LAGOS MAY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has explained why they stormed the Maitama, Abuja home of a former governor of Imo state, Senator Rochas Okorocha, to effect his arrest on May 24, 2022. A statement signed by EFCC Head, Media & Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren sighted by NewsRangers said the…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s economic crimes agency said on Monday night it had arrested the country’s accountant general over charges of diverting public funds and money laundering to the tune of 80 billion naira ($193 million). Africa’s biggest economy and energy producer, Nigeria has struggled for decades with endemic corruption among senior public servants and…
LAGOS MAY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Service Commission may have concluded plans to promote a former acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, to Assistant Inspector-General of Police. Magu, a Commissioner of Police, has tendered his pre-retirement notice and will officially retire from the force on May 5. It was gathered on…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Joint Border Patrol Team, comprising the Nigeria Customs Service, the Nigeria Police, the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigerian Army, on Thursday, April 28, 2022, handed over the duo of Ismail Ajibade and John Adewumi, a Beninoise, who were arrested with $285,000 and CFA 18, 925,000 to the Economic…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested Nigerian socialite Cubana Chief Priest on charges bordering on money laundering and tax fraud, officials familiar with the matter said. Pascal Okechukwu, his real name, was arrested at the Lagos airport on Thursday, but anti-graft officials hushed the development amidst pressure from his associates…
LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kano Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested grandson for allegedly leading of friends to defraud his grandmother the sum of N15, 708,904( Fifteen Million, Seven Hundred and Eight Thousand, Nine Hundred and Four Hundred Naira) belonging to a grandmother. The suspects: Badaru Munir (23); Aliyu Falalu…
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has confirmed that the immediate-past governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has not been released from detention. In an exclusive chat with our correspondent, the EFCC Spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, noted that Obiano was transferred to Abuja on Friday morning. Obiano was arrested by the EFCC on…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Imo State governor, Dr Ikedi Ohakim on Wednesday at the Federal High Court in Abuja disowned ownership of a property at the highbrow Asokoro District and $2.29 million linked to him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The choice property located at 60, Kwame Nkrumah Street and the $2.29…