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Cybercrime: EFCC recovers vehicles, phones, fetish items from 40 suspects

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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from its Kaduna Zonal Directorate arrested 40 suspected internet fraudsters in Niger State. The arrest was disclosed in a post shared via its official handle on X, on Wednesday. Recovered items recovered from the suspects include 60 Android phones, three vehicles, 10 motorcycles, eight laptop computers, four Bluetooth speakers, eight power generating sets, one Hisense air conditioner, and two power stabilisers. “The operation was based on credible intelligence linking the suspects to a syndicate engaged in cybercrime activities.” According to the commission,…

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Outrage in Plateau over killings, Gov Mutfwang apologises

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Caleb Mutfwang, Governor of Plateau State, yesterday apologised to the people of Bassa Local Government Area for the failure of government and security agencies to protect lives and properties, as condemnations trailed the killings. This is as a survivor of the attack lamented that his sister wouldn’t have died if she had not, out of fear, run out of her hiding. The governor’s apology came on a day former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, Presidential candidate of New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, in the 2023 elections, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, ex-governor of…

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Sowore, VDM, others condemn cash gift to police officers in viral video

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Omoyele Sowore, Nigerian activist, and controversial commentator VeryDarkMan (VDM) have voiced outrage following the circulation of a viral video showing Nigerian police officers allegedly collecting cash from a group of Chinese nationals in what appears to be an unprofessional and possibly unlawful transaction. The video, which has sparked widespread condemnation on social media, captures a group of uniformed officers in what seems to be a negotiation scene with the Chinese men, eventually receiving cash from them in an unclear context. Though the circumstances surrounding the encounter remain uncertain, the optics…

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Mauritius ex-finance minister rearrested in new fraud probe

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Renganaden Padayachy, Mauritius’s former finance minister has been arrested Wednesday over a second fraud case, two days after having been released on bail over another affair, police said. The latest arrest of Renganaden Padayachy concerns alleged fraud against the Mauritius Investment Corporation (MIC), created in 2020 by the Bank of Mauritius to support businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic, said police. It was carried out at the request of the Financial Crimes Commission (FCC). In this case, police are investigating the MIC’s payment of approximately $1 million to Menlo Parks Ltd/Pulse…

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British Minister’s X account hacked to promote crypto scam

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A British minister’s X account was hacked on Tuesday to promote a fraudulent “House of Commons” cryptocurrency, her spokesperson said. “Lucy Powell’s personal X account was hacked this morning,” said a spokesman for the MP, who has been leader of the House of Commons since July. “Steps were taken quickly to secure the account and remove misleading posts,” he added. The verified account, followed by nearly 70,000 people, was used early Tuesday to spread a series of messages promoting the “House of Commons Coin ($HCC)” cryptocurrency, allegedly linked to the…

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Dollar Ponzi scheme, CBEX crashes…Angry mob loot Ibadan office

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It was sorrow, tears and shock for many Nigerians that invested in a Ponzi scheme named CBEX after it crashed this week. Before the recorded loss, many people invested in the scheme which was advertised on social media with screenshots of account balances from $1,000, $10,000, and $85,000. On Tuesday morning, investors woke up to the reality that their accounts have been blanked, with no access to funds. In fact, there was an instruction that, except they comply with a new directive to deposit more funds to withdraw from their…

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Portable in police net for alleged criminal defamation, threats to Fuji star, Saheed Osupa

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Controversial singer, Habeeb Okikiola Badmus, popularly known as Portable, is in the news again. This time, he has been arrested by the Kwara State Police Command over allegations of criminal defamation, threat to life, incitement, and character assassination against Yoruba Fuji musician Mr. Okunola Saheed a.k.a Osupa. According to a statement issued on Sunday by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, the arrest followed a formal petition filed by Mr. Saheed Osupa alleging that Portable engaged in conduct likely to cause a breach of peace, including the use…

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US court orders FBI to release records of Tinubu’s drug case

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A U.S. federal judge had ordered the FBI and the DEA to release investigative records relating to Tinubu, stemming from a purported narcotics trafficking investigation in the 1990s. According to PREMIUM TIMES, Judge Beryl Howell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia handed down the order on Tuesday, rejecting the government agencies’ attempts to withhold the documents under the so-called “Glomar response” — a policy allowing agencies to refuse to confirm or deny the existence of records. “The claim that the Glomar responses were necessary to protect…

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Siemens top executive, wife and three children die in helicopter crash

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A couple who are senior corporate executives at Siemens have died along with their three children in an helicopter crash. Report says the corporate titans, Agustín Escobar and his wife, Mercè Camprubí Montal died with their three children, whose ages were four, five and 11. The pilot of the helicopter also died in the accident. The passengers died in a helicopter crash at Hudson River in New York while sightseeing. Siemens has sent its condolences, saying: “We are deeply saddened by the tragic helicopter crash in which Agustín Escobar and…

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Overbilling: 8 DisCos fined N628m

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Eight power distribution companies (DisCos), have been sanctioned by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) for noncompliance with the capping of estimated bills for unmetered customers. In a statement yesterday, NERC indicated that the affected DisCos are Abuja, Eko, Enugu, Ikeja, Jos, Kaduna, Kano, and Yola. NERC said the companies overbilled customers in violation of energy caps set by the regulator for the third quarter of 2024 (July to September). The commission said the sanctions were issued pursuant to Section 34(1)(d) of the Electricity Act of 2023. NERC stated: “The…

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