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 led to the theft of about $11m (£8m). Obinwanne Okeke, also known as Invictus Obi, used Nigerian-based companies to defraud people in the US. His…
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 for making uncomplimentary remarks about God during an argument with a friend in northern Kano state. But a secular appeals court overturned the sentencing on…
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 severe brain damage. A court in Anhui province has handed down terms of 10 to 28 months to the group of six, declaring them guilty…
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. Adesakin, female, was found to have committed financial fraud against her employers to the tune of N49,320,652.32 and additional $368,203 belonging to the bank which…
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. According to U.S authorities, he’s scammed numerous ladies, mostly elderly ones, via dating sites. He runs a racket where he gets close to them then…
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, a report by Premium Times said. According to reports, in February, Justice Butcher of England and Wales High Court ruled that Bashir be imprisoned for…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kaneshie District Court on Tuesday sentenced Isaiah Chima, 31-year-old Nigerian, to six months imprisonment in hard labour for attempting to register in the ongoing Ghana voters’ registration. Chima, a tailor, pleaded guilty to attempt to register as a voter contrary to Section 24 (a) of CI. Election Regulation 1995 and was…
LAGOS JULY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice L.N. Oweibo of Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday sentenced Captain Peter Okomi to one year imprisonment for illegally dealing in petroleum products. Also convicted and sentenced was his firm Moyitok Nigeria Ltd and a vessel, M.V. Agbeke. The convicts were prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)…