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- 16 Jun 2016
Nigeria Police Launch Forensic Lab, Digital Resource
The Nigeria Police Force has set up a forensic laboratory and digital resource center in Abuja to aid the activities of its criminal Intelligence and investigation department. The facility, which…
- 23 Dec 2024
Egueke, Former Bank Manager Jailed for $46,900 Fraud
Fidelis Egueke, former bank manager, , has been convicted and sentenced to six months in prison by an Asaba, Delta State Chief Magistrate’s Court for defrauding a victim of $46,900. Chief Magistrate…
- 5 Feb 2016
FG Files Criminal Charges Against GSK, Nestle over Fake Promos
Federal government has filed criminal charges against Glaxosmithkline Nigeria PLC and Nestle Nigeria Plc and their officials, over alleged fake lottery promo The ten count criminal charge number…
- 25 Aug 2024
#EndBadGovernance Protest: Court freezes 32 individuals, coys’ bank accounts
A Federal High Court in Abuja has frozen the bank accounts of 32 individuals and companies’ linked to the 10-day #EndBadGovernance Protest organised across the country pending investigation and…
- 5 Jan 2025
21 Bank Accounts Frozen by Abuja Court Over Alleged Money Laundering
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the interim freezing of 21 bank accounts across multiple commercial banks over allegations of money laundering. Presiding judge Emeka Nwite also directed the…
- 22 Sept 2021
NIPOST Raids Illegal Courier Operators in Abuja
Courier and Logistics Regulatory Department (CLRD) of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST), recently, extended its random raid to Abuja, the federal capital territory, where it clamped down on…
- 14 Apr 2026
CISA Asks NDPC, Police to Act on Alleged Data Breach by NIPSS
Citizens Initiative for Safety Awareness (CISA), advocacy group focused on security, data protection, and counter-terrorism, has urged the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) to provide an…
- 3 May 2024
NIPOST Clampdown on Illegal Courier, Logistics Service Operators in Kano
Nigerian Postal Service, NIPOST, has embarked on clampdown of illegal courier, express delivery, dispatch and logistics service operators in Kano State. Dotun Shonde, the General Manager, Courier and…
- 15 Sept 2016
Blackmailer Attacks Ekeh, Zinox Boss- Ayogu
Gideon O. Ayogu, head, Corporate Communications, Zinox Group, has raised alarm over the publication of malicious article intended to smear his boss Leo Stan Ekeh, chairman, Zinox Group and his…
- 20 Jul 2015
Buhari’s Ministerial Nominees Disqualified for Failing Corruption Tests
The failure of President Muhammadu Buhari to announce his ministers after almost two months in office is connected to discrepancies including misappropriation of funds traced to some ministerial…
- 2 Jul 2026
Court Declares Keystone Bank Staff Wanted over Alleged N35m Fraud
A Federal High Court, Lagos has declared Mrs. Ebele Okpala, a female banker with Keystone Bank, wanted over alleged N35 million fraud. Apart from declaring the banker who is said to be outside the…
- 26 Sept 2023
Notable Nigerians, Big Firms Fall for Alleged Diongoli's N3.7Bn Scam
Court papers have revealed that a leading telecommunications company’s Employers Cooperatives, FSL Securities and Professor Onyekachi Green Nwankwo and some many others are victims of N3.7billion…
- 1 Dec 2025
Court Issues Warrant for Odunola, UK-Based Nigerian over Alleged ₦14.3m Fraud
A Federal High Court in Lagos has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Ade-Coker Suzan Motunrayo Odunola, a United Kingdom-based Nigerian woman, over an alleged ₦14.3 million fraud. Justice Musa…
- 4 Oct 2016
Police to Equip Interpol Unit for Fight Against Cybercrime
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, yesterday said efforts were being made to equip the International Police (INTERPOL) unit with what it takes for a better service delivery. Idris…
- 31 Mar 2026
How Recycled SIM Card Linked to N50m Kidnapping Nearly Landed me in Jail - Businesswoman
Titilayo Ibrahim, Nigerian businesswoman, has shared a harrowing experience of how she narrowly escaped imprisonment after a SIM card she purchased was linked to a N50 million kidnapping and murder…
- 26 Oct 2020
ICIJ Fingers Western Union, MoneyGram as Conduits to Launder Criminal Cash
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has uncovered how companies like Western Union and MoneyGram play a hidden role in laundering cash from around the globe. In May, the…
- 20 Apr 2017
NDIC Plans Fresh Arrest of Failed Banks’ Directors
Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) on Wednesday said the Task Force on the Implementation of the Failed Bank Act would soon begin to re-arrest for prosecution directors and officers of…
- 16 Nov 2025
Nigerian Man Sentenced in U.S. for Sextortion Scheme Leading to Death of American Student
A 27-year-old Nigerian national, Imoleayo Samuel Aina, also known as “Alice Dave,” has been sentenced to six years in prison by a U.S. federal court for his role in a sextortion scheme that led to…
- 17 Mar 2019
There is Massive, Pervasive Corruption in Buhari’s Govt- US Report
The United States Department of State has said there is a climate of impunity in the President Muhammadu Buhari government that allows officials to engage in corrupt practices with a sense of…
- 7 Jul 2013
Panic as Bankers, Fraudsters Empty Customers' Accounts
Disturbing revelations at the weekend suggested that a worrying fraud scheme-the theft customers’ ID data by employees of financial institutions is on the rise. Investigations showed that insiders in…
- 14 Oct 2018
Customer Raises Alarm as N350m Disappears from his Access Bank Accounts
Serious trouble may be brewing for Access Bank Plc as Mr Pascal Nwabueze Innocent has alleged that over N350 million been fraudulently withdrawn from the two accounts he operates with the bank…
- 15 Feb 2023
NDPB Investigates 110 Companies for Data Breaches
Nigeria Data Protection Bureau has said that it is presently investigating over 110 companies in Nigeria over allegations of data breach. Dr Vincent Olatunji, National Commissioner of the Bureau,…
- 6 Oct 2020
IG Bans SARS, Others from Searching People’s Phones, Laptops
Muhammed Adamu, Inspector-General of Police (IGP), has banned policemen, especially men of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) across the country from searching people’s mobile phones, laptops and…
- 14 Jul 2021
FG Establishes Robotics, AI Centre to Fight Criminals
The Senate on Wednesday said that the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy has established a centre for artificial intelligence and robotics to deploy the use of robots and artificial…
- 16 Feb 2020
Experts Suggest Ways to Address Shortage of Skill-set in Cybersecurity
Worried by several reports revealing shortage of skillset in cyber security in Nigeria and other African countries, experts have adduced ways out of the challenge. In a recent report published by…
- 11 Aug 2008
Identity Thieves Steal N7.4Bn from Banks
Nigeria financial institutions lost some N7.3billion last year to cyber thieves, underscoring the greatest and perhaps most dangerous threat to the development of the country, Nigeria…
- 28 Nov 2015
NSA Partners Microsoft on Curbing Cybercrime Breaches
In a renewed drive to tackle headlong the menacingly advancing cybercrime challenge in Nigeria, platforms and productivity services giant, Microsoft Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja joined forces with the…