LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello have decided to submit himself to the Federal High Court in Abuja for arraignment on June 13. Bello’s lead counsel, Abdulwahab Mohammed gave the undertaking to Justice Emeka Nwite on Friday shortly after the request for suspension of trial by the defendant was rejected…
LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) has asked the federal government to ban embassies from transacting in foreign currencies within Nigeria, saying it is illegal and “unhealthy”. In a letter addressed to Foreign Affairs Yusuf Tuggar, EFCC chairman Ola Olukoyede registered his displeasure that the embassies charge visa fees and consular services in dollars…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Veteran Nollywood actress, Shan George, has revealed that she has recovered ₦3.6 million that was stolen from her Zenith Bank account on May 3. The actress disclosed this in an Instagram live video. She also thanked Zenith Bank, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nigerians, and all those who assisted her…
LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has shared an incident where a 17-year-old successfully hacked into his personal computer and bank account while being questioned at the EFCC office in Lagos. Olukoyede invited the young hacker to his office for questioning, saying the teenager was able…
LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday, April 26, 2024 re-arraigned a former Assistant Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service, Bridget Okafor before Justice Venchak S. Gaba of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja. Okafor alongside her company Bridkass Investment Integrated Limited is facing trial on 13 amended…
LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Taiwanese investor in Nigeria, Ivy Hung, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the recovery of an alleged $1.1m fraud suffered by her company, Polleen Corporation. Ivy Hung lamented that all attempts to bring the fraudster to justice over the $1,164,646 fraud has proved abortive, alleging complicity on the…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Businessman and socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, was, Wednesday, arraigned before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos for alleged spraying and tampering with naira notes at social events. Cubana chief priest, who pleaded not guilty to the charge was, however, admitted to bail in the sum of…
LAGOS APRIL 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have commenced investigation of Idris Okuneye, a.k.a Bobrisky, for allegedly spraying Naira notes. The EFCC had invited the 31-year-old following a video report of spraying and flaunting wads of new Naira notes at the premiere of a movie,…