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Artificial intelligence now powers fifty-five per cent of all cybercrimes across Africa as digital fraud turns into an automated global industry. A fresh report from INTERPOL shows continental losses more than doubled to four hundred and eighty-four million dollars over two years. Rapid mobile expansion gives internet fraudsters access to over one billion new victims…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has rejected a bail application from a jailed former civil servant serving twenty-four years for corruption. Garba Mohammed Dukku wanted freedom while challenging his conviction for diverting three hundred and nineteen million naira in public funds. The appellate court ruled that the former finance director failed to prove any…
The federal civil service remains an elaborate cash machine for fraudsters. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has uncovered nine hundred and eight suspected ghost workers across fifty government agencies. Anti-graft agents recovered nearly nine hundred and forty-two million naira in stolen salary payments. The Nigeria Police Force topped the list of…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has intercepted 1.63 million pills of high-strength tramadol smuggled through a West African transit corridor. State narcotics agents seized the massive haul of 250mg opioids from two long-distance trailers during coordinated operations along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The vehicles carried the illicit stock inside specially altered compartments welded beneath their…
The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the remand of three Mexican nationals and seven Nigerian accomplices following the discovery of an industrial-scale methamphetamine laboratory. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency arraigned the ten defendants on an 11-count charge bordering on illegal drug manufacturing, chemical diversion, and international narcotics trafficking. The anti-graft agency values…
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has ordered the remand of Danladi Umar, the former Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arraigned the former anti-graft judge on a four-count charge bordering on bribery and abuse of office. Justice Peter Kekemeke directed that Umar remain at the…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the remand of Bello Bodejo, the national president of Miyetti Allah Kauta Hore. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arraigned the pastoralist leader on a 12-count charge involving money laundering and terrorism financing. The anti-graft agency accuses Bodejo of illegally receiving $ 2.63 million in cash. Justice…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured the conviction of ten individuals for currency abuse in the South-South region. A federal court found the defendants guilty of violating laws that protect the national currency from defacement. This swift judicial outcome underscores a widening state campaign against practices that long defined Nigerian social gatherings. Enforcement…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has seized 2,530 kilogrammes of illicit drugs and arrested 382 suspects in Taraba State. State Commander Javanson Kwalma announced the cumulative results of the anti-narcotics campaign during a security briefing on Thursday. Operatives intercepted massive quantities of cannabis sativa, tramadol, codeine syrup, and methamphetamine over the first half of…
A brutal wave of inter-communal violence between herders and farmers has claimed at least 48 lives in Niger State. Armed herder militias launched a coordinated dawn raid on the Kamuku ethnic community in Tegina, located within the Rafi Local Government Area. The attackers hacked or burned 42 villagers to death, targeting mostly women, children, and…
