LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGES)-The Ijaw Peoples Development Initiative, IPDI, on Thursday called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to probe Niger Delta Governors over reckless spendings of the 13 percent derivation that comes into the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. IPDI’s National President, Comrade Austin Ozobo made the call in a chat with…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of preparation for the trial of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, detectives from the United Kingdom have stormed Nigeria for what appeared a final lap of investigation. The detectives, who met with the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for additional fact-finding, have already…
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 46-year-old woman, Ittu Affiong Theresa Tommy, is now on the run after allegedly collecting aircraft spare parts valued at over $1.4 million from a Russian company under the pretext of supplying same to a government agency. She is also been hunted for receiving over N1 billion from a government agency to…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, Professor Nelson Brambaifa, was on Monday invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Abuja, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. Also invited for questioning by the EFCC over alleged financial impropriety was the Executive Director, Finance and Administration of the NDDC, Chris Oyirindah. It…
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…