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Man hacks Oniru’s Facebook, defrauds professor of N500,000
A Federal High Court in Lagos State has remanded a man, Agbolade Agbolahan, in prison for allegedly hacking the Facebook account of the...
Omisore disowns Facebook account congratulating Senator Ademola Adeleke
The National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Iyiola Omisore has disowned facebook account bearing his name, which was...
Police bust imposter blackmailing Facebook lovers with nudes
The Kano State Police Command, on Sunday, said it arrested a suspected social media fraudster, Musa Maje. A statement by the state police spokesperson, SP...
Nigerian govt sets new rules for Facebook, Twitter, others
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has issued new regulations for Internet platforms to operate in Nigeria. They were...
Deborah Samuel: Atiku deletes Twitter, Facebook posts after fanatics threatened his presidential ambition
Former Vice president and a presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar has deleted a post he made on his Facebook and Twitter handles condemning the killing of Deborah...
Akwa Ibom: Court extends remand of governor Emmanuel’s facebook critic to two weeks
Akwa Ibom State Magistrate court has extended the remand in custody of one Idongesit Idiok to 14 days pending when the Department of Public Prosecution in the...
War: Russia court bans Instagram, Facebook
A Moscow court banned Facebook and Instagram on Monday, describing the social media apps as “extremist” organizations. The ban is coming after authorities accused US...
Pregnant wife stages kidnap, gets N2m ransom from Facebook lover
A pregnant housewife in Adamawa State is facing prosecution for allegedly faking her own kidnap and collecting ransom from a lover she relates with on...
Facebook, Chime Drag Two Nigerians To Court
Facebook’s parent company, Meta, has announced it has taken legal action against two Nigerians for their alleged roles in financial scams...
Sofiat: Police begin search for Facebook user who posted money ritual video
The Ogun State Police Command says its operatives are working to hunt and arrest the social media user who posted a get-rich-quick video on Facebook from...
Sofiat: We got money ritual guidelines from Facebook – Ogun teenage boys
The four teenage boys nabbed for slaughtering Sofiat Kehinde and burning her head for money ritual have said they got the guidelines on popular social...
Ex-Nigerian Lawmaker Declared Wanted Over Facebook Post
The Ebonyi State Government has declared a former House of Representatives member, Linus Okorie, who represented Ohaozara/Onicha/Ivo Federal Constituency...
Three Nigerians Arrested For Using Fake Facebook Profile To Defraud Female Doctor Of N7.5Million In India
Police have arrested three Nigerians and two others after using a fake profile on Facebook to dupe a 51-year-old female doctor of Rs 13.5 lakh...
How to activate Facebook Protect security feature
Social networking giant Facebook sent a notification to its users recently that everyone has 15 days to activate its all-important “Facebook Protect”...
Why Facebook Inc rebrands to Meta ― Zuckerberg
Social Media Service Provider, Facebook has rebanded its company name to Meta to accommodate more social technologies. The company’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg,...
Facebook to launch digital wallet this year – Official
Facebook is ready to launch a digital wallet that would let users store cryptocurrencies, a senior company executive said in a US media interview...
Kwara, Sokoto courts jail corper, Facebook fraudster for love scams
A member of the National Youth Service Corps serving in Ibadan, Oyo State, Caleb Oyeyemi, has been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment for Internet love...
Army releases civilian detained for eight months over Facebook video
A civilian, Emmanuel Odaudu, has regained his freedom after languishing in the Nigerian Army Special Investigation Bureau underground cell in Abuja for...
Facebook suspends Trump accounts for two years
Facebook Inc has suspended former US President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts for two years. He was barred indefinitely from both sites...
Facebook launches COVID-19 vaccine awareness in Nigeria
Facebook says it has launched a new social media drive that allows people to add frames and graphics to indicate they had taken the COVID-19 vaccine or plan to do...
