LAGOS DECEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Below is Press statement from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC clarifying the purpose for the raid on an apartment occupied by Atiku Abubakar’s children. “The recent arrest of Ogbonna Orji, son of Sen. Theodore Orji, over money laundering, has absolutely nothing to do with son of ex-VP Atiku Abubakar. “The…
LAGOS DECEMBER 11TH (NESRANGERS)-Information reaching the PoliticsNGR newsdesk on Monday morning reveals that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC raided an apartment belonging to sons of the PDP presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar over the weekend. The building also houses an apartment occupied by two sons of Atiku Abubakar and Chiemeka Orji, son of ex-Abia…
LAGOS DECEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on December 6th 2018, arraigned the former governor of Kebbi State, Usman Saidu Dakingari alongside two others before Honourable Justice Basse Onu of the Federal High Court sitting in Kebbi. They were arraigned on a 13 count charge of Conspiracy and Money Laundering to the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has clarified his stance on the fate of the immediate past governor of the state, Ayodele Fayose. Fayemi spoke with State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Fielding questions whether he would probe his predecessor,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, of going about sealing off houses belonging to innocent people in the state. He said the anti-graft agency was operating under the guise that the houses were linked to him (Fayose). The immediate past governor stated…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWRANGERS)-Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have intercepted gold worth about N211 million being illegally transport through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos en route Dubai. Following intelligence report, the operatives on November 9, 2018 uncovered the gold weighing about 35kg just at the point of departure of a…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13RD (NEWSRANGERS)-In his usual unperturbed disposition, Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, on Monday told journalists he was not bothered about the issue of his confirmation as the substantive Chairman of the anti-graft agency in Nigeria. Magu, who stated this while responding to questions from journalists at…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWRANGERS)-Justice Mohammed Idris of a Federal High Court in Lagos, on Monday, revoked the bail of a former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, following his failure to appear in court for trial as scheduled. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting Kalu together with his former Commissioner for Finance,…