LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured an arrest warrant for former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The EFCC Acting spokesman, Dele Oyewale, confirmed the development to newsmen on Monday. Meanwhile, the anti-graft agency has also initiated extradition proceedings to bring the former minister back to Nigeria. Recall that…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned the Chief Executive Officer of Emee Oil And Gas Nig. Ltd., Florence Onojame, who allegedly defrauded Access Bank of N4.4 billion. NAN reports that Onojame appeared before an Ikeja Special Offences Court alongside her company on a three-count charge of conspiracy, stealing…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Christine Brown, a British national and a victim of internet fraud was on Monday, August 28, 2023 presented with the sum of $26,000USD by the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Brown expressed gratitude to the Commission for its efforts which she said, has brought some succour…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has successfully obtained a conviction against Ibrahim Musa Dabai in Kano state. Dabai was found guilty of a single-count charge related to manipulating Nigerian currency. It was reported that Dabai was arrested by National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) officers on the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway. During…
LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Enugu Zonal Command on Wednesday July 19, 2023, arraigned one Obiorah Anthony Emelife before Justice C.O Ajah of Enugu State High Court, Enugu for alleged Seventy-two Million Naira fraud. The defendant was arrested sometime in 2023 following a petition that he allegedly defrauded one Atansi Obinna…
LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Aphalanx of anti-graft operatives came under attack on Sunday night while executing a search warrant at the residence of Abdullahi Adamu, chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Peoples Gazette learnt. The agents from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arrived around 8:00 p.m. at Mr Adamu’s house on Ali Akilu Crescent,…
LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The convict was prosecuted following the receipt of a petition by the Oslo Police District, Norway, according to the EFCC. The Court of Appeal in Calabar on Friday upheld the conviction of an international fraudster convicted for internet fraud. Agatha Okeke, Federal High Court judge in Uyo, had on 27 June 2022…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, is currently in the Makurdi custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, following an invitation, The PUNCH has learnt. Ortom arrived at the Makurdi zonal office of the anti-graft agency, located at Alor Gordon Street, at 10 a.m. on Tuesday. Our correspondent gathered…