Cyber-crime

The innovation of technology and it's everyday advancement seems to make the world interesting and makes tasks easier when it is being carried out unlike before. However, the negative use of technological advancement is a big mess and…

Justice Patricia Ajoku of a Federal High Court in Ibadan, on Friday, sentenced Ezekiel Orimolade, an undergraduate student at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) to four months imprisonment for defrauding an American man of 150 dollars.…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday charged African Telecoms Regulators to protect the continent and their consumers against e-fraud and cybercrime. The President gave the charge in Abuja at the 2019 edition of the Conference of…

Kwara State House of Assembly has condemned reported increasing wave of Internet fraud and other nefarious activities of fraudsters known as "Yahoo Yahoo boys" in such areas as Offa, Ilorin, Oro and Malete in the state. The House made…

Prof. Labode Popoola, the Vice Chancellor of Osun State University, Osogbo, has urged youths to shun cybercrime and engage in productive ventures through Information and Communication Technology(ICT). Popoola gave the advice during the…

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has urged Africa’s traditional and religious leaders to assist governments in addressing cyber-crime, human and drug trafficking, and disruptive social media challenges. The president made the call at the…

LAGOS State government has called on youths in the country to shun cyber-crime and channel their energy into worthwhile ventures, saying that as the future belonged to them, they must make it count through pragmatic approach. The State…

The Nigerian Association of Law Teachers (NALT) has called for more stringent legislation to enforce terrorism and cyber crime laws in the country. The association made the call in a communiqué issued on Saturday after the 50th Annual…

NIGERIA looses over N127 billion annually to cyber-crimes, the Federal Government (FG) on Tuesday said. Minister of Communications, Bar Adebayo Shittu, made the disclosure in Abuja at the Cyber Secure Conference organized by the Cyber…