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Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has announced the removal of 63,000 accounts linked to the infamous “Yahoo Boys” scam group. This action was detailed in Meta’s Q1 2024 Adversarial Threat Report, released on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. Over the past few weeks, these accounts …

Anamekwe Nwabuoku, the former Acting Accountant-General of the Federation, has requested additional time from Justice James Omotoso of the Federal High Court in Abuja to complete the reimbursement of the funds he and his co-defendant are accused of embezzling. Nwabuoku and Felix Nweke face 11 counts of money laundering totaling …

LAGOS, NIGERIA – The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) has denied the allegations made by a former Pastor of the Church in a viral video, describing his story as false, mischievous, misleading and cruel. The church alleged that while Jimoh was working with the Ministry he had serially got himself …

Blord, the Nigerian crypto billionaire, has spoken out after being released from police custody following allegations of fraud. The business tycoon was reportedly arrested on charges related to crypto-currency fraud, terrorism funding, and aiding internet fraud. Controversial activist Verydarkman claimed responsibility for Blord’s arrest in a post shared on his …

BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, USA – The Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump was on Saturday, July 13, 2024 escaped assassination, when he was shot in the ear, during a campaign rally. According to the Reuters the bullet streaked Trump’s blood across his face and prompting his security agents to swarm him. He …

ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA – Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has warned of a tough time for criminals, saying that his administration would use all means available to chase them out of the State. Governor Abiodun gave the warning on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, when he received officers and …

LAGOS, NIGERIA – Renowned Nollywood actor and lawyer, Kanayo O. Kanayo, has distanced himself from an actor implicated in criminal activities and subsequently killed by the police in Lagos. Anayo Modestus Onyekwere, popularly known as Kanayo O. Kanayo, expressed his dismay over the incident after film producer Seun Oloketuyi linked …

ABUJA, FCT, NIGERIA – The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Lateef Fagbemi, has assumed control of the N16.5 billion fraud case implicating Polaris Bank and its employee, Chinenye Duru. Originally brought forward by the Inspector General of Police in December 2023, the case alleges that …

The shocking incident of a housemaid urinating in her madam’s mug in the kitchen was captured on CCTV and has sparked widespread reactions on social media. The CCTV footage, which has circulated online, portrays the moment when the madam, speaking in Hausa, discovered the unsettling act. She expressed her dismay, …

ABUJA, FCT, NIGERIA – Former Chairman of the Special Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property under President Muhammadu Buhari, Okoi Obono-Obla, has made startling revelations regarding the administration’s anticorruption efforts. Speaking on the Mic On Podcast, Obono-Obla accused the government of ineffectively combating corruption, asserting that significant sums …