LAGOS JULY 23RD )NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has received a petition detailing over N92b and millions of money in foreign currencies of public funds squandered by several Federal Government agencies including the country’s foreign missions. In a petition sent to the Chairman, EFCC Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, Nigeria’s anti-corruption group, Human and Environmental…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, says a former governor of Lagos State and national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is under investigation. In an exclusive interview published by ThisDay on Sunday, Bawa said investigation does not end in a day. He…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives has expressed shock over the Friday crash of the military aircraft that claimed the lives of Chief of Army Staff, COAS Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 other military officers. A statement signed by the Minority Leader, Hon Ndudi Elumelu on Saturday described the…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the recommendation of the Ministry of Transportation under Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi for the setting up of an Administrative Panel of Inquiry to investigate the Management of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA. A statement issued by the President’s media aide stated the Managing Director, Hadiza Bala Usman…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, wants the International Criminal Court (ICC) and other agencies to probe the tenure of the sacked service chiefs for human rights abuses and extra judicial killings. President Buhari had sacked the service chiefs after many Nigerians have agitated for their sack. Fayose took to his…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The European Union has joined a growing number of international voices calling for a probe into Ugandan election abuses and violence that left more than 40 people dead in the lead up to the polls. Opposition candidates were harassed by security forces, the media was suppressed by the government, and observers’ offices…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives Committee on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), is seeking the prosecution of the Interim Management Committee (IMC), of the Commission and several contractors prosecuted for looting over N81.5bn through phony contracts, over invoicing and other frauds between January to May, 2020. The panel also revealed that the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a probe into the shootings of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki toll gate. The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, said this during an interview on Arise Television on Friday. Many people were injured when soldiers opened live ammunition on the #EndSARS protesters Tuesday night….