The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a new warning to Americans that they should exercise caution when scanning QR codes with their smartphones because cybercriminals tamper with the codes to steal login and financial information. A QR code—the square barcode that people can scan with their smartphone cameras—can provide quick and convenient access to a website or to …

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has arrested a lawyer, Mrs Adachukwu Okafor, who has been on the run after she allegedly abused her 10-year-old house help. According to a statement Special Assistant on Media to the Minister of Women Affairs, Ohaeri Joseph, the lawyer allegedly used a broken bottle to brutalise the girl. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports …

Justice Ismail Ijelu of an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday sentenced an 18-year-old Secondary School Certificate (SSCE) holder, Henry Bilabi to a two-year imprisonment for impersonating on Tiktok to defraud unsuspecting citizens of $500. The convict was however given an option of N1 million fine which must be paid within 30 days. Justice Ijelu sentenced Bilabi following his plea …

A 21-year-old final year student of Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba Akoko (AAUA), Ondo State, Olubodun Sanni, has confessed stabbing a 20-year-old female student of same institution, Adekunle Ifeoluwa, to death over her iPhone XR. The victim, Adebisi, was a 300-level economics student at the institution and lived off a campus hostel with her killer. Police sources said the suspect confessed …

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a suspected one-chance robbery leader, Ndubisi George, aged 49. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Benjamin Hundeyin disclosed this in a statement on his X handle on Monday. ‘One chance’ is commonly used in Nigeria to refer to a robbery that takes place when criminals disguising as commercial drivers pick up …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Mrs. Margaret Emefiele, wife of a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, and three others, wanted for money laundering. Mrs. Emefiele, Mr. Eric Odoh, Anita Omoile and her husband, Jonathan Omoile, were declared wanted on Friday night for allegedly conspiring with the former CBN Governor …

With cryptocurrency fraud and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) scams making headlines, I had thought Nigerian email schemes were a thing of the past, akin to the bygone days when a scammer might offer to sell you the Brooklyn Bridge. So I was surprised to come across an article about a 62-year-old Swedish divorcee named Maria Grette. She had set up a dating profile and soon …

A witness simply identified as TKJ has alleged that suspended dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL) Prof. Cyril Ndifon pressurised her to trade her virginity in exchange for admission into the institution. TKJ, who is the star witness and second prosecution witness (PW2) of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), made the …

An angry mob on Sunday apprehended and severely beat a 28-year-old suspected thief who was allegedly caught burgling a shop along Airport Road in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State. A passerby witnessed the suspect in the act of burgling a woman’s shop and raised an alarm, attracting the attention of security personnel from a nearby popular hotel. …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will arraign the immediate-past governor of Anambra State, Chuef Willie Obiano, before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, over alleged money laundering to the tune of N4,008,573,350. The PUNCH gathered on Tuesday that the ex-governor will be arraigned on nine count charges. The development comes over a week …