By Modupe Coker, JKNewsMedia Reporter PROPOSED NATIONWIDE voter revalidation exercise has been postponed until after the 2027 General Election following deliberations at a meeting between the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) held on Friday, April 10, 2026. JKNewsMedia.com reports tha...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent A NIGERIAN national, James Junior Aliyu has been sentenced in the United States (US) over a $4.1 million wire fraud scheme. JKNewsMedia.com reports that he was also ordered to forfeit $1.2 million and pay restitution to victims. Aliyu is at the centre of a multimillion-dollar cybercrime scheme...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THE ECONOMIC and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), working in collaboration with the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) and the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), has completed the deportation of 192 foreign nationals convicted for cyber-terrorism, internet fraud, and other financial crime...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent MORE THAN N460 million earmarked for the inauguration of United States (US) President Donald Trump on 20 January 2025 vanished through a cryptocurrency scam traced to Lagos, as detailed in a civil forfeiture complaint filed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Investigators said they i...
By JKNewsMedia MISLEADING VIDEOS circulating online have prompted a public alert from the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), over alleged incitement of traders at Onitsha Bridge Head Market, The agency cautioned that the actions of the social media influencer involved may violate provisions of the Cybercrim...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia CRACKDOWN OPERATIONS by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have resulted in the arrest of 120 individuals suspected of internet fraud across Lagos State. Operatives from the commission’s Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 executed the coordinated raids at multiple locations, recovering 26 exotic vehicles, l...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter CYBERSTALKING AND defamation case filed by Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO) against four journalists has been struck out by the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, following an amicable settlement. Presiding over the case (FHC/L/774C/2024), Justice Ayokunle Faji ruled in favour of dismissal after the ...
By Olaide Ajibola and Helen Okechukwu, JKNMedia Reporters CHAIRMAN of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has recounted a remarkable episode where a 17-year-old boy, while being questioned in his office in Lagos, managed to hack into his personal computer and bank account, raising significant concerns about cybe...
