Cybercrimes
25 Mar
Osun State Government has expressed worry over what it described as pervasive fake news in the state.
12 Mar
The intersection between the Cybercrime Act and journalists’ rights to freely disseminate information is getting blurry, with the government allegedly leveraging the former to stifle rights to free speech of the latter.
7 Feb
The Nigeria Police has cautioned the public on the use of dating applications due to growing cases of sextortion, blackmail and cybercrimes. Force Public Relations Officer (PRO), Ademuyiwa Adejobi
30 Jan
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will, on Wednesday, January 31, 2024, hold a multiple stakeholders’ national dialogue to address the challenges of youth involvement in cybercrimes.
7 Dec
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede has refuted reports quoting him to have said seven out of 10" Nigerian students are criminals".
5 Oct 2023
Cases of cybercrimes, terrorism financing and money laundering in Nigeria could be tamed if the government adopts new technology, stakeholders said at a Fin-Crime Summit.
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US far-right conspiracy website Gateway Pundit is filing for bankruptcy, its founder said Wednesday, as it battles a string of lawsuits alleging it promoted misinformation related to the 2020 election.
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Honduras is experiencing a femicide "emergency," a United Nations official warned Wednesday, with at least 66 women murdered so far this year according to activists.
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The widespread use of alcohol and e-cigarettes among adolescents is "alarming", according to a report released on Thursday by the World Health Organization's (WHO) European branch, which recommended measures to limit access.
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Despite the exodus of university teachers and attendant shortage of manpower in public universities nationwide, the non-retention policy of the Federal Government has caused over 5,032 first-class graduates to languish in the job market and far away from the tertiary institutions that erstwhile retained them.
3 hours ago
As the whereabouts of former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, remain unknown a week after he was declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and placed on a watch-list by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS)
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Data sourced from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) suggest the economy may be relapsing to cash hoarding again a year after the chronic currency scarcity even as the proportion of currency in circulation that is held outside the banking system has returned to the pre-naira redesign level.
4 hours ago
As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark the 2024 World Malaria Day, the progress in national malaria control is being threatened by the continued rising cost of anti-malaria drugs, which have gone beyond the reach of many Nigerians.
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African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, said that Africa's immense economic potential is being undermined by non-transparent resource-backed loans that complicate debt resolution and compromise countries' future growth.
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Ahead of May Day next week, workers are demanding a country that works for all and not just for some privileged few.