by Admin | Nov 20, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has claimed success in checking Internet fraudsters in the banking sector through various measures to prevent hacking into customers’ accounts. The deputy governor of the apex bank in charge of operations, Mr. Bayo Adelabu, who spoke at the 2017 retreat of the Nigeria Electronic Fraud Forum (NeFF) held in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, said the bank would continue to sanitise the financial sector. The event was attended by top officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), U.S Consulate, Lagos, Consumers Protection Council (CPC) and some commercial banks. Chairman, Nigeria Electronic Fraud Forum, Dipo Fatokun said with the bank verification number in place, biometrics would soon be used for transactions. “That means if you want to transact with your ATM, you will need to use your biometrics. There is no way you can give your finger to a third party. If that is enabled, it will make our system to be more secure and make all our transactions to be validated.” Adelabu, in his keynote address, said in the age of digitalization and increased adoption of alternate forms of payment for goods and services, stakeholders must ensure security of operators and the consumers they intend to serve. The CBN commended the feats recorded in the last six years by NeFF, noting that the organization in collaboration with other stakeholders has successfully implemented the Cybercrime Prohibition and Prevention Act 2015. According to him, the retreat has re-enforced greater synergy among the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), the forum and the entire payments industry. “At the CBN, we shall continue...
by Admin | Nov 16, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Reports from Muna garage area in Borno State show that suicide bombers have attacked a mosque during magrib (sunset) prayer. Police in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital has confirmed that eighteen people, including four suicide bombers died in the ensuing explosion that rocked the state this evenin. It was gathered that twenty-nine others were injured. A statement from DSP Isuku Victor, PPRO Borno State Police Command on Wednesday evening said, “Today 15/11/2017, at about 1813hrs, four suicide bombers, two males and two females, infiltrated Muna Gari community in konduga LGA, and detonated IED strapped to their bodies at different locations. “The first explosion occurred at a prayer ground, while the other explosions occurred thereafter, all within the community. “A total of eighteen persons including the four suicide bombers, died in the multiple explosions. “While twenty nine others sustained various degrees of injuries and were rushed to university of Maiduguri teaching hospital/State Specialist Hospital for medical attention.” According to the statement, Police patrol /EOD teams promptly mobilized to the scene to sanitize and render the area safe. The statement also said that normalcy had been restored to the community. SOURCE: DAILY...
by Admin | Nov 16, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A witness on Wednesday told a Federal High Court in Lagos that Waripamo-Owei Dudafa, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, did not declare 15 million shares he possessed in a secret company. A Senior Detective Superintendent with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Chukwuma Orji, gave the evidence at the resumed trial of Dudafa over N5.1 billion fraud. EFCC had arraigned Dudafa alongside one Joseph Iwejuo on 23-counts of conspiracy and concealment of crime proceeds. Led in conclusion of his evidence-in-chief by the prosecutor, Mr Rotimi Oyedepo, the witness told the court that following intelligence report, the commission uncovered a company known as Ibejige Services Ltd. He said that further investigations revealed that the mandate of the company had the signature of Dudafa and also bears his international passport. According to the witness, intelligence also showed that in July 2015, Dudafa signed as Chairman of the company, and that his wife was also a signatory to the company. Orji told the court that investigations revealed that Dudafa possessed 15 million shares in the said company, and had failed to declare it in his asset declaration. After his evidence, Oyedepo informed the court that he had closed his examination-in-chief with the witness. Meanwhile, under cross examination, defence counsel, Mr Gboyega Oyewole (SAN) asked the witness for his employment details. Orji, in response said: “I joined the commission between 2007 and 2008, and am currently a Senior Detective Superintendent.” On his educational qualification, he told the court that he possessed a degree and a masters degree in Engineering. When asked whether the accused was under any...
by Admin | Nov 16, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Delta Safe (OPDS), has launched a manhunt for the leader of a kidnap gang identified as Karowei Gbakumor in Delta. The Commander, OPDS, Rear Adm. Suleiman Apochi, disclosed this on Wednesday when he visited Enekorogha community in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta where four British Missionaries were kidnapped and one eventually died. Apochi was accompanied by the Commander of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Delta, Commodore Ibrahim Dewu, and the Commander, Sector 2 of the OPDS, Col. Alhassan Grema, and other military personnel. The commander, who described the abduction of the Britons as an international embarrassment, urged the community to assist the security agencies to fish out the criminal. Four British missionaries: David and Shirley Donovan, Ian Squire and Alanna Carson, who were providing free medical services to Enekorogha community where abducted on Oct. 13. Squire died in the captors’ den while the others regained freedom weeks later. Apochi said that the incident would be a setback to the community and the neighboring ones who benefited from the free medical service. “Now you see that the armed forces are not here to harm or sent to kill you, but to protect and make life conducive for you. “All we do is to make the environment safe for you. Nobody has come to take what belongs to you. “But you people think we have come to attack or harm you, now you see that your enemies are living next to you. “This unfortunate incident is an international embarrassment. “I want you to mobilise and find Gbakumor and let us know where...
by Admin | Nov 16, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI According to the US Attorney’s office for Oregon, a Nigerian man, Michael Oluwasegun Kazeem, 24, has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for his role in the bilking of over $11 million via an identity-theft scheme from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Kazeem, who came to the United States on a student visa, has been sentenced in federal court in the southern Oregon town of Medford on Nov. 8 for conspiracy to commit mail fraud, aggravated identity theft and mail fraud. Kazeem has also been ordered by U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken to pay $4.3 million in restitution. Last August, Kazeem’s brother, Emmanuel Kazeem, was convicted in Medford of mail and wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. The evidence was presented at his trial and showed Emmanuel Kazeem purchasing over 91,000 taxpayer identities from a Vietnamese hacker. Kazeem joined in 2013 to help his brother, who lived in Bowie, Maryland, and Nigeria. His brother’s sentencing is scheduled for March 22, 2018. In a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s office, it was determined by an IRS criminal investigation that the co-conspirators obtained personal identifying information of more than 259,000 people, and used it to acquire over 19,500 electronic filing PINs from the IRS. The co-conspirators obtained and used pre-paid debit cards with the stolen identities to receive direct electronic tax refund deposits. They eventually filed over 10,000 fraudulent federal tax returns, attempting to obtain over $91 million in refunds, with actual losses amounting to over $11 million. Refunds were withdrawn from the debit cards and at least 2,000...
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