•Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame The Nigerian Air Force has disowned a viral message circulating across social media platforms claiming that it has commenced recruitment for the 2025/2026 Basic Military Training Course and Direct Short Service Commission, describing it as false and...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has raised an alarm that some individuals are impersonating it, demanding money from investors. A statement yesterday by the NNPC spokesman, Olufemi Soneye, stated that the individuals solicited fees for meetings with the NNPC board of directors, executives, and management staff, saying the actio...
•Ubani A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Dr. Monday Ubani, has raised the alarm over the growing abuse of Point of Sale, POS, machines by criminal syndicates, warning that kidnappers, fraudsters, and money launderers are now exploiting the system to move billions of naira beyond the reach of law enforcement. In a statement titled, “The Urgent [&he...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 120 individuals suspected of internet fraud in Lagos State. According to a statement posted on Monday via the official X handle of the commission, operatives from the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 carried out the coordinated operation across various locations in the state. The operat...
Fraudsters have stolen N329 million by using static images to register for Bank Verification Numbers. This is according to a new report by the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System, which outlines emerging fraud trends in Nigeria’s financial sector, reports Sunday PUNCH. According to the report obtained by our correspondent, some unscrupulous B...
•Soldiers Military personnel from 3 Battalion Nigerian Army Barracks at the popular Army Estate, Effurun in Uvwie, Delta State have arrested no fewer than 100 youths suspected to be internet fraudsters as the operatives stormed one HK “Hustle Kingdom” school. The facility is said to be a cybercriminal training network school in the metropolis,...
Air Peace yesterday, alerted some passengers intending to book UK flights on its portal were defrauded by fraudsters who cloned its official website. The alert was issued a few days after the airline inaugurated its groundbreaking direct flight from Nigeria to the United Kingdom. The airline stated in a post on X (formerly Twitter) that [&hell...
•EFCC operatives The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested an herbalist and 48 suspected internet fraudsters for offences bordering on conspiracy and obtaining under false pretence in Lokoja, Kogi State. This was disclosed in a statement released by the EFCC today. The statement partly reads, “They w...
•The suspects Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Wednesday, arrested 14 individuals suspected of internet fraud at a “Yahoo Academy” in Makurdi. According to a statement on the agency’s X account, acting on intelligence, operatives from the Makurdi Zonal Command raided a three-bedroom apartment along Achusa Road, Be...

