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conflictsTerrorists kill 26 in Niger, burn police station, abduct scoresSouth African police arrest woman over killing of Nigerian e-hailing driverTerrorists parade over 170 abductees in KwaraUS military aircraft drops ammo in BornoBandits kill DPO in Katsina — ReportICPC invites El-Rufai for questioning after airport incidentISWAP abducts five in Borno marketRibadu’s intercepted calls exposed plot to arrest me, says El-RufaiNigerian alleges forced recruitment into Russian armyFG Redeploys Police From VIP Escorts To Frontline Security After Kwara AttacksCourt sentences four to death for killing Rivers DPOTrump sets monthly targets for citizenship revocationsINEC fixes February 20, 2027 for presidential electionINEC Proposes N873bn Budget For 2027 ElectionsArmy arrests man ‘posing as retired major general’, says no ex-officer named Tijjani RaufFive killed as suspected Lakurawa bandits attack SokotoWhen a Complainant Becomes the Accused: How Vengeful Policing Fuels Prison 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fraudsterSenate okays electronic transmission of results, drops ‘real-time’ clauseRussia speaks on recruiting Nigerians to fight in UkraineUsman-led caretaker committee takes over LP national secretariat after court victoryWitnesses fail to identify suspects in Somtochukwu murder trialElectoral Act: Senate appoints 12 members to work with RepsSeveral Nigerians feared dead as migrant boat capsizes off Libyan coast — ReportNigeria drops two places, ranks 142nd out of 182 countries in TI corruption indexRivers: NDLEA officer killed in Bonny Island drug raid, six arrestedNAFDAC Seizes ₦3bn Worth Of Fake Malaria Drugs, Cosmetics In Lago RaidAmaechi joins protest at n’assembly over real-time transmission of election resultsEXTRA: I was never Tinubu’s friend — El-RufaiSon arrested for plotting father’s abduction in AdamawaReport: Terrorists deploying more drones as IS affiliates expand attacksSit-at-home: Anambra suspends nine headteachers over pupils’ low attendanceKwara: 2 killed in fresh 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Tue. Feb 17th, 2026

Court jails hacker for defrauding bank $70,000

A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers has convicted and sentenced a hacker, Eric Obulo, to one-year imprisonment for hacking the database of a popular commercial bank in and stealing $70,000 about N26.9m.

The Court presided over by Justice I. M. Sani, convicted Obulo following his arraignment by the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

A statement by the EFCC Head, Media, and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, said the court also gave the victim an option of an N5million fine.

The convict was arraigned on one count of unlawful interception by technical means the database of the bank and in the process defrauding the bank of $70,000.

The statement said the crime was committed in Port Harcourt in July 2019 adding that Obulo pleaded guilty when the charge was read to him.

    • Pascal Arogorn Ibe

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