LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday arrested the immediate past Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The PUNCH learnt that Obiano, who had been on the watch list of the EFCC, was arrested while trying to board a flight to the United States….
LAGOS MMARCH 17TH (NEWSRAGERS)-Russia warned the United States on Thursday that Moscow had the might to put the world’s pre-eminent superpower in its place and accused the West of stoking a wild Russophobic plot to tear Russia apart. Dmitry Medvedev, who served as president from 2008 to 2012 and is now deputy secretary of Russia’s…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Authorities in the U.S. state of Georgia have dissolved Springfield Aviation Company LLC allegedly used for bank fraud and money laundering by the CEO and Chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema. The company, incorporated and based in Georgia State, is said to have been deficient in filing its annual registration, after the…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Ukrainian family seeking asylum from the war back home was turned away from the U.S. border in San Diego on Wednesday after attempting to reach family in California, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. A spokesperson from Customs and Border Protection told the Union-Tribune that the agency is “looking into the situation.”…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-In a move that could stall federal government’s plan to extradite Abba Kyari, the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police to the United States, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Thursday, filed an eight-count criminal charge against him and six others it alleged were involved in drug trafficking. The move comes…
LAGOS MARCH 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The U.S. for the first time has approved the direct delivery of Stinger anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine as part of a package approved by the White House last week. During the Cold War, the CIA covertly supplied Stingers to Afghan guerrillas fighting Russian forces. Now Ukrainian forces locked in an intensifying fight…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS0-China, a close ally of Russia, said on Monday that it was opposed to illegal unilateral sanctions and will continue to carry out normal trade cooperation with Moscow, as the US, EU and their allies stepped up punitive measures against Russia, including the interbank messaging system SWIFT. Asked about what some have…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Oil prices jumped on Thursday, with Brent rising above $105 a barrel for the first time since 2014, after Russia’s attack on Ukraine exacerbated concerns about disruptions to global energy supply. Russia launched an all-out invasion of Ukraine by land, air and sea in the biggest attack by one state against another…