Hushpuppi in fresh FBI trouble, linked with North Korean bank robbers

Nigerian Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, a.k.a Hushpuppi, now incarcerated in California as he awaits trial for cyber fraud was linked today by the FBI to North Korean hackers, said to be the biggest bank robbers in the world.
File photo of EFCC official parading suspects
Nigeria internet fraud 'academy' shut down, 27 arrested
Operatives of the Abuja Zonal Office of Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have uncovered another training centre for the grooming of internet fraudsters.
The AVATT team that secured the doses was set up by the African Union
Africa CDC secures 300 million doses of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine
The AVATT team had earlier on secured over 270 million doses of AstraZeneca, Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson vaccines in the first allocation phase.
File photo of a government soldier in Mogadishu
Gunfire erupts in Somali capital as gov't forces shoot at protesters
Gunfire and rockets exploded on Friday in Mogadishu as Somali government forces clashed with protesters angered by delayed elections, hours after fighters loyal to the government and to the political opposition exchanged gunfire.
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune
Algeria president dissolves parliament, pardons Hirak protesters
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Thursday announced the dissolution of the lower house of parliament and called early legislative elections.
Only about a dozen African countries have started vaccination
3.8 million cases, 100K deaths: Africa's key coronavirus stats
As of today, February 19, 2021; Africa has recorded over 3.8 million confirmed cases of coronavirus. A number of countries are gradually lifting restrictions imposed to curtail spread of the virus.
Morocco drew 0-0 with Satellites
CAF U-20 AFCON: Ghana’s Black Satellites draw goalless with Morocco
The Black Satellites of Ghana drew goalless with their counterpart of Morocco on Friday evening when the two teams locked horns in the 2021 CAF U-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament.
There have been suggestions that a South African Freezer can make vaccines more efficient
A South African freezer could be a coronavirus vaccination game-changer
A South African natural gas company, Renergen, is using its knowledge of cryogenics to develop an ultra-cold biological transport freezer prototype, CryoVacc.
Ghana gifts Niger electoral materials
Ghana has presented 100,000 units of election thumbprints pads to the Republic of Niger to support its second round of presidential elections scheduled for Sunday, February 21.
The robot is a remote-controlled cabinet on wheels
MAIROBOT: Nigerian students design coronavirus care robot
Nigerian students have built a machine they hope can one day help hospitals remotely treat COVID-19 patients, taking temperatures, transporting medicine and allowing medical workers to communicate with patients with a webcam and screen.
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