LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, was on Tuesday re-arraigned at a Federal High Court in Lagos on an amended 39-count bordering on fraud. Kalu, who is now a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has disowned a recent gloating tweet that announced the imminent revival of a criminal case against outgoing Governor of Ekiti, Ayo Fayose. In a statement on Monday night , spokesman of the commission , Mr Wilson Uwujaren , said the “purported tweet does not represent the…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sharp criticism on Sunday continued to trail what the Bayelsa Progress Front (BPF) criticised what it described “an absurd display of wealth” by a former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva, during a birthday party organised by him and his friends. According to the BPF, it was regrettable that Sylva who…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The acting chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has said that the trends in global security revealed that cyber crimes are the latest form of terrorism and corruption affecting all nations in the 21st century. Magu, who spoke through the commission’s director of operations, Mohammed Abbah, said the…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGRS)-Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja has again refused bail to the Managing Directors (MD) of Samadores Ltd and Aqua Rock Real Estate, Samuel Okeke, describing him as a flight risk. The court denied bail to the applicant, following opposition from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court in Lagos has adjourned until September 27 for judgment in a suit by Aiteo Energy Resources Ltd against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The oil and gas firm sued EFCC, one of its investors, Iliyasu Kwabi and the Attorney-General of the Federation for N10 billion. The…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Commission says it will soon visit projects abandoned by the Niger Delta Development Commission. The Acting Chairman of the commission, Ibrahim Magu, stated this when a delegation of the National Association of Niger-Delta Students visited him in Abuja on Thursday. Spokesman of the commission. Wilson Uwujaren, reported the…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari launched his on the three-pronged promises of securing the lives and properties of Nigerians, restoring the economy, and fighting corruption. Three years down the line, several top former political office holders have been sent to jail, in fulfillment of the current administration’s avowed determination to fight corruption head-on. Prominent…