Last year, Google launched its public free Wi-Fi initiative in Nigeria, in a bid to improve access to internet connectivity in the country. Google Station, as it is called, first launched in Lagos and later in Abuja. But the initiative, which is expected to spread to three more cities by the end of 2019, might already […]
The accused, Tosin Iyanu Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Justice P. I. Ajoko of the Federal High Court, Ibadan on Tuesday March 12, 2019 sentenced one Ogundiran Tosin Iyanu to four months imprisonment for fraud. Ogundiran was found guilty of one-count charge of obtaining money by false pretence preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
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FBI warns of SIM-swapping outbreak Holding a substantial amount of crypto-currency? You may want to take a close look at your multi-factor authentication settings on your online accounts, particularly your email, and protections on your cellphone plan. The FBI is warning of what it says is an uptick in SIM-swapping fraudincidents. Criminals call a target’s phone carrier’s customer
An Uber driver has admitted kidnapping and wire fraud charges after he drove a sleeping passenger at least 60 miles from her destination in order to, seemingly, increase his fare. Harbir Parmar, 25, of Long Beach, New York, pleaded guilty on Monday in a US district court to the pair of charges. According to testimony [PDF] by
Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)As denials go, it was extraordinary and more than a little surreal. The sitting president of Africa’s largest democracy was forced to refute repeated claims that he had died and a clone was now running his office. “This is the real me,” said Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, dismissing the allegation as “ignorant rumors”
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