LAGOS DECEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four drug kingpins arrested in connection with the historic seizure of 2,139.55 kilograms of cocaine at an Ikorodu residential estate in 2022 have been convicted by a Federal High Court, Lagos, presided over by Justice Yellim Bogoro who sentenced them to various jail terms totalling twenty-eight (28) years with hard labour. The…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Toronto resident who lost $355,000 in a romance cryptocurrency fraud was able to recover some of those funds after the man allegedly behind the scam was arrested in Nigeria. The Toronto Police Service (TPS) was first notified of a crypto scam in the fall of 2021 and began working with various…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Muhammad Lawal Shuaibu, a Presiding Judge at the Court of Appeal, Sokoto Division, on Monday urged anti-corruption agents to focus on larger figures involved in corrupt practices, rather than targeting “yahoo boys.” Justice Shuaibu made this call during the opening of the North West Zonal Attorney General’s Anti-Corruption Forum (AGAF), organized…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, aka Bobrisky, has filed a N1.2 billion lawsuit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and National Assembly for allegedly violating his fundamental rights. DAILY POST recalls that Bobrisky has been in the eye of the storm since activist VeryDarkMan shared a purported audio conversation wherein he…
By Churchill Otemewo LAGOS NOVEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-During the week, news of arrest of immediate past Delta state Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa filtered in with the caption; ‘Okowa Arrested by EFCC’. For information of the reading public, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa wasn’t arrested but invited by Operatives of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to answer…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 6TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Timi Frank, a former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), praised the EFCC’s action but called for an expanded investigation to include other former governors with outstanding corruption allegations, particularly the G-5 governors. “While we commend the EFCC’s move against Okowa, it must avoid selective justice,” Frank asserted…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has disclosed former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello did not submit himself to the commission as earlier reported. Director of Yahaya Bello Media Office, Ohiare Michael had earlier disclosed that the former Governor submitted himself to the EFCC after thoroughly consulting with his family,…
LAGOS AUGUST 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reacted to reports that its X account was hacked by internet fraudsters. The anti-graft agency is trending on the aforementioned social media platform over reports of the account being hacked and deleted by ‘Yahoo boys’, with netizens sharing varying reactions. Per online reports, the…