LAGOS JULY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The suspended Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu, has threatened to go on hunger strike. It would be recalled that Magu along with seven of his aides are been interrogated by a Presidential panel headed by Justice Ayo Salami for alleged fraud and diversion of recovered loot….
LAGOS JULY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A consortium of American Ivy League universities led by Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), both in Cambridge, Massachusetts, have sued the Trump administration, seeking to block a directive that would strip foreign college students of their visas if the courses they are taking this Fall semester are entirely online. According…
LAGOS JULY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Jackson Ude, a former director of strategy and communications under President Goodluck Jonathan administration, had alleged that Ibrahim Magu, the suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), embezzled over N39 billion and gave Osinbajo N4 billion to Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo for a soft landing. Ude claimed that sources…
LAGOS JULY 10THE (NEWSRANGERS)-China temporarily banned food imports from three Ecuadorian companies after detecting coronavirus on packaging for frozen shrimp, following fresh scrutiny on refrigerated goods after a recent disease outbreak in Beijing. Samples taken from the packaging of Whiteleg shrimp at the port cities of Dalian and Xiamen tested positive for the virus, General…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ngozika Ekwelum, a former African Heavy Weight Boxing Champion, has been discharged from the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) Enugu, after a successful treatment of cancer of the bladder. Ekwelum was diagnosed of cancer of the bladder and had been undergoing treatment since April 8. Addressing newsmen in Enugu on Wednesday,…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gal Pissetzky, the lawyer representing suspected fraudster, Ramon Abbas, better known as Hushpuppi, has said that his client is into real estate and not fraud. Mr Pissetzky told Forbes that Hushpuppi has legitimate businesses and was paid for promoting brands on social media. He said his client is “absolutely not guilty of…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential panel probing the activities of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday grilled the so-called “Magu Boys” — a group of operatives believed to be favoured by Ibrahim Magu, the suspended acting chairman of the anti-graft agency. The boys have been accused of committing several atrocities — including…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has asked Mohammed Adamu, inspector-general of police (IGP), to investigate the allegation that he collected N4 billion from Ibrahim Magu, suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In a petition dated July 8 and addressed to Adamu, the vice-president through Taiwo Osipitan, his lawyer, said…
