News
Nigeria deports 50 Chinese nationals in cybercrime crackdown
Nigeria has deported 50 Chinese nationals and one Tunisian convicted of cyber-terrorism and internet fraud as part of a crackdown on foreign-led cybercrime networks, the country’s anti-graft agency said on Thursday.
Since the clampdown was launched on August 15 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in partnership with the immigration service, 102 people have now been deported, EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale said in a statement.
The Tunisian and Chinese citizens were among nearly 200 foreign nationals arrested in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, during a raid targeting one of the largest cybercrime syndicates in the country, Oyewale said. Late last year, the EFCC arrested almost 800 people in a building in Lagos believed to be a hub for fraudsters who lured victims with offers of romance, then pressed them to hand over cash for phoney cryptocurrency investments.
-
Economy1 day agoStates budgets exceed available funding, risking stalled projects, payment arrears—WBG
-
Economy1 day agoNigeria-Korea trade hits $1.1bn, targets growth beyond oil, gas
-
Economy1 day agoCBN to auction N800bn Treasury Bills as N872bn matures
-
News2 hours agoCreative Africa Nexus 2026 opens in Lagos
-
Oil and Gas2 hours agoNigeria lost 3.33m barrels of crude to oil theft in 2025—NUPRC
-
Economy2 hours agoDeveloping Countries’ External Debt surges to record $9.4trn, private creditors returned in force, poorest countries’ borrowing faced highest costs in decades—WBG
-
News2 hours agoFCCPC to enforce healthy oil, salt; to compel producers to ensure full minerals
-
Oil and Gas1 day agoOil falls on Iran war uncertainty, US Democrats’ midterm sweep