Crime

Sunday, 24 December 2023 04:32

How this 77-year-old widow lost $661,000 in a common tech scam: 'I realized I had been defrauded of everything'

Marjorie Bloom, a retired civil servant, was the victim of a "tech support" scam in 2021. Criminals used cryptocurrency to carry out the fraud. Bloom, now 77, lost her life savings: $661,000. Her experience highlights the growing threat of fraud that targets older adults. In the spring of 2021, Marjorie Bloom waited for a phone call that would never come. Over the course of the previous month, the retiree had wired hundreds of thousands of dollars into cryptocurrency per the suggestion of someone she believed to be a trusted confidant. The man claimed to be a "fraud investigator" at PNC…

Saturday, 23 December 2023 04:38

Blackout as Boko Haram brings down transmission towers supplying electricity to Borno, Yobe

The state capitals and communities of Borno and Yobe have been thrown into darkness after suspected Boko Haram insurgents destroyed an electricity tower supplying power to the states. The latest setback comes barely a year after the insurgents destroyed towers that cut off Maiduguri from the national grid for several months. The incident took place around 11:40pm on Thursday in Katsaita village in Yobe State, Residents in the Katsaita village revealed that they heard a thunderous sound of explosion from the tower side when the incident happened. Confirming the incident, General Manager, Public Affairs of Transmission Company of Nigeria, Ndidi…

Wednesday, 20 December 2023 04:41

Gunmen kidnap High Court judge, kill police orderly in Akwa Ibom

Some gunmen have reportedly abducted Joy Unwana, a high court judge, and her driver in Oron LGA of Akwa Ibom state. The judge was said to have been kidnapped on her way back from a court sitting. During the incident, which took place on Monday along Uyo-Okobo road in Oron town, the police officer assigned to the judge was killed. Confirming the incident on Monday, Torosco Eyene, chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Oron branch, said the association has scheduled a meeting with the state commissioner of police and the Department of State Services (DSS) on Wednesday. “Yes, the…

Wednesday, 20 December 2023 04:37

‘Smishing’ is the latest way scammers try to get your info. Here's how to protect yourself

That text message about your package could be a scam. One of the biggest scams you need to watch out for is coming from your phone. In “smishing” ― a term that combines “SMS” and “phishing” ― bad actors try to get your personal and banking information through unsolicited text messages on mobile devices. They do it by pretending to be government agencies, companies that you might have done business with, or a package delivery service. They’ll say something to get your urgent attention like a text about a free gift that you have to pay a small “shipping fee”…

Saturday, 16 December 2023 04:49

Corruption pervades executive, legislative, judiciary arms of govt at all levels in Nigeria, ICPC survey finds

Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) says there is a high level of corruption across various sectors in the three arms of government and private sector. The Provost of the Anti-Corruption Academy of Nigeria, Tunde Babawale, a professor, said this at the validation meeting of the Nigeria Corruption Index (NCI) Survey in Abuja Babawale said that the findings put corruption level within the legislative, judicial, and executive arms of government and private sector at 42 per cent between 2022 and 2023. ”All the sectors have been found culpable and found to be highly corrupt, the legislature, the…

Thursday, 14 December 2023 04:35

Gunmen raid banks in Ekiti, kill three

Three persons have been reportedly killed in Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State, following an armed robbery attack on two banks in the state on Wednesday. The robbers were said to have attacked Access Bank and Wema Bank branches in the town. The robbers reportedly used dynamites to blow up the security doors leading inside the banking halls to gain entry. Details of the robbery were still sketchy as of the time of filing this report. However, the robbers were said to have carted away an unspecified amount of money after operating for about 45 minutes. A witness said the robbers attacked the…

Wednesday, 13 December 2023 04:41

127 oil theft cases occurred within 6 days in production areas. Here are details of the locations and the thieves caught

Nigeria recorded 127 crude oil theft incidents between December 2 and 8. This is according to data shared in a report by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) via its Twitter (X) account on Tuesday, December 12. During the reported week, NNPCL and its security partners discovered several incidents: 51 illegal refineries were uncovered. 29 illegal connections were identified. 8 vessels were found to have AIS (Automatic Identification System) infractions. 6 acts of pipeline vandalism were detected. 5 illegal storage sites were located. 13 arrests were made involving wooden boats. 3 oil spills were reported. 11 vehicle arrests were…

Wednesday, 13 December 2023 04:39

Gunmen attack convoy of expatriate workers, kill 4 soldiers, 2 drivers; abduct 2 expatriates

Unidentified gunmen have ambushed a convoy of Daewoo E&C Nigeria Limited workers, killed four soldiers in the escort team and two of the company’s drivers. The convoy was attacked Tuesday around Ahoada axis along the East-West road in Rivers State. The gunmen also abducted two expatriates, Korean workers who were among the team being escorted to work in the Abua area of River State. It was gathered that the incident, which occurred at about 9.30 am, caused fear along the East-West road as travelled were left stranded for hours. A source privy to the development said the suspected kidnappers ambushed…

Saturday, 09 December 2023 04:46

Oil theft: Illegal connections more than 4,800 - NNPC

Group Chief Executive Officer of the the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Mele Kyari yesterday described oil theft and vandalism in the Niger Delta region as a calamity saying there are over 4,800 illegal connections on crude oil pipelines in the area and warned that this could frustrate the projections of the Federal Government. Speaking yesterday in Abuja when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Appropriation on the proposed budget for 2024, Kyari said that the daily oil production would depend greatly on the security situation in the oil rich Niger -Delta region, describing the act of vandalism…

Thursday, 07 December 2023 04:43

Gunmen waylay Kogi Election Tribunal officials, cart away petition documents

Kogi State Police Command yesterday confirmed that gunmen attacked the secretary of the state governorship election tribunal, David Umar Mike, and made away with sensitive petition documents on the just concluded gubernatorial election in the state. The state police command’s spokesman, William Aya, who disclosed this in Lokoja on Wednesday, said the attackers carted away all the petition documents filed by four political parties at gunpoint. The documents carted away by the attackers included petitions filed by the Action Alliance (AA), Action People’s Party (APP), Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) and Social Democratic Party (SDP) as well as two record books…

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Thursday, 30 November 2023 04:30

Robbers kill Ogun director of finance on Abeokuta overheard bridge, cart away N112m cash meant for gov’s office

Suspected armed robbers on Wednesday reportedly killed one Taiwo Oyekanmi, said to be a director of finance, at the governor’s office in Ogun state. A witness said the robbers waylaid the homemade bullion van conveying Oyekanmi after he left a branch of Fidelity Bank in Abeokuta, the state capital. According to the witness, the victim was ascending the overhead bridge in the Kuto area before the gunmen shot at him and other occupants of the van. The witness further said the hoodlums used a sledgehammer to break the bullion van’s door and went away with the government’s money. Reacting to…

Wednesday, 29 November 2023 04:48

Emefiele retained in prison custody for failure to meet bail conditions

Godwin Emefiele, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), will remain in Kuje correctional facility, Abuja after he failed to meet his bail conditions. The former CBN boss was brought into court by operatives of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) where he is being remanded. On November 18, Emefiele was arraigned on a six-count charge bordering on procurement fraud. Emefiele was accused of using his position to confer a corrupt advantage on Sa’adatu Yaro, a staff of CBN, by awarding a contract for the procurement of 43 vehicles worth N1.2 billion between 2018 and 2020. The vehicles included…

Wednesday, 29 November 2023 04:47

British-Nigerian man extradited to US pleads guilty in New York to bank hacking crimes

A British-Nigerian national has pleaded guilty in New York to involvement in a more than seven-year scheme to hack into banks' and brokerages' computer servers, causing more than $6 million of losses for customers. Idris Dayo Mustapha, 33, pleaded guilty to access device fraud, conspiracy to commit computer intrusion and securities fraud, and conspiracy to commit wire fraud at a hearing before U.S. District Judge Pamela Chen in Brooklyn. Mustapha, a native of Lagos, Nigeria, had been arrested in the United Kingdom in August 2021, and was extradited to the United States in August. He faces up to 20 years…

Sunday, 26 November 2023 04:54

Gunmen kill one, kidnap at least 150 in Zamfara, residents say

At least 150 people, including women and children, were abducted with one person killed in a coordinated attack by gunmen on four villages in Nigeria's northwest Zamfara state, residents said on Saturday. Kidnapping for ransom has become rife in northwestern Nigeria in recent years where armed gangs, often referred to locally as bandits, have targeted villages, schools, and travellers, demanding millions of naira in ransom and making it unsafe to travel by road or to farm in some areas. The Zamfara police spokesperson did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment on the attack, which took place late on…

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