LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, on Friday refused to answer a question regarding a petition submitted against All Progressives Congress chieftain, Bola Tinubu. Magu, who held a press conference in Abuja, had lamented the high rate of corruption in the country especially among the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday manhandled journalists at its head office in Abuja while a group of activists, including the convener of Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju, was submitting a petition addressed to the Chairman of the commission, Ibrahim Magu. The activists had gone to submit a petition…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Seven operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have been arrested in connection with a plot to smuggle former Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT) chairman AbdulRasheed Maina out of the anti-graft agency’s custody. They are undergoing investigation along with a woman, Zainab Abbas, to determine their involvement in the plot….
LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is to collaborate with the Interpol to promote maritime security through a special project, tagged “Project AGWE.” The project which will involve Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Togo, Ghana and Benin is aimed at ridding Nigeria and the other countries involved of economic sabotage in the maritime…
LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, on Monday, October 14, 2019, raided a Osogbo-based nightclub notorious for hosting parties for suspected internet fraudsters. EFCC in a statement in its website disclosed that the raid led to the arrest of 94 suspects and confiscation of 19 exotic…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State House of Assembly has threatened to issue a warrant of arrest on the former governor of the state, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, and four others who served in his administration as commissioners. This decision followed two preliminary reports presented on Thursday by two ad-hoc committees set up by the House…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday re-arraigned an American, Marco Ramirez, at the Special Offences Court, Ikeja, Lagos for allegedly defrauding Nigerians in a green card scam. EFCC alleged that Ramirez was a serial fraudster having been previously arraigned on similar offences. According to the anti-graft agency, he was earlier…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has denied reports alleging that about N900 million of mutilated naira notes, being subject of prosecution at the Federal High Court, Ibadan, and kept in several boxes in EFCC’s custody had turned to paper. The anti-corruption agency described the reports as very mischievous and a…