The 18-year-old hacker, central to the Grand Theft Auto VI footage leak, faces indefinite confinement in a high-security British hospital prison, the BBC reported on Thursday. The judge’s decision, influenced by Kurtaj’s autism, stems from concerns about public safety, given the hacker’s expressed intent to persist in cybercrimes if released. During Thursday’s sentencing, the court […]
Police operatives attached to Ojo Division area of Lagos State on Wednesday, December 20, arrested one Imo Lawrence and his ally, Magnus Nwonka, allegedly involved in manufacturing fake drinks in the state. The Nation learnt that Lawrence aged 35 and Nwonka aged 42 were in possession of fake drinks. The spokesman for the Lagos […]
Justice Bayo Taiwo of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan, on Thursday, convicted and sentenced the Chief Executive Officer of Crime Alert Security Network, Ibadan, Olaniyan Gbenga Amos, to 75 years imprisonment for multiple investment frauds. Olaniyan, according to a statement from the Head of Media and Publicity of the Economic and […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has denied media reports (not The PUNCH) that its Chairman, Ola Olukoyede allegedly referred to seven out of every 10 Nigerian students as criminals. The spokesperson for the anti-graft agency, Dele Oyewale made the development known in a statement on Thursday. He revealed that the EFCC Chairman at […]
The Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has exposed the Facebook account of an impersonator, parading himself as EFCC chairman, Ola Olukoyede. The commission disclosed this on its X (formerly known as Twitter) page The fake Olukoyede has also been advertising a phone telephone line, 08028189925 as the “private line” of the EFCC’s boss. “The […]
An Ikeja Special Offences Court, on Wednesday, sentenced a 22-year-old tailor, Kabiru Okeshola to one-year imprisonment for presenting himself as a white woman and engaging in internet dating scam. Justice Rahman Oshodi sentenced Okeshola to one year in the Correctional Service Centre, Ikoyi, following the convict’s admission to the charges preferred against him by […]
Two Nigerian nationals who were extradited to the United States from Spain were sentenced to 128 and 87 months in prison for their roles in a transnational inheritance fraud scheme. With today’s sentencing, five defendants who were extradited from the United Kingdom and Spain in connection with this matter have been sentenced. According to […]
The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) said it has discovered 189 bogus businesses used to acquire property allocations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Registrar General of the commission, Hussaini Magaji, made the announcement during a news conference on Tuesday, October 24, in Abuja. He claimed that the finding of the non-existent firm prompted […]
One Awulu Friday Ayegba, a relationship manager with a new generation bank has been arrested for allegedly withdrawing the sum of N14,850,000.00 from an account of one of the customers of the bank Ayegba was arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, according to the statement released on Thursday by […]
Benedicta Daudu, a law professor who was caught cheating in an examination at the University of Jos (UNIJOS) and later suspended by the university, has failed to make the final list of recipients of the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) rank for 2023. The Legal Practitioners and Privileges Committee (LPPC), last month, shortlisted Ms […]
