LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a Nigerian Air Force man for allegedly spending N20 million that was inadvertently credited to his account. The serving airman, Haruna Samuel, a lance corporal, of the Nigeria Air Force Base, Kaduna, was arraigned on Tuesday before the Kaduna State High Court in…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, has filed an application at the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to unfreeze his bank account. He is also seeking an order of the court to strike out his name and that of his company, Slok…
LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Linda Mabi-Praise, a self-proclaimed prophetess, was found guilty on Friday December 17th and sentenced to five years in prison for alleged N128 million fraud. The prophetess was convicted by Justice SO Solebo of the Ikeja Special Court after her indictment by the state command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)…
LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Sherifat Solebo of the Lagos Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a self-acclaimed prophetess, Linda Mabi-Praise to five years imprisonment over a fraud of N128 million fraud. Mabi-Praise was sentenced after she was found guilty of the allegation brought against her by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)….
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested members of a syndicate who specialize in counterfeiting foreign currencies, especially the dollar, for sale to unsuspecting members of the public. Acting on verified intelligence, the Commission in a joint operation with operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, arrested four…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested three suspects at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) while attempting to smuggle 1,144 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards out of the country. The suspects are Abdullahi Usman, Musa Abubakar and Abdulwahid Auwalu. They were arrested by the Kano Zonal Command of…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has reportedly grilled the newly-appointed Managing Director of First Bank of Nigeria Holdings Plc, Nnamdi Okonkwo. It was learnt that Okonkwo’s questioning is not unconnected with his alleged role in the transfer of $153m linked with Nigeria’s former petroleum minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke from the Nigerian National…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has said that it is holding 12 dockworkers at the Apapa seaport in Lagos because of their significant links to the importation of 32.9 kilograms of cocaine worth over N9.5 billion in street value. A Federal High Court in Lagos had granted an application by…