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 Meta to end end-to-end encryption for Instagram direct messages Meta is ending end-to-end encryption for Instagram direct messages, a feature the company says will no longer be available after May 8, 2026. Unlike WhatsApp, Instagram never offered encryption to all users or as a default; only select users in certain regions could opt in on a per-chat basis. A Meta spokesperson explained that the decision comes due to low adoption. “Very few people were opting in to end-to-end encrypted messaging in DMs, so we’re removing this option from Instagram in the coming months,” the spokesperson said. “Anyone who wants to keep messaging with end-to-end encryption can easily do that on WhatsApp.” Meta’s messaging strategy has shifted multiple times over the years. WhatsApp chats have been encrypted since 2016, and the company began rolling out default encryption for Messenger in 2023. However, Meta has not clarified whether the Instagram decision affects Messenger, which is still in the proc...
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FIVE FRAUDSTERS BAG JAIL TERMS IN GOMBE. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 Five Fraudsters Bag Jail Terms in Gombe


Justices H. H Kereng and Abdulhamid Yakubu of the Gombe State High Court sitting in Gombe, Gombe State have convicted and sentenced five fraudsters  to various  jail terms.


The convicts are:  Illiyasu Mohammed , Dan Musa , Elisha Elkana, Nasiru Mohammed and Saidu Mohammed Laddo.


 Mohanmed and Musa were arraigned  on one- count charge of cheating and impersonation  before Justice Kereng , while Elkana , Nasiru and Laddo were arraigned on charges bordering on cheating  before Justice Yakubu. 


The convicts were arraigned  by the Gombe Zonal Directorate  of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,  between July 29 and July 30, 2025


‎The charges against Saidu Mohammed Laddo  and Nasiru Mohammed read: "That you Nasiru Mohammed and Saidu Mohammed  Laddo sometimes in 2022 at Gombe State within the jurisdiction  of this honourable  court with intent to defraud induced one Umar Adamu Musa to deliver to you the sum of Two Million Six Hundred  and Twenty Thousand Naira ( N2,620,000)  as payment to help him secure employment with the Nigerian  Immigration  Service for his brothers , a representation which you knew to be false and thereby committed  an offence contrary  to Section 320 and punishable  under Section  322 of the Penal Code Law."


‎The charge against Elisha Elkana reads: "that you, Elisha Elkana, sometimes in July 2024 at Gombe , Gombe State within  the jurisdiction  of this honourable  court with intent to defraud induced one Blessing  Johnson to deliver to you the sum of Three Hundred Thousand Naira ( N300,000) for the purpose of repaying one Jamila Adams which you ended up diverting same to your personal used and thereby committed  an offence contrary to Section  320 and punishable  under Section 322 of the Penal Code Law, Cap. 89 Laws of Northern  Nigeria. "


‎Upon arraignment, the defendants pleaded guilty to their respective  charges,  prompting the prosecution counsel,  SE Okemini and ME Ugbe to urge the court to convict and sentence them accordingly but counsel to the defendants pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy.


‎Justice Kereng thereafter convicted  and sentenced Mohammed and  Musa to six months imprisonment or a fine of  N50,000 (Fifty Thousand  Naira) each. 


Justice Abdulhamid convicted and sentenced  Elkana to twelve months imprisonment  with an option  of N30,000( Thirty Thousand Naira)  fine . 


Mohammed and Laddo were convicted and sentenced  to two years imprisonment  or a fine of N100,000 (One Hundred  Thousand Naira) each.


In addition, the courts ruled that the convicts restitute the aggregate sum of N2,920,000  to the victims of crime and  forfeit Samsung S8 and Techno Camon 16 mobile phones being instruments of crime to the Federal Government of Nigeria.


The convicts’ journey to the Correctional Centre  began when they were arrested by the EFCC for internet crimes.  They were charged to court and jailed.

More photos below. 






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