In its efforts to disrupt fraud networks and also mitigate the impact of internet fraud across the country, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has launched a 24-hour Cybercrime Rapid Response Desk.

Farouk Lawan, a Former House of Representatives member who represented the Bagwai/Shanono constituency of Kano state, has been released from Kuje Prison on Tuesday after serving a five-year sentence for bribery.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, on Tuesday warned that cybercrime poses grave dangers globally and nationally, urging collective action. The EFCC boss made the call at the opening ceremony of the Commission’s National Cybercrime Summit at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja, emphasizing the devastating impact of cybercrime on Nigerian youth, eroding traditional values and promoting get-rich-quick mentality.

Following the recent corruption allegation against the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) by Senator Oyelola Yisa Ashiru of the All Progressives Congress (APC) representing Kwara South, the Agency said the Senator’s statement was borne out of vendetta.

Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, has expressed concerns on the rising number of out-of-school children in the country as it poses security risk for the nation. Obasanjo state that the over 20 million out of school children in Nigeria are only being prepared for recruitment into Boko Haram and banditry in the next 10 to 15 years. He emphasized on the development of education and human capacity building. The former president said this in Bauchi State on Sunday at the commissioning ceremony of some selected projects executed by Governor Bala Mohammed.

The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has reported that two of its transmitting towers, T133 and T136 along 330-kilovolt Shiroro-Kaduna lines 1 and 2 have been vandalized. The spokesperson of TCN, Ndidi Mbah disclosed this in a statement on Friday, stating that TCN is making plans to deploy the newly procured emergency restoration system to the site, pending the reconstruction of the damaged tower. The statement said, “According to reports from the Shiroro Regional office of TCN, the 330kV transmission line one tripped first, followed shortly by the second, as efforts were still ongoing to reclose the first line, prompting the urgent mobilization of local vigilantes to patrol the lines.”