LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Protesters on Monday stormed the zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Wuse 2, Abuja, demanding the probe of a former Akwa-Ibom governor, Godswill Akpabio. The protesters under the aegis of Civil Society Groups for Accountability and Probity requested an investigation to be launched into what they described…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two human rights activists have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly demanding a bribe from Wahum Nigeria Limited. According to The Punch, Dandy Eze, President of the Path of Peace Initiatives, and one Solomon Johnson, approached Wahum Nigeria Limited in 2018 to demand N50million to help…
LAGOS JANUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, said he was committed to mobilising Adamawa people with other stakeholders to ensure that President Buhari wins in the state. Ribadu made the commitment yesterday in Yola while inaugurating 40 vehicles donated by his support group, Black Cap Revolutionary Movement,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWRANGERS)-One of Nigeria’s oldest financial institutions, Union Bank, on Friday night admitted ownership of a large consignment of cash which anti-graft operatives said they intercepted at the international airport in Enugu. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission announced in a statement Friday evening that two men were arrested at Akanu Ibiam International…
LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of the Yuletide, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has launched total war on Yahoo Boys who specialise in defrauding unsuspecting foreigners on the internet, Punch Metro reports. The operation codenamed ‘Cyber Storm’, will involve EFCC operatives monitoring suspicious transactions especially by youths who cannot explain their source of wealth….
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A pro-Niger Delta group, the Niger Delta Indigenous Entrepreneurs Forum, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, National Leader of All Progressives Congress APC, Ahmed Bola Tinubu and National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomohle to urgently reverse the trend of an obvious witch-hunting of Nigerian private indigenous investors in Nigeria by the Economic Finance…
LAGOS DECEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Office has arraigned twenty four students of Olabisi Onabanjo University and the National Open University of Nigeria who were arrested for alleged involvement in various cyber crimes. Ten of the defendants which include: Agboola Taiwo, Adetayo Tade Ademiluyi, Rabiu Daniel, Sokoya Oluwaseyi, Fredrick Shaibu,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 11H (NEWSRANGERS)-The common sense Senator , Ben Bruce reacts after EFCC freeze the account of Anambra former Governor and current Candidate for PDP presidential election. He wrote: “For the good and prudent governance he he oversaw in Anambra, I‘d have expected @PeterObi to have been given a nation honour. People like Peter should…