oil and Gas Limited and a Nigerian oil mogul, Abdulrahman Bashir, has been sentenced to 10 months imprisonment in the United Kingdom,…