The Nigerian police have arrested a Dubai-based Indian national, Mohammed Shazul, for procuring a Dubai visa using a Nigerian man’s name without his consent.

AS the senate probes into the management of funds appropriated to the power sector from the Olusegun Obasanjo civilian administration to date, there were revelations weekend of alleged diverting of the sum of N3.5bn meant for the payment of participants of the scheme by the Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Power, Dr. Godknows Igali.

The very essence of a scholarship is the opportunity to pay less or nothing at all for quality education. Truth be told, this is the dream of nearly every Nigerian youth. So getting an email that offers you the scholarship of a lifetime is definitely an answer to prayer. Well, not really all of the offers. Scammers have taken advantage of this yearning for cheap higher education and have a variety of tricks to get you in their trap.

The internet isn’t really the best place to be a knight in shining armour. The reasons aren’t farfetched; for all you know, the damsel in distress could be a wicked witch or worse, a scamming dude. This week, we focus on scams that appeal to the hero in you.

ABUJA—Justice Abdul Kafarati of a Federal High Court in Abuja, Thursday, issued an order of perpetual injunction restraining the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, from prosecuting the Managing Director of Capital Oil and Gas Limited, Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah and his company over their alleged complicity in petroleum subsidy fraud.