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- 11 Dec 2023
Moyo Lawal, Mohbad, Asake Others Top List of Google's Trending Searches for 2023
Moyo Lawal, Mohbad, Asake, Gangs of Lagos, Shanty Town and more lead top trends on Search in 2023 according to report released by Google. The tech giant on Monday unveiled the findings of its 2023…
- 13 May 2026
Facebook Launches ‘Made by Africa’ Campaign to Spotlight African Cinema
Facebook has launched the sixth edition of its pan-African campaign, 'Made by Africa, loved by the world: Where stories spark community,' ahead of Africa Day on May 25. This year's focus: African…
- 9 Sept 2013
FAAN Nabs Luggage Thief @ MMIA
Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) said it has unraveled the mystery surrounding the disappearance of passengers’ luggage at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos with the…
- 6 Dec 2021
Beware Of Christmas Scams as Phone Thieves, Hackers On The Rise
For many, Christmas is a period of giving and celebrating with loved ones. On the flip side, there is one group who are much more excited about these busy weeks than the celebration itself: beware to…
- 3 Jul 2020
Court Jails Hackers Who Stole N2.Bn from Union Bank
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of one Abass Mohammed and Ibrahim Saidu Jogal, a Bureau De Change (BDC) operator. c They connived to hack into the Flexcube…
- 29 Aug 2017
Police to Arraign Evans, Billionaire Kidnapper Today in Lagos
Chukwudumeje Ohamadike aka Evans, notorious kidnapper who was nabbed by the police three months ago, would be charged to court today barring unforeseen circumstances. The suspect who has spent over…
- 18 Aug 2020
Staff, Robbers Steal N12Bn from Banks in 2017- Report
Nigeria Deposit Insurance Company (NDIC) has said that financial institutions in the country lost some N12.01 billion in 2017, representing an increase of 38 per cent increase over the N8.68 billion…
- 25 Nov 2016
Obasanjo Plots to Bring Down Buhari’s Govt – Reps
House of Representatives said yesterday that former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s recent statements are aimed at bringing down the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. The lower chamber was…
- 28 Aug 2022
Success Omonijo Wins Nigeria Info’s Femi and The Gang Fan Battle Competition
Following weeks of scaling through various rounds of an intensive sports-related quiz competition, Success Omonijo has emerged as the overall winner of the fifth edition of the Femi and the Gang…
- 7 Mar 2013
Piracy is Killing Nigerian Economy-Onyeje
Emmanuel Onyeje, country manager, Microsoft (Nigeria), has warned that piracy, particularly in the IT industry pose a huge problem to the Nigeria’s economy. Onyeje also spoke of efforts by Microsoft…
- 14 Sept 2014
Lessons, Risks of Online Lotteries & Gambling
There are only two gambling legalized and regulated in Nigeria; they are casinos and the national lottery. But despite these strict gambling laws, hundreds of illegal online lotteries, betting…
- 26 Jun 2012
Losing the War on Gambling
Today, tales of how Nigerians are losing hundreds of naira through lotteries, betting and gambling schemes are common place. Operators of these schemes are exploiting the lax regulation and the…
- 16 Nov 2015
How and Why Online Betting Fund Terrorism
There are need to urgently tackle illegal online lotteries, betting and gambling because they are increasingly being used for money laundering and terrorism financing. What we have had with…
- 19 Jul 2019
Thumbs Up for Lagos DNA, Forensic Centre
Zubairu Muazu, Lagos State Commissioner of Police, has said that the state-of-the-art Lagos State DNA and Forensic Centre (LSD&FC) will help the Lagos Police Command in crime investigation and…
- 23 May 2021
NDLEA Nabs Kingpin with Cocaine Worth N8Bn in Lagos
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 36 blocks of cocaine weighing 27.95 kilogrammes with a street value of over N8 billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport…
- 23 Dec 2013
Navy Installs N2Bn Surveillance System to Tackle Piracy
Nigerian Navy (NN) has installed eight automated, long range camera-equipped surveillance towers in the waters just off the country’s coast, in a move aimed at tackling the surge in sea robbery…
- 24 Jan 2013
‘Okada’ Dying by Installment as Kano Joins Clampdown
The Kano state government has joined other states to ban the use of motor-bikes as means of commercial transportation, following repeated terror attacks on security operatives, business…
- 19 Mar 2021
UK Government Donates RHIB Vessel to NDLEA
The British Deputy High Commission in association with the UK Border Force, Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the National Crime Agency (NCA), have donated a Rigid-Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) to the…
- 27 Feb 2025
Grab the Shikini Season Deal: Showmax Mobile Streaming for Just ₦1,000
Showmax, Africa’s leading streaming service, is making premium entertainment more accessible and affordable for Nigerians with its Showmax Shikini Season – a limited-time-only deal on its General…
- 9 Jun 2008
Piracy: FG Bans Importation of CDs
The federal government is considering a blanket ban on the importation of compact discs (CDs), to check the growing activities of intellectual thieves, unarmed but very dangerous set of people.…
- 3 Nov 2008
Ndukwe Wins Unique Innovator Award
Engr. Ernest Ndukwe, executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) recently in Lagos, received a special award from Vivante Media Group led by Professor Pat Utomi, for his…
- 8 Dec 2017
100 Million Fans Expected to Watch Falz First-Ever Solo Concert Live
Nigerian entertainer Folarin Falana aka Falz the Bahd Guy, is wrapping up a great year with a concert that will shake Nigeria to its roots. The multi-talented lawyer-turned-rapper announced on Friday…
- 1 Apr 2014
Exposed! How Cash Cartels are Conspiring to Kill the Naira
A lethal gang of unscrupulous expatriates; some Deposit Money Banks (DMBs; and Bureau de Changes (BDCs) have all conspired to ensure that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) fails to salvage the…
- 19 May 2009
Robbers Steal N15.9Bn from Banks
Some N15.9 billion was stolen from Nigerian banks in 133 raids and 171 attacks on cash in-transit vehicles last year pointing to growing activities of the lethal band of thieves exploiting lapses in…
- 2 Mar 2014
Worrying Reign of IP Thieves
Nigeria has been known as safe haven for stolen intellectual works and attempts by Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) to stem the tide have yielded little or no results. “Intellectual” and…
- 1 Sept 2008
Help! Pirates Are Everywhere
Nigeria has been known as safe haven for stolen intellectual works and attempts by Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) and Business Software Alliance, foremost organization dedicated to promoting a…
- 2 Aug 2010
Still on Alarming Rate of Piracy
Nigeria has been known as safe haven for stolen intellectual works and attempts by Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) and Business Software Alliance, foremost organization dedicated to promoting a…
- 12 Sept 2015
Undergraduate, Okadaman in Court for Hacking Into Bank Accounts
A final year student of the Nmandi Azikiwe University (NAU) Akwa is facing charges of forgery, stealing and fraud after he was arrested alongside a tricycle rider for allegedly hacking bank…
- 7 May 2014
Lagos Plans Forensic Lab, Deploy New Set of 1000 CCTV
Lagos State Government has announced plans to construct a forensic lab that will assist police in criminal investigation in the state. Adebiyi Mabadeje, State Commissioner for Science and Technology,…
- 29 Aug 2017
Airtel Hosts Start Studded Exclusive Screening of The Voice Nigeria
Following the successful session of the battle rounds, Airtel Nigeria, sponsor of The Voice Nigeria in partnership with DStv hosted a star-studded executive screening of the first Live Show in Lagos…