Cyber Crime
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Defence
Poverty, unemployment fuel cyber-crime – Expert
A Security Expert, Mr Christopher Oji, has linked the increasing cases of cyber-crime and criminality in the country to poverty and unemployment. Oji said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. NAN reports that cyber-crime is defined as criminal activities carried out online by means of computers or the internet. Oji, a former…
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Naira Marley’s cyber crime trial stalled
The criminal trial of Nigerian singer Azeez Fashola (a.k.a Naira Marley) could not proceed on Thursday before a Federal High Court in Lagos. The trial was stalled because parties in the suit are still awaiting approval of a fiat by the chief judge of the Federal High Court. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting Fashola for alleged…
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Media practitioner calls for amendment of Cyber Crime Act
A media practitioner, Hajia Rafat Salami, on Wednesday in Ilorin called for the amendment of the Cyber Crime Act to allow journalists carry out their constitutional roles. Salami, who is an Assistant Director at the Voice of Nigeria (VON) in Abuja, made the call at the ongoing three-day training on Gender Equity, Safety/Gender Sensitive Reporting. She said what is in…
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Crime
Cybercrime: EFCC Arrests Fake CBN Governor in Uyo
A cyber fraudster (yahoo boy) by name Onyebuchi Nwalozie Julius has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, for impersonating the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Godwin Emefiele. Onyebuchi a native of Ngor-Okpala in Imo State, who claims to be involved into Estate Management, confessed under interrogation, that he…
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