The trial judge, Justice Isaac Dipeolu, was informed by the prosecutor, Bilikisu Buhari, of a pending application.
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The trial judge, Justice Nicholas Owiebo is said to be attending a judges’ conference.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is prosecuting the defendant on charges bordering on cyber crime.
The Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Abdulkarim Chukkol, disclosed this on Thursday in Makurdi, the state capital.
Justice Uche Agomoh, in her ruling Tuesday held that Oyeleke was convicted based on the evidence tendered before the court, as well as his plea bargain agreement with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
In a press statement by its Director, Public Affairs, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde CSIRT, in its first-ever security advisories less than three months after its creation, confirmed that it has solely identified the two cyber-attacks targeting the consumers and therefore proffering solutions that can help telecom consumers from falling victims to the two cyber vulnerabilities.
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday heard that 2,410 short messages were analysed from the iPhone of Nigerian…
The most common type of cyber crime is perpetrated through email. In most cases, it comes in the form of a marriage proposal, unclaimed fund, donation, lottery, help, bonanza, bank transaction notification or credit alert etc. Some of the youths send as many as 20,000 of such scam emails everyday while others send more to increase their chance of getting their targets.
The lawmakers further implored the Nigerian Communications Commission and the Mobile Network Operators(MNOs) to tarry for six months to enable them conduct scientific research to confirm whether or not any link exits between 5G network and public health.
Cyber crime refers to any criminal activity that is perpetrated by means of a computer or internet. Common examples of cyber crime are email spamming, cyber bullying, identity theft, online child pornography, phishing and virus dissemination.
The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Sulaiman Nguroje, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Yola.
The shop assistant, of undisclosed address, was arraigned on a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing.
In two separate judgments, Justice Patricia Ajoku sentenced the duo after they had each pleaded guilty to the one-count amended charge preferred against them.
The United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre warned on Monday that Cybercriminals are exploiting citizens’ concerns over the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country.
In continuation of its war against internet fraud, officers of the Cyber Crime Section at the Abuja Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday raided the residences of suspected Yahoo Yahoo
The President gave the charge in Abuja at the 2019 edition of the Conference of African Telecommunications Regulators on Consumer Affairs hosted by the Nigerian Communications Commission.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it is worried over the frightening dimension which cyber-crime has assumed in the country, especially the South East.
The commission’s acting Head, Media and Publicity, Tony Orilade, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Thursday.
Parading the group on Tuesday, the Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, disclosed that the syndicate comprised of three splinter groups visiting choice locations in the state to rob members of the public of their phones
On her return to Nigeria, the First Lady and her Office instituted and facilitated the World Cyber Security Conference to further emphasise that global collaboration is imperative in addressing the threatening effects on the moral and physical safety of our children as a result of online misuse. She seized the opportunity of this event to appeal passionately to the National Assembly to enact a law that will carry a stiff punishment for all cyber criminals
He said: “The core objective of the Cybercrime Bill, 2013 is to provide an effective, unified and comprehensive legal, regulatory and institutional framework for the prohibition, prevention, detection, prosecution and punishment of cybercrimes in Nigeria.
“When passed into law, it would promote cyber security and ensure the protection of critical national information infrastructure