Tag: CYBERCRIME
Police file fresh charges against lawyer Dele Farotimi
The police have filed cybercrime charges against lawyer and human rights activist Dele Farotimi.
Mr Farotimi is already facing 16 counts of criminal defamation of...
Police arraign 113 foreigners for alleged cybercrime, immigration offences
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has arraigned 113 foreigners before the Federal High Court in Abuja on charges related to cybercrime and immigration violations....
Minister of education Tahir Mamman’s phone hacked
Minister of education Prof Tahir Mamman’s phone number has been hacked.
A statement issued on Friday by the ministry’s spokesperson Boriowo Folasade said the compromised...
Court remands whistleblower PIDOM charged with cybercrime
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered that whistleblower Isaac Bristol Tamunobifiri aka PIDOM should be remanded in Kuje correctional facility.
The police...
Police charge whistleblower PIDOM after nearly one month in custody
The National Cybercrime Centre (NCCC) of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is set to arraign whistleblower Isaac Bristol aka PIDOM.
He will be arraigned on...
Court adjourns Naira Marley’s cybercrime trial to May 30
A Federal High Court in Lagos has adjourned the trial of trial of singer Naira Marley to May 30.
The trial could not proceed on...
Court remands ex-governorship candidate Wilfred Bonse over alleged Patricia cyber attack
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the remand of former Cross River governorship candidate Wilfred Bonse arraigned over alleged cybercrime.
Mr Bonse was...
Court jails Snapchat teenage porn actress for cybercrime in Ilorin
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ilorin Zonal Command on Thursday secured the conviction of Daniel James, a Black American alleged to be...
Frederick Leonard reacts to allegation of cyber fraud
Actor Frederick Leonard has reacted to an allegation of cyber fraud by an Instagram user identified as Mod_by_duchess.
The actor took to Instagram in the...
Reports of Hushpuppi laundering $400,000 in prison misleading – Cybercrime expert
American cybercrime expert Gary Warner says reports that convicted internet fraudster Ramon Abbas aka Hushpuppi laundered $400,000 in prison were fake.
Such reports had claimed...