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…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An anti-corruption crusader, Bishop Osadolor Ochei, Thursday asked a Federal High Court in Abuja for an order of mandamus compelling the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to commence criminal proceedings against former Edo state governor and National Chairmanship aspirant, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole on alleged corruption. He filed an ex-parte motion marked…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The conviction of two prominent members of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Jolly Nyame and Joshua Dariye in quick succession by a Federal Capital Territory High Court has put a lie to the often repeated charge by critics and cynics that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, is lukewarm in prosecuting…
efcc LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Abuja businessman, Mr Abdulhamid Zari, has alleged that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission operatives extorted N4m from him to release his passport. The passport, he claimed, was seized on the directive of the Head, Economic Governance in the Commission, Abubakar Madaki. Zari, who made the accusation while addressing journalists…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has accused the Buhari administration of plotting to slam false charges on him, to pave the way for his indefinite detention. Obasanjo said this in a statement by his media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, on Friday saying he had been informed that the government was planning to use fake…