LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the release of a former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, from prison. Kalu was jailed for 12 years last December following his conviction of N7.1 billion fraud. His firm, Slok Nigeria Limited, was also implicated alongside a former Director of Finance…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-IgbereTV reports that during a live Video Broadcast on Saturday night, the leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, revealed that Niger Delta Leader, Asari Dokubo duped him of the sum of 20 Million Naira while he (Kanu) was in prison in the year 2016. Kanu said, “The…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-California is granting early release to 3,500 inmates in an effort to reduce crowding as coronavirus infections begin spreading through the state prison system. Lawyers for Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday told a panel of federal judges the state is taking “extraordinary and unprecedented protective measures” to slow the spread of the…
LAGOS JANUAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Jude Okeke of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has sentenced the Director-General of the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Olusegun Runsewe, to prison. Justice Okeke made the order on Thursday while ruling on a motion drawn from a suit filed by Ummakalif Limited against the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It is a case of alleged betrayal of trust as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a man for reportedly defrauding his childhood friend and Army General of $156.2 million and N80 million. It was learnt that Alhaji Yusha’u Mohammed Kebbe from Kaduna is facing charges before the state…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Over a year after he was first incarcerated for the sexual assault of Andrea Constand, the disgraced actor and comedian — who is serving three to 10 years — has given his first interview. In it, the 82-year-old maintained his innocence from his Pennsylvania correctional institution, Phoenix, which is located outside Philadelphia, and, because…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced millionaire who was facing federal sex trafficking charges, died by suicide early Saturday in his Lower Manhattan prison cell, law enforcement sources and the Bureau of Prisons confirmed to ABC News. Epstein hanged himself, the sources said. He was found unresponsive in his cell at Metropolitan Correctional Center…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Iranian women who post photos of themselves online without their headscarves on could face up to 10 years in prison. They face the punishment for posting images or video online, and for sending them to Masih Alinejad, a US-based activist who founded the “White Wednesdays” campaign in Iran to oppose the compulsory…