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In its ongoing efforts to clean the nation of internet fraud and other acts of corruption, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested four Chinese and 101 Nigerians in a business apartment in the Gudu axis of Abuja.   In a statement released today January 10, the commission stated that they were arrested on Thursday, January …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,  has secured the conviction of one Chima Hyginus Nkwocha, a.k.a “Young Billionaire,” for cheating by impersonation and money laundering.   The commission in a statement on Wednesday night, January 8, 2025, said Nkwocha was jailed on Tuesday,  December 31, 2024.   Nkwocha was arraigned before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, …

Justice Suleiman Akanbi of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Monday, December 09, 2024 sentenced a student, Akanbi Akorede Afeez, to two years imprisonment for internet fraud.     The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in a statement on Tuesday, December 10, disclosed that Afeez was arraigned on a lone-count charge bordering on internet fraud.   …

Nigerian rapper Eldee has shared an amazing story about his father’s role in bringing the internet to Nigeria. During a recent interview on Adesope live, Eldee spoke about the progression of his music and how access to certain technology was an initial problem for him and his crew at the time. He explained, “I was doing a lot of directing …

Operatives of the Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos State have rejected a bribe of N174 million offered by a suspected internet fraudster to avoid arrest and prosecution.   The suspect identified as Patrick Akpoguma, is alleged to have been involved in various types of internet-related fraud, including romance scams, identity theft, cyber hacking, cryptocurrency fraud, ritualism, and cultism.    …

US vice presidential candidate, Gov. Tim Walz has accused Tesla founder and X CEO Elon Musk of being “gay.”  but got an unexpected response from Internet users and Elon Musk himself.   At a campaign stop in Detroit, Michigan, Walz was talking about billionaires and brought up Musk’s name followed by a very specific classification. “If you’re a billionaire – …

A final-year student of the University of Port Harcourt in Rivers State, has been convicted and sentenced to 14 years in prison for internet fraud. Henry Nathaniel Ekanem was jailed on Wednesday, October 30, by Justice A. T. Mohammed of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt.  The development follows his arraignment by the Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate of the …

Perthshire Picture Agency Tricia Fox’s small business in Scotland has been affected by the row between two major US companies One of the world’s biggest web publishing platforms – used by a large chunk of the internet – is locked in a spat which is affecting thousands of businesses worldwide. While most of the work WordPress does is not seen …

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested three suspects for allegedly def!ling a 15-year-old girl in the Festac area of the state.     The spokesperson of the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the arrest of the suspects to journalists on Wednesday, October 9, identified the suspects as Vincent Omar, 22; Leonard Nwodo, 30; and Henry Chiokwe, 17.   …

Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 33 suspected internet fraudsters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.  The anti-graft agency disclosed this in a statement released today, October 2.  The suspects were arrested in their hideouts around  Iwofe and Ogboro axes of Port Harcourt in a sting operation, based on credible …