LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A key investigator of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Abubakar Aliyu Madaki has petitioned Inspector-General of Police Ibrahim Idris over the arrest and prosecution of cousins on alleged trumped-up charges by the Nasarawa Police Command. He alleged that his cousins were allegedly framed up because a businessman was arrested…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A business man from Kano has been intercepted by the Nigeria Customs Service at the international wing of the Kaduna International airport, while traveling on board ET941 Ethiopian Airline to Dubai on a business trip. Instablog9ja report. A team of Custom officers on patrol, led by CSC Medugu Y.D. apprehended the suspect,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has condemned lopsided appointment of Northern extraction as the Chairman of Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) since its inception during the tenure of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Onuesoke who spoke on the issue to journalists in Asaba,Delta State said reserving appointment of the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a bid to rid the nation of the infamous activities of the Wonder Banks Operators, popularly known as the Ponzi scheme, the Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested Twenty-seven suspected operators of illegal financial institutions. The suspects who were raided and arrested from different…
LAGOS FERUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 15 suspected Internet fraudsters(Yahoo boys) have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for offences bordering on obtaining by false pretence, lottery scam and love scam. The suspects are: Adeyemi Tiwatope, 20; Odeyemi Olawale, 20; Nike Afolabi Olaiya, 20; Awe Abimbola Ireti, 23; Yusuf Aliu Oluwafemi,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-An Abuja Federal High Court has validated the rejection of the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes, Ibrahim Magu, by the Senate. The Senate had rejected the confirmation of Magu as chairman of Anti-graft agency due to security reports from the Department of State Services. The Senate spokesman, Senator Abdulahi…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is currently enmeshed in a massive scandal after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) uncovered an alleged N2.5billion fraud in the operations of the organisation. The scandal was perpetrated through incorporation of fake companies, creation of fake IDPs’ camps and award of frivolous contracts. The…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Babachir Lawal, former Secretary to the Federal Government (SGF), on Wednesday was arrested and detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over fraud allegations relating to grass cutting contracts. Lawal is being detained in the Abuja headquarters of the EFCC where he will face investigators over his role in the…