LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been drawn to a report currently circulating in the social media, in which the Executive Chairman, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa, is quoted as having advised the Independent National Electoral Commission, not to sell forms to any aspirant who has a file with…
LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commenced investigation into the shady acquisition of shares of quoted Nigerian companies and properties running into billions of naira by a serving senior military officer, Major General Umaru Mohammed. Mohammed, who is currently the Managing Director of the Nigerian Army Properties Limited, had also…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has observed the increasing number of messages published in the print media by groups and individuals, congratulating Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa on his well-deserved appointment as the Executive Chairman of the Commission. While the open exhibition of affection and solidarity may be salutary in our cultural…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The EFCC has requested Bola Tinubu’s asset declaration documents from the Code of Conduct Bureau, Peoples Gazette can report, in a politically-charged inquiry that could see the former Lagos governor and ruling party chieftain arrested and prosecuted before 2023. The anti-graft office in November 2020 asked the asset fraud investigation office to…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Itse Sagay, chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), says he is worried that Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, may interfere in the duties of Abdulrasheed Bawa, newly-appointed chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The senate on Tuesday, confirmed Bawa as substantive chairman of the EFCC…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The immediate past Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Abdullahi Dikko, is dead, The PUNCH has learnt. It was learnt that the Katsina State indigene, who led the NCS from 2009 to 2015, died after a protracted illness. The former customs boss had been facing a probe by the Economic (EFCC) and Financial Crimes…