Cybercrime

20 Articles
National

Police, Arrests 130 Foreign National , Nigerians For Cybercrime, Hackers

    The Nigeria Police Force has arrested 130 suspects comprising 113 foreign nationals (87 males and 26 females), primarily of Chinese and...

Communications

Lawyer To Journalists : Don’t Relent To Apologize When Wrong Information Is Published

By Roland Ekama  A Lagos based Lawyer, Barrister Abdullahi Tony Dania has called on media practitioners not to relent to apologize when wrong...

Crime

EFCC Adopts New Strategy To Curb Cybercrime

The Commandant, EFCC Academy, Commander of the EFCC, CE Ayo Olowonihi, has disclosed that the Commission has commenced the process of training cybercrime...

Crime

IGP Merges Units Into Nigeria Police Cyber Crime Section, Appoints DCP Uche Henry As Head

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the immediate reorganization of the cybercrime units in the Nigeria Police Force to...

Telecoms

CYBERCRIME: NCC Uncovers “AbstractEmu” New Attacking Android Device 

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has uncovered a new cybercrime device called "AbstractEmu" .   The malware, named ‘AbstractEmu’, can gain access to...

News

EFCC Fingers Lekki As Hotbed Of Cyber Crime,Arrests 402 suspects  In 3 Months

Lekki, the fast-developing upper middle class area of Lagos Metropolis, is emerging as the new hub of internet-related fraud.   Data from the...

Crime

EFCC Arrests 1,502 Suspects For Fraud In Six Months

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa on Thursday, disclosed that a total of1502 suspects were arrested for...

Crime

EFCC Arrests 2 Brothers, 6 Other Suspected Internet Fraudsters  In Osogbo

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, on Thursday, January 28, 2021, arrested eight men suspected to be internet fraudsters...

Crime

EFCC Arrests 10 For Alleged Internet Fraud In Lagos, Secures Conviction Of 2 In Ibadan

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Office, have arrested 10 persons for their alleged involvement in computer-related fraud....

Crime

Police Nabs 3 For Cyber-Related Offences, Uncovers 50,000 email Accounts/Passwords From Suspect

The Nigeria Police Force has unveiled a Cybercrime Reporting Web Portal.The portal which can be accessed by clicking on the link https://incb.police.gov.ng/ is...