A Nigerian, Afeez Adewale, appeared before the US federal court in Philadelphia on Tuesday after he was extradited from Nigeria for his invo...

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday convicted two Chinese nationals, Huang Haoyu and An Hongxu, on cyber-terrorism and a N3.4 billi...

Microsoft said on Tuesday that it seized 338 websites linked to a Nigerian-based service that allowed users to carry out phishing campaigns...

Nigeria’s financial crimes agency says a man who tried to blackmail a Surrey, B.C., teenager by posting his intimate images online has been ...

A Nigerian national, Samuel Abiodun, has been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment in the United States after pleading guilty to his role i...

Nigeria has officially launched its National Cybercrime Working Group (NCWG), aimed at strengthening the country’s response to digital threa...

Teenage boys in the UK are being blackmailed by Nigerian crime gangs that pose as young women online - with the National Crime Agency offeri...

Nigeria and China said this week they will cooperate in efforts to crack down on the increasing number of Chinese nationals taking part in f...

In recent years, Nigeria has gained notoriety as a global hub for internet fraud, a subset of cybercrime popularly known by the slang “yaho...

Thai Police have apprehended a Thai woman at Hat Yai International Airport for her involvement in a massive romance scam operation run by h...

Nigeria man indicted in sextortion scheme after South Carolina teen dies. 19 News Related stories:  Huntsville man admits to laundering mo...

Authorities say a Huntsville man is set for sentencing after he admitted he laundered money for Nigerian sextortionists. Acting U.S. Attorne...

Key data on the Nigerian economy remains inaccessible, nearly three weeks after the nation’s statistics agency shut down its website after i...

The parents of a British teenager who took his own life after becoming a victim of sextortion have made a direct appeal to criminals in Nige...

The Central Bank of Nigeria introduced the 0.005% cybercrime levy targeting banks and telecommunications companies. The government said mo...

Two brothers from Nigeria were sentenced Thursday to 17 1/2 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to sexually extorting more than 10...

Police units around the world have joined forces in a series of covert operations targeting one of West Africa’s most feared criminal networ...

The officers treated journalist Saint Mienpamo Onitsha as if he was violent and dangerous. Guns drawn, they arrested him at the home of a fr...

Two people have been arrested in Nigeria over an alleged sextortion attempt against an Australian schoolboy who took his own life. Australia...

A man is facing charges in Nigeria after a months-long investigation by RCMP into the death of a 14-year-old Surrey, B.C., boy who police sa...