Cybercrime

 INTERPOL's African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2026 says artificial intelligence now powers 55 per cent of reported cybercrimes across Africa, making attacks faster, more sophisticated, and harder to detect.  Cybercrime losses across the continent have surged from $192 million...

June 11, (THEWILL) – The United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Finland and Norway have accused Nigeria of suppressing free speech in its use of the Cybercrimes Act. Raising concerns about the Act in a joint statement signed by the...

October 30, (THEWILL) – The Minister of State for Police Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman Ibrahim, has promised to draft Dr Tombari Sibe and Prof. Christian Kaunert, who recently launched a book, Cybercrime, Digital Forensic Readiness, and Financial Crime Investigation in...

October 04, (THEWILL) - Popular skit maker, Adesokan Adedeji Emmanuel, aka Shank Comics, has revealed how he once tried his hands on internet fraud, popularly called ‘yahoo’, before making it big in the comedy industry. The content creator, who is...

September 19, (THEWILL) - The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has labelled as international flight risks, six Nigerian nationals wanted in connection with cybercrimes. According to the Bureau, the individuals are: Felix Osilama Okpoh, Alex Afolabi Ogunsakin, Micheal Olorunyomi, Richard...

August 30, (THEWILL) - A British national and a victim of internet fraud, Christine Brown, has been presented with the sum of $26,000 by the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). A statement by EFCC...

August 16, (THEWILL) - The story is heartbreaking. Two Nigerian siblings, 20 and 22-year-olds, had duped a young American student, 17, to send his nude photographs to them. They had pretended to be a beautiful woman, having hacked into...

July 30, (THEWILL) - Osun State Government has issued a stern warning to citizens and residents of the State against all forms of cybercrime. This warning came at a sensitisation gathering, facilitated by the Special Adviser on Legal Matters...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says its focus is shifting from enforcement to crime prevention. The spokesman for EFCC, Mr Wilson Uwujiaren, said this in Lagos on Thursday, during a workshop for some journalists on Financial Crimes Reporting. He...

April 05, (THEWILL) - One of the world's biggest criminal marketplaces used by online fraudsters to buy passwords has been closed down in a global law enforcement crackdown. Genesis Market sold login details, IP addresses and other data that made...