LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Anti-corruption lawyers under the aegis of Coalition of Public Interest Lawyers and Advocates (COPA) on Tuesday asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to reopen the case file against the Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Uchechukwu Ogah in the interest of justice. According to them, the allegations against…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Director of Navy Accounts, Rear Admiral Tahir Yusuf, has permanently forfeited about N500 million to the Federal Government. Rear Admiral Yusuf, who was second-in-command to the Chief of Account and Budget, Naval Headquarters (NHQ),, according to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), held the cash in seven accounts with…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has branded former Chairperson of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mrs. Farida Waziri, as a liar for saying that she was fired from office because of her probe of some oil racketeers. But the former President said Waziri was sacked based on Nigeria’s interest…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has launched a massive probe into alleged looting of over N150 billion by the immediate past governor of Abia State, Chief Theodore Orji, and members of his family. His sons – Chinendum Orji Eyinanya (currently Speaker, Abia State House of Assembly) and one Ogonna Orji…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Nigerian Police and Department of State Service (DSS) to fish out brains behind publications alleging of plots to send former Governor Gabriel Suswam to jail. An online report had claimed that…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Before now, I have confidently argued severally on different occasions with so many people that the corruption status of Nigeria have definitely reduced to a manageable level or below average since the establishment of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) some years now, hearing news of arrests and thousands of cases…
LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)- One of the sons of billionaire business Kessignton Adebutu has been arrested. One of the sons of billionaire business Kessignton Adebutu has been arrested. Societynow.ng gathered that the arrested individual is Segun the brother to the gubernatorial aspirant in Ogun state Ladi Adebutu. Information at hand revealed that Segun was arrested…
LAGOS JANAURY 27TH (NEWSRANGRS)-A serving governor is topping the list of suspects being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for an alleged N6,549,942, 637.14 fraud in an arms deal. Also under scrutiny are the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Captain Idris Wada, a former Chairman of Skye Bank, Mr. Tunde Ayeni,…