LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Anwuli Chikere of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday ordered that the former governor of Edo state, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole be served with an application brought before the court by an anti-corruption crusader, Bishop Osadolor Ochei seeking an order of mandamus compelling the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State and former Deputy National Chairman of the party, Chief Olabode George, yesterday reacted to the raging allegations of money laundering, fraud and tax evasion against Alpha Beta Consulting, a firm with exclusive right to collect taxes on behalf of Lagos State Government…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said five people are laying claim to the N49million its operatives intercepted in sacks at the airport in Kaduna. It said the Federal High Court in Kaduna would soon give judgment on the puzzle over the cash. The anti-graft agency said the cash had…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission( EFCC) is set for the trial of Gbenga Makanjuola, deputy chief of staff to the Senate President Bukola Saraki and a former Managing Director of Societe Generale Bank of Nigeria( SGBN), Robert Mbonu. The duo are to be arraigned over the alleged conversion of N3.5billion of…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a popular Abuja socialite who is also a top official of the Nigerian Prisons Service, Dr (Mrs) Imaobong Akon Esu-Nte. According to Nigerian Monitor, the suspect, a Grade Level 14 Officer with the Federal Ministry of Finance seconded to the Nigerian Prison Service…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A civil society organisation, Coalition Against Corruption and Bad Governance, says it has called for the probe of the sacked Director-General of the Department of State Services, Mr Lawal Daura, for his alleged link with two fraudulent foreign bank accounts. The group alleged that part of the over £3m released by the…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu has reportedly been held by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) since 9a.m, Tuesday morning. He was reportedly called in for questioning and was still being interrogated at the Commission as at press time. It will be recall that Ekweremadu, the most-senior member of the opposition…
LAGOS JULY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday remanded three Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials in Ogun before a Federal High Court, Lagos, over alleged laundering of N179.8 million. It would be recalled that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday arraigned the trio of Yemi Akinwonmi, Dickson Atiba…
