LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRNAGERS)-A court in Finland has sentenced a controversial leader of a Nigerian secessionist movement to six years in prison after convicting him of terrorism-related offences. Simon Ekpa, a Finnish citizen of Nigerian origin, “attempted to promote the independence of the so-called Biafra region in south-eastern Nigeria by illegal means”, according to…
By Emmanuel Udom The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abuja Zonal Directorate has secured the conviction and sentence of one Jonathan Wallang before Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court sitting in Maitama Abuja, for defrauding the Cooperative Society of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas, NLNG, the sum of…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A Nigerian man, Abiola Quadri, has been sentenced to over 11 years in federal prison in the United States for orchestrating a $1.3 million fraud scheme involving stolen identities to claim COVID-19 pandemic unemployment and disability benefits. The 43-year-old, a permanent resident of Pasadena, California, used the illicit funds to construct…
LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kabir was arrested on Tuesday, April 29th, 2025 at Tudun Wada, Kaduna State for making a video on his TikTok and Instagram @youngcee0066 page while spraying the Naira notes on the floor, matching on them and making utterances in Hausa language and daring the EFCC to come and arrest him in his…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Dhaka court sentenced Muhammad Yunus — who won the Nobel Peace Prize for pioneering microloans to some of Bangladesh’s poorest — to 6 months in jail for labor law violations. A labor inspector had found that employees of Grameen Telecom, of which Yunus, 83, is chairman, were denied benefits including leave…
LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chief Magistrate of a court two in Tunga, Minna, Niger State has sentenced five men arrested with human skulls to 60 years imprisonment with hard labour. Each of the convicts will spend 12 years in prison for attempting to commit a money ritual with the skull. Chief Magistrate Fati Umar Hassan,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has sentenced the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, to three months in prison for disobeying a valid court order. The court, in a ruling delivered by Justice M. O. Olajuwon, held that the IGP should be committed to prison and detained in custody…
LAGOS JANUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced on Monday ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in jail on several charges including possession of unlicensed walkie-talkies, a source familiar with the proceedings said. The court handed down a two-year sentence to Suu Kyi for breaching the export-import law by possessing the…