LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States District Court for the Central District of California has postponed the sentencing of Ramon “Hushpuppi” Abbas till July 11, 2022. Court document seen by Peoples Gazette said Judge Otis D. Wright in Los Angeles granted the order after Hushpuppi’s lawyers led by Louis Shapiro entered a request for postponement….
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced Faisal Maina, son of chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, to 24 years imprisonment. Justice Okon Abang found him guilty of the three-count charges, sentencing him in absentia. “The Federal Government shall arrest the convict anywhere found in the…
LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Egyptian police on Tuesday arrested a Tiktok star who has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for her posts on social media. Haneen Hossam, a 20-year-old Cairo University student who became an influencer on video sharing app Tiktok, was sentenced in absentia on Sunday alongside four others. While all five were fined…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-China condemned the former chairman of China Huarong Asset Management Co. to death on charges of malfeasance, one of the most severe sentences to stem from President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive. Lai Xiaomin, who was chairman of Huarong before he came under investigation in 2018, was sentenced to death for taking bribes…