LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is set to start a clampdown on the fraudulent use of Point Of Sale, POS Machines in the country. This was disclosed by the Makurdi Zonal Head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Johnson Babalola, in an interactive session with Regional Bank Managers…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A civil rights movement under the aegis of Coalition Against Corruption and Bad Governance has made a new discovery of 16 illegal slots of radio licenses approved by the Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Mallam Ishaq Kawu Modibbo for himself and cabals in the Presidency. The development was said to…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Swiss authorities have filed a suit against Nigeria at the international court over the detention of its vessel, San Padre Pio. The Nigerian navy in Bonny, Rivers state, had arrested the ship on January 23, 2018 as the oil tanker, registered with canton Vaud shipping company ABC Maritime, and its crew members…
LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Tuesday, arraigned a former Assistant Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs, Bridget Okafor, on 13 counts bordering on abuse of office to the tune of N3,336,176,661.24 (three billion, three hundred and thirty-six million, one hundred and seventy-six thousand, six hundred and sixty-one Naira, twenty-four Kobo). She was…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is said to have commenced a probe into activities of some associates of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, who are directors of Intels, an oil servicing firm. Atiku is believed to have some considerable shares in Intels, which…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two hundred and eighty eight million naira has been proposed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on generator, meals and newspapers in the 2019 financial year. The disclosure was made in Abuja on Thursday, April 4, by the acting chairman of the commission, Ibrahim Magu. The breakdown of proposal shows…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has released former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s son-in-law, Abdullahi Babalele, who was being investigated for allegedly laundering €150 million. Babalele, who was arrested by EFCC operatives at his Maitama, Abuja, home last Saturday, was released late last night. The acting EFCC spokesman, Tony Orilade, confirmed the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Garba Shehu, who cited Buhari’s speech at the Federal Executive Council, FEC meeting on Wednesday, opined that Mr President accused some politicians of flouting money laundering regulations in their desperate bid to capture political power. President Buhari, however, commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for successfully tracking the money in…