Court Jails 14 Chinese for Cyberterrorism, Internet Fraud in Lagos, Orders their Repatriation

A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Friday convicted and sentenced 14 Chinese for cyber-terrorism and internet fraud to one year imprisonment as well as ordered their repatriation at the completion of their jail. The Justice Daniel Osiagor court also fined the defendants N1,000,000.00 (One Million Naira). “All the defendants were sentenced to one year…

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Seme Customs Rakes in N3.5bn, Seizes N889m Goods amid Infrastructure Challenges

Korede Abdullah in Lagos The Seme Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has generated N3.5 billion in revenue between January and May 2025, while facilitating exports valued at N47 billion. Speaking during a working visit by Zonal Coordinator of Zone A, ACG Charles Orbih, the command’s controller, Dr. Benedict Oramalugo, revealed that 220,300 metric…

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Alleged N1.9bn Fraud: How Ministry Director, Surveyor Siphoned Contract Funds – Witnesses

The First Prosecuting Witness, PW1, William Abimbola, in the matter of former Deputy Director, Highways, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Augustine Ojo Olowoniyan, alongside a surveyor, Sulaiman Abdulkadir Muhammed of the Department of Highways and Planning   on Monday, told Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal High Court Abuja, how funds made for the ministry`s…

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Corps Member Punished for Criticising Tinubu, Suffers Extra 2 Months Service Extension

 …Rights Groups Kick NYSC’s Action   A Nigerian corps member, Rita Ushie—known online as Raye—has had her National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) year extended by two months after posting a viral TikTok video criticising President Bola Tinubu’s administration. The move, which follows her March post describing Nigeria’s economic crisis and calling the Tinubu-led government “terrible”,…

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4 Tiv Farmers Killed, over 3,000 Displaced in Nasarawa Herders’ Attacks

Hussaini Kafi in Kano No fewer than four Tiv farmers have been killed and several others injured in renewed herders’ attacks in the southern senatorial district of Nasarawa State. President of the Tiv Youth Organisation, Isaiah Audu, who addressed journalists on Monday in Lafia, said the violence affected communities in Doma, Keana, and Obi Local…

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BREAKING: IBB Varsity Students Protest Killing of Colleague by Suspected Terrorists

Hussaini Kafi in Kano Students of the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Niger State, on Monday staged a protest over worsening insecurity in the town following the killing of one of their colleagues by suspected bandits. AHR gathered that the student was shot dead at an off-campus residence by gunmen believed to be terrorists. The…

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Benue Governor’s Aide Arrested for Alleged Sextortion, Cyberbullying

Dennis Wuye in Abuja  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Dr Mkor Aondona, the Special Adviser to the Governor of Benue State on Documentation, Research and Planning, over allegations of sextortion, cyberbullying and blackmail. According to a statement released on Saturday by the Makurdi Zonal Directorate of the EFCC, Aondona was taken…

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