LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nation newspaper has apologised to Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana, for publishing a report claiming that he was paid N28m to handle a case by the suspended Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu. In a rejoinder on Tuesday, the newspaper said that Falana did not also…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Emmanuel Omale, founder of Divine Hand of God Prophetic Ministries International, Abuja, has threatened to file a suit against NAN over a report that he helped Ibrahim Magu, suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) acquire a property in Dubai. NAN had published a report of the Presidential…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Despite the public embarrassment the ongoing probe of Ibrahim Magu, suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has caused the government and the nation, the presidency yesterday engaged the global anti-corruption watchdog, Transparency International (TI) in a shouting match after TI berated President Muhammadu Buhari for keeping Magu…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Ibrahim Magu, could not give a proper account of missing 332 out of the 836 recovered properties in March, 2018, the News Agency of Nigeria has reported. NAN reported on Sunday that the latest allegation against the suspended EFCC boss …
LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The unceremonious exit of former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) Acting Chairman, Mr Ibrahim Magu may erode the recent gains in the fight against corruption, global groups working against sleaze have said. World acclaimed anti-corruption groups, Re:Common, Globalwitness and The Corner House based in Europe said Nigeria has regained unprecedented gains…
LAGOS JULY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It is now official: President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate suspension of Ibrahim Magu as acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, media aide to Abubakar Malami, the attorney-general of the federation, disclosed this in a press statement on Friday. There had been no official…
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)-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…