LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The investigation into the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) has widened, with the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) uncovering two additional fictitious agencies allegedly linked to the scheme. The development was disclosed on Thursday by ICPC Chairman, Musa Aliyu, after he submitted an interim report on…
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it has uncovered two more fake government agencies while investigating the activities of the self-acclaimed Director-General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), Adeniyi Matthew Adeyemi. ICPC Chairman, Dr Musa Adamu Aliyu, disclosed this on Thursday after presenting the commission’s…
LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-What began as an allegation by a female officer of the (Nigerian Immigration Service) has snowballed into a major financial investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), with investigators probing an alleged visa-overstay extortion network believed to have operated for several years. At least five serving immigration officers, including a…
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have intercepted a large consignment of cocaine concealed in the heads of imported dry stock fish, popularly known as “Okporoko,” and arrested a suspected kingpin involved in trafficking the illicit substance to India. The agency said the seizure followed intelligence on the syndicate’s trans-border…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4i) centre of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has uncovered a staggering 1,723 vessels involved in unauthorised activities within Nigeria’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) between January 2024 and January 2025. These vessels were found to have engaged in what are known as…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Identity Management Commission has identified over 6,000 Nigeriens registered on its database with the National Identification Number. This was as President Bola Tinubu directed an inter-ministerial committee to ensure comprehensive data for the National Social Register for the Federal Government’s social investment programmes. Impeccable sources in the Presidency told Saturday…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Senate has uncovered $400 million in intervention funds domiciled in banks and other financial institutions for a couple of years. This was disclosed by the lawmaker representing Kogi Central and the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Local Content, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, during a session with the Nigerian Content Development…
LAGOS AUHUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have uncovered 442 parcels of Crystal Methamphetamine concealed in heads of fishes packed in cartons for export to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. The drugs were to be exported through the SAHCO shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos. A statement…
