Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, sentenced one Adun Adewale to a one-year imprisonment for cybercrime. The convict was arraigned by...
Human rights activist and former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has condemned the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, for...
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) on Monday arraigned 113 foreign nationals for alleged cybercrime and money laundering at the Federal High Court, Abuja. The Force Public...
Justice Ekerete Akpan of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, granted at least 109 foreigners charged for alleged cybercrime bail in the sum of N1...
The Nigeria Police Force has apprehended 130 suspects in connection with serious cybercrime activities, among them 113 foreign nationals—comprising 87 men and 26 women from China...
President Bola Tinubu on Friday called for stronger collaboration between Nigeria’s law enforcement agencies and the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the fight...
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has directed all law enforcement agencies, regulators, businesses and stakeholders to begin the full implementation and enforcement of...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has busted a cybercrime syndicate arresting 45 suspected internet fraudsters in Lagos. EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele...
Ghanaian security agents on Thursday arrested a Nigerian identified as Olusegun Samson Adejorin for an alleged $7.5 million fraud case in the United States. The arrest...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has launched a Regulatory Framework for Open Banking in Nigeria to deepen innovation and increase the range of products available...
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday secured the conviction of six persons for offences bordering on cheating by...
Precious Chikwendu, the wife of former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode was arraigned on Thursday before a Federal High Court in Abuja for alleged cybercrime. She however...
Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Thursday, sentenced one Olaleye Rosheed, a student of Federal Polytechnic, Offa, to one...
The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, July 27, 2021 secured the conviction of one Abubakar Abdulbashit Opeyemi, a...
Reports from the United States indicate that sophisticated hackers from Iran have been targeting its military formations and defence companies in a bid to undermine its...
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested one Udochukwu Ugochukwu Simeon for allegedly creating fraudulent clones of the Commission’s e-mail address, and...
Police operatives from the Cybercrime unit in Hyderabad in India have arrested a Nigerian football coach in the country, Henry Chukwudi Opara, for allegedly defrauding unsuspecting...
Four Nigerians have been arrested in the Philippines for allegedly being part of an international syndicate that hacked and siphoned funds from banks. However, the Nigerians,...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) wants some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) probed over their alleged affinity with Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi....
The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu has advised Nigerians to be wary of fraudsters using COVID-19 pandemic to defraud...
Nigeria, in the last 10 years has lost a whopping N5.5 trillion to fraud, corruption and cybercrime, the Chartered Institute of Forensic and Investigative Professionals of...
At least 44 officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have received certificate for their contributions to the fight against cybercrime. The certificate was...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday arrested 20 suspected internet fraudsters and a landlord in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital and in Lagos...
Sheldon Hand, head of security software and services at IBM Southern Africa, has, in a recent interview, established that more cyber crimes are perpetrated during the...
One Jules Suiner was on Friday sentenced to 10 years in prison for N25 million cyber fraud by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos. Suiner,...
The Federal High Court, Calabar, on Wednesday rejected a bail application filed by Joseph Odok, a lawyer and fierce critic of the Cross River State governor,...
The proposed bills on social media regulation and hate speech would not add any value to the nation, a civil society organization said on Monday. The...
The senate marshalled by Ahmad Lawan has been convincing in confirming the stereotypes and assumptions about the institution. In July, I wrote about Lawan’s obsequiousness and...
The Minister of State for Transportation, Gbemisola Saraki has faulted the proposed introduction of a bill to tackle hate speeches and other social media related contents,...
As innovations in the digital space increases so also the risks inherent, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said on Friday. The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC,...
The customer records of nearly 7.5 million Adobe Creative Cloud users were reportedly discovered by a security researcher this month in an inadvertently exposed database which...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) on Sunday warned Nigerians to desist from patronizing money doubling activities of some faceless people called wonder banks. The...
Four cybercrime suspects were arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abuja, on Tuesday. The arrest was made after the operatives raided...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, expressed worry over the spate of criminal activities in the country. The zonal head of the commission...
Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Sunday admonished youths in the State to steer clear of cybercrime. Oyetola who declared the act as unholy and illegal...
Luck has run out for six members of a cybercrime syndicate who have been impersonating the Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Rev Nicholas...
The Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, have arrested 10 persons in the Ojodu, Berger area of the state for...
Nigerian banks have been advised to collaborate and share vital information on cybercrime. This, according to experts, would enable the financial institutions win the battle against...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday revealed plans to bar criminals from opening bank accounts in...
Nigeria’s former Senior Special Assistant Innovation & Technology to the National Security Adviser to the President of Nigeria, Abdul-Hakeem Ajijola has been appointed as one of...
In from Smart Ali . . . Nigeria’s contribution to cybercrime worldwide has been estimated at $9.3 billion annually, President, Cyber Security Association of Nigeria (CSEAN),...
Meet Parisa Tabriz, the 31-year-old computer whiz kid paid to hack into Google. The self-styled ‘Security Princess’ finds bugs in the software before attackers. Her job...
