Cybercrime

The mother of a 19-year-old apprentice, Chinonso Ude, standing trial for alleged cybercrime has been ordered to appear in court. Justice Ayokunle Faji of a Federal High Court in Lagos, on Monday,…

Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has removed 63,000 accounts associated with the notorious “Yahoo Boys” scam group, a move to tackle fraud on its platform. Meta made the announcement…

Son of a former Deputy Rector, Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State, Olaoye Jamiu Olarewaju, has been convicted over offenses bordering on cybercrime. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in a statement, said Olaoye was…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that the 80 Nigerians indicted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and those who engaged in cybercrime would not escape the wrath of the law. The Head, EFCC Ibadan…

Priscilla Ofunre, Ado-Ekiti Students of the Ekiti State University (EKSU), Ado-Ekiti, on Wednesday, took to the streets to protest alleged harassment and arrest of members by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…

The police in Lagos have arraigned a 27-year-old businessman, Yusuf Atanda, for allegedly impersonating Pastor Enoch Adeboye and two other church leaders to defraud members of the public. According to the police, Atanda created fake…