LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the revocation of Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT)’s bail. Okon Abang, the judge, who gave the order in a ruling, also issued a bench warrant for Mr Maina’s arrest “anywhere he is sighted.” The EFCC’s lawyer, Mohammed Abubakar, while…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Markudi Zonal Office has arrested one Ms Patience Simon Robert who allegedly posed as an EFCC official defrauding unsuspecting applicants who were seeking employment in the Nigerian Customs Service (NSC) and EFCC. She was arrested after a victim lodged a complaint that he was duped…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Fowler, a long-time ally of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is currently being interrogated at the Lagos office of the EFCC. SaharaReporters recall that nine senior officials of the agency were detained by the EFCC over alleged multi-billion naira fraud in 2019. Fowler was sacked…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court, Abuja has rejected a plea by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to issue a warrant of arrest against a former petroleum minister Diezani Alison-Madueke. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu on Wednesday held that an affidavit with evidence in support to proof that the earlier court summon granted the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ihebuzor Chris, a self-confessed hacker who bragged on social media that he cyberstalked Access Bank and extracted over 2,000 data information of its customers, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The EFCC said in a statement that the hacker was recently arrested in Benin, the Edo state…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) Murtala Muhamed International Airport (MMIA) command on Thursday handed over suspect with 2,886 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC). The Deputy Controller of MMIA, Abdulmumin Bako of MMIA in a media briefing said that four Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards…