By Chief (Barr.) Malcolm Omirhobo LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The U.S. government purported $27 million aid to Nigeria which is part of a broader $536 million package for sub-Saharan Africa, announced by Uzra Zeya, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights is bribe to Nigerian leaders not humanitarian aid to Nigeria….
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States government has renewed its commitment to fighting corruption in Nigeria with the launch of ReportMagoMago.com. A statement by the US Consulate General’s office on Friday reads ” The U.S. government is committed to supporting anti-corruption initiatives and collaborative efforts that prevent graft, strengthen investigation and prosecution of corruption, promote…
LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nearly 10,000 winners of the FY 2020 Diversity Visa Program, better known as the visa lottery, who were frustrated by their failure to obtain consular interviews to process their U.S. immigrant visas on time, won a court battle this week. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled on Wednesday…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States government has gathered over 2,700 electronic files as part of evidence for trial in the $1.1million fraud case involving a top Nigerian police officer, Abba Kyari, a court filing has shown. Other sets of investigative reports and “new discoveries” including documents obtained from foreign law enforcement agencies with over…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)— A Kansas woman was executed Wednesday for strangling an expectant mother in Missouri and cutting the baby from her womb, the first time in nearly seven decades that the U.S. government has put to death a female inmate. Lisa Montgomery, 52, was pronounced dead at 1:31 a.m. after receiving a lethal…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The embattled Chairman of Air Peace, Mr Allen Onyema, may lose about $14m in his United States bank accounts if his appeal against the charges fails. US agencies have indicted Onyema and the Head of Finance and Administration of Air Peace, Ejiroghene Eghagha, over multiple charges of money laundering and bank fraud…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, has said the United States is to notify the Nigerian authorities of the indictment of the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace Limited, Chief Allen Onyema, in the United States on allegations of fraud and money laundering….