LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Council of State led by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has approved the pardon of 159 convicts including a former Governor of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye; and ex-Governor Jolly Nyame of Taraba State, who were both imprisoned for stealing N1.16bn and N1.6bn respectively. Confirming Dariye’s pardon, the Commissioner…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Supreme court affirms 10 year jail sentence for former Governor of Plateau state, Joshua Dariye The 10-year jail term handed to former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye after being convicted for criminal misappropriation and criminal breach of trust, was on Friday March 12 affirmed by the Supreme Court. Dariye who was…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Plateau State Police Command team led by the State Police Commissioner, Mr Edward Egbuka has declared manhunt for the abductors of 90-Year-Old Pa Defwan Dariye, the father of the former governor of Plateau state, Joshua Dariye. This is the second time the father of Joshua Dariye who is marking time in the…
n LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Governor of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye, continues to receive the N750, 000 salary and N13.5m monthly running cost from the National Assembly, 11 months after his conviction by a Federal Capital Territory High Court, SUNDAY PUNCH report. This implies that his total earnings have risen from N85.5m in…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal Friday reduced jail terms earlier this year slammed on former Taraba State Governor, Mr. Jolly Nyame and his Plateau State counterpart, Senator Joshua Dariye. While the14-year imprisonment by a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja on Nyame, was reduced to 12…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Plateau State All Progress Congress Party has Senator Joshua Dariye, who is currently serving a 14-year jail term for fraud for obtaining the party nomination form to contest in the 2019 election. Chindo Dafat, APC Publicity Secretary in Plateau who spoke to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Tuesday in Jos affirmed…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court sitting in Gudu area of Abuja, has sentenced a former Plateau State Governor Joshua Dariye, to 14 years’ imprisonment over charges ranging from criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of over N1.16bn, the sum belonging to the state. Justice Adebukola Banjoko in over six hours judgement Tuesday convicted…
LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to a list released by the Federal Government indicting its members as ‘top treasury looters’. The PDP in a press statement by its National Chairman, Uche Secondus, on Friday released a counter list containing Governors, Senators, Ministers and other top All Progressives Congress Chieftains. It…
