Abuja Court Orders  Remand Of  Sun Trust Bank Top Executives Over Alleged $12m Fraud

LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Friday, June 13, 2025 arraigned the duo of Halima Buba and Innocent Mbagwu before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja for alleged fraud. The defendants, who are Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of SunTrust Bank Ltd and Executive Director/Chief Compliance Officer of SunTrust Bank Ltd, respectively are being prosecuted…

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Lagos Socialite, E-money Breaks Silent After Hours Of Grilling By EFCC Over Naira Abuse

LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After hours of questioning by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, a popular Lagos socialite, Emeka Okonkwo (a.k.a. E-Money) purportedly regained his release on Tuesday evening. E-money had been picked on Monday night at his residence in the Omole area of Lagos and taken to the commission’s office in Abuja…

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EFCC Declares Sanwo-Olu’s Ally, Achimugu, Wanted For Alleged ‘Money Laundering’, Secret Funding Of Atiku, Peter Obi

LAGOS MARCH 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Aisha Sulaiman Achimugu, an ally of Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, wanted over allegations of money laundering and criminal conspiracy. Achimugu, who is accused of secretly funnelling funds to opposition leaders Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar during the 2023 elections, was officially declared…

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EFCC Arraigns  14 Filipinos In Lagos  Court Over Alleged Cyber-Terrorism, Fraud

LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned 14 Filipinos, and a company, Genting International Co. Ltd, before Justice Musa Kakaki of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi for cyber-terrorism and internet fraud in Lagos. According to a statement obtained from EFCC’s X handle on Thursday,…

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Court Sentences 4 Drug Kigpins To 28 Years In Prison, To  Forfeit VGC Houses, N67m, $50,000

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…

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