2021

A Kwara state High court, sitting in Ilorin on Tuesday sentenced one Ayeni Oluwatofunmi, 25, to Correctional Centre, for impersonation and offences bordering on cybercrime. Oluwatofunmi is alleged to have impersonated a white American lady, Daina Patrick, to swindle unsuspecting victims. The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), secured the […]

The former governor of Edo State, Mr Lucky Igbinedion, is currently being grilled by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) over what a source described as alleged criminal diversion of public funds to the tune of N1.6bn. The former governor, who arrived at the headquarters of the EFCC, at Jabi, Abuja, around

Solebo held that Igwe should be kept at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre pending perfection of bail she granted him in the sum of N500,000 and two sureties in like sum. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Igwe pleaded not guilty to a three-count charge of giving a document with false information, using office to proffer

In hindsight, it seems obvious: Femy’s pilfering of BFL Corp. should have never beenallowed to start, much less last as long as it did.Femy played a lead role in transitioning his old employer onto a new enterprise resourceplanning (ERP) system. A mistake by his new employer created an opportunity for Femyto steal company funds.As a

In hindsight, it seems obvious: Femy’s pilfering of BFL Corp. should have never beenallowed to start, much less last as long as it did.Femy played a lead role in transitioning his old employer onto a new enterprise resourceplanning (ERP) system. A mistake by his new employer created an opportunity for Femyto steal company funds.As a

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation has called for national and international collaboration between governments, law enforcement and the private sector to check the increasing spate of cybercrime in the country. The Head of Information Technology Department of the NDIC, Mr Imade Uhunmwagho, made the call at the 2021 workshop for the Financial Correspondents Association of

The Ibiaku Issiet Community in Uruan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State has written to the state government over alleged fraud in the Dakkada Luxury Estate compensation payment. The state government acquired the area around Airport Road, Uyo from the community for the construction of the said estate with substantial amount out of the

A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Pius Anyim, has spent the second night in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abuja, where he was being held since Sunday afternoon in connection with the ongoing probe of a former Aviation Minister, Senator Stella Oduah. Anyim, who responded to an invitation

Veteran actress, Patience Ozokwo, has lamented over the rate at which scammers use her name to defraud members of the public. The Nollywood star took to her verified Instagram page on Friday to bemoan the use of fake accounts to discredit genuine businesses. According to the veteran, a group in France recently attacked her, claiming

The Nigerian Communications Commission and other telecoms regulators under the auspices of West African Telecoms Regulators Assembly are set to combat rising wave of electronic frauds, and standardising regional roaming tariffs in the sub-region. This will be done true the development of technical and regulatory modalities. Director Public Affairs of the NCC, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde