LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A United States Court has ordered the arrest of Nigeria’s top cop and Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr Abba Kyari. A District Court of California issued a warrant of arrest for Kyari over his role in series of fraud committed by notorious internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas aka Hushpuppi. Our source gathered that…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Wire fraud convict, Obinwanne Okeke, widely known as Invictus Obi, has lost the appeal he filed against his years’ imprisonment. The U.S. Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal after it was voluntarily withdrawn by the convict. The 33-year-old Nigerian, who was arrested in the U.S. on August 6, 2019, had pleaded guilty to the offence of conspiracy…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)The family of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi -filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday accusing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of personally ordering Khashoggi’s brutal execution in order to silence the government critic. The lawsuit was filed in Washington, D.C., on behalf of Khashoggi’s fiancée Hatice Cengiz and Democracy for the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-With reports reaching us, it is noted that the said United States trial of I.G celebrity, Hushpuppi, has been moved to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With information reaching us, this is actually contained in the chambers orders of Judge Otis Wright. His trial will now resume by 9:00 a.m. on…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A United States court has issued a summons for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) for a lawsuit filed by a former Saudi intelligence official who alleges he was a victim of a foiled assassination attempt. The US District Court of the District of Columbia filed the summons on Friday, a day after…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Obinwanne Okeke, the Nigerian entrepreneur arrested by operatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on the last day of his visit to the United States in August, pleaded not guilty to the two count charge of wire and computer fraud at the commencement of his trial on Monday September 16. The…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Peruvian first lady was dragged out of a courtroom in San Francisco on Thursday as she cursed a judge’s decision to keep her husband, ex-president Alejandro Toledo, in jail pending extradition proceedings. Toledo, 73, is wanted in Peru to stand trial over accusations that he took a $20 million bribe…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER- (NEWSRANGERS) – Ifeanyi Agwuegbo, one of the about 80 American residents of Nigerian origin who were arrested last month by the United States authorities, has been granted bail. Mr Agwuegbo, named as one of the main suspects in a vast business email fraud busted by the F.B.I., appeared in a Texas court on…