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 APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Presidential spokesperson Daniel Bwala has criticised a recent ruling by a U.S. court ordering the release of documents related to President Bola Tinubu held by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and other anti-drug agencies. The decision was issued by Judge Beryl Howell of the U.S. District Court for the District of…
LAGOS APRIL 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A U.S. federal judge has ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to release investigative records relating to Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, stemming from a purported narcotics trafficking investigation in the 1990s. According to PREMIUM TIMES, Judge Beryl Howell of the U.S. District Court for…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan has given Nigerian singer, David ‘Davido’ Adeleke, 21 days to appear before it to answer charges of intellectual property theft, according to legal filings sighted by Peoples Gazette. The lawsuit was filed by a group of four Nigerian…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A United States District Court, Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division has dismissed Ambassador Lilian Onoh’s defamatory suit against Sahara Reporters Media group, INC., Sahara Reporters, INC., and Comrade Omoyele Sowore for lack of subject- matter jurisdiction. Judge Jane J. Boyle granted the Defendants’ motion to dismiss and subsequently dismissed Onoh’s complaint…
LAGOS DECEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A court in the United States has sentenced Babatunde Ayeni to 10 years’ imprisonment. Peoples Gazette reports that the court filings from the District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, which it obtained, showed that the court ordered Ayeni to pay approximately $20 million to victims of his scam. According…
LAGOS JULT 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Ghanaian pastor in the United States of America, Sylvester Ofori, who shot and killed his wife Barbara Tommey in 2020, has been sentenced to life in prison. Ofori was sentenced after a jury trial which began on Monday, July 22nd on charges of first-degree murder. The Ghanaian pleaded guilty to the…
LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in Washington, D.C, has fixed a new date to advance a motion to release or withhold President Bola Tinubu’s records by its security agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). In 2022, anti-corruption campaigner Aaron Greenspan teamed…