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The Journal seeks to become the most reliable, first-choice Pan-Nigerian information and public knowledge platform. The Journal Nigeria is a serious Journalism from an African Worldview
A 39-year-old Nigerian-born businessman is in custody in Ireland after being stopped at Dublin Airport on a British arrest warrant, in a case that centres on one of the largest single invoice redirection frauds so far disclosed against an Australian mining company. Edwin Omokhuale was detained by officers of An Garda SÃochána on Wednesday afternoon,…
A federal judge in Maryland sentenced 32-year-old Nigerian national Olusegun Samson Adejorin to eight years in prison on Friday, 28 August 2026, for running a $7.5 million business email scam against two American charities. United States District Judge Theodore Chuang ordered the 96-month sentence after a jury found Adejorin guilty of wire fraud, aggravated identity…
Ten Nigerians face lengthy prison spells after a federal court in Ohio dismantled an international hacking ring. The group stole $215 million from over 1,000 victims across 19 countries. They specialised in “business email compromise,” a digital heist that relies more on social engineering than complex coding. The scheme targeted businesses by intercepting internal communications…
A United States court has sentenced James Junior Aliyu, a 30-year-old Nigerian national, to seven-and-a-half years in federal prison for orchestrating a massive business email compromise scheme. Aliyu, who was extradited from South Africa, led a syndicate that intercepted corporate communications to divert millions of dollars. Beyond the 90-month sentence, the court slapped him with…