The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has arraigned a former director of Physical Planning, Pius Ezeokafor, in the department of architecture, Federal Polytechnic, Oko, in Anambra State, for alleged fraud and false pretence and gratification to the tune of N27 million. In a statement signed by the EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwajuren on Tuesday, the…...
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Scam text messages claiming to be from crucial government services will be blocked on Telstra's network under a new pilot program.The telecommunications giant will work with the federal government's Australian Cyber Security Centre and Services Australia to stamp out dodgy texts.Messages purporting to be from Centrelink or MyGov with malicious links or requests for personal…...
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Kentucky officials said on Tuesday that two election scams are actively targeting voters with fewer than 50 days to go until the 2020 presidential election, but one nonprofit accused of perpetrating a scam has denied the officials' allegations.Kentucky's Secretary of State Michael Adams and Attorney General Daniel Cameron warned voters of the scams in a…...
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Author of the article:Publishing date:Sep 15, 2020 • • 1 minute readA Surete du Quebec police car is seen in Montreal on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Quebec provincial police have made several arrests linked to an alleged romance scam that targeted elderly people online. Photo by Paul Chiasson /THE CANADIAN PRESSArticle contentMONTREAL — Quebec provincial…...
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Russia is so confident in its Covid-19 vaccine that it will shoulder some of the legal liability should anything go wrong, rather than requiring buyers to take on the full risk, the head of the state fund bankrolling the project told Reuters.The decision leaves the vaccine's state-backed developers open to potentially costly compensation claims should…...
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An election official, left, maintains the crowd line and parking spaces as people line up to vote at the Minneapolis Early Vote Center on the last day of early voting Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, in Minneapolis. The Associated Press will debut a new survey of the nation’s electorate that aims to more accurately capture the…...
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SC orders reinstatement, back wages for 30 illegally dismissed GMA workers MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court ordered media giant GMA Network to reinstate 30 cameramen and assistant cameramen — all terminated in May 2013 — and pay them back wages since their illegal dismissal. The SC Public Information Office said in a statement that…...
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The immediate aftermath of the Presidential election of 2000 has taken on the air of legend. On Election Night, news organizations first called Florida for Vice-President Al Gore—then, about two hours later, withdrew the call and, about four hours after that, declared that George W. Bush, the governor of Texas, had won the state, giving him…...
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KITCHENER -- A Fergus woman has been fined $25,000 after pleading guilty to importing bovine semen into Canada. The woman was handed the fine in Guelph on Aug. 26. A release issued by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said the woman imported the bovine semen without a permit between Feb. 25, 2017 and Feb.…...
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