Cyber fraud
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday, arraigned another 11 Chinese nationals at the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, over alleged impersonation, fraud, and attempt to destabilise Nigeria's constitutional structure.
10 Jan
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has offered an insight into how Chinese nationals are recruiting local and computer-savvy Nigerians to defraud mostly United Kingdom victims. The explanation comes just after the commission's operatives, acting on intelligence about emerging internet crimes involving foreigners, on Thursday, January 9, 2025, broke another syndicate of fraudsters specializing…
13 Nov
A Nigerian, Babatunde Francis Ayeni, has bagged a 10-year jail sentence for his involvement in a cyber fraud scheme worth $20 million targeting 400 Americans while two other compatriots remain at large. According to a report on the official website of the U.S Attorney's Office, Southern District of Alabama last Thursday, the massive cyber fraud…
4 Mar 2024
Digital payment platform, Palmpay said it is committed to helping the industry stem the rising tide of cyrbercrime and fraud in the system.
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The Nigerian Navy says its teams operating under Operation Delta Sanity II, discovered and destroyed several illegal refining sites
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President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the President of the African Development Bank, AfDB, Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, on his 65th birthday.
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The Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC) said its operatives had arrested a suspect over 597,000 dollars romance fraud.
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Panama on Thursday rejected the United States' claim that it had secured free passage for government vessels through the Panama Canal while bowing to US pressure to quit a key Chinese project. Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino told reporters the US assertion about the waterway was "intolerable, simply and plainly intolerable," adding that he rejected…
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Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun has felicitated the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, as he celebrates