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A package redirection scam is a form of e-commerce fraud, where a malicious actor manipulates a shipping label, to trick the mail carrier into delivering the package to the wrong address. This is usually done through product returns to make the merchant believe that they mishandled the return package, and thus provide a refund without the item ...
A black market in Shinbashi in 1946 Illegal street traders in Barcelona in 2015. A black market, underground economy, shadow market or shadow economy is a clandestine market or series of transactions that has some aspect of illegality or is not compliant with an institutional set of rules.
Drugs, weapons and human trafficking. That's probably what comes to mind when thinking about the black market -- but the illegal trade is more varied than you may think, and it also encompasses ...
In 1851, 60 Mina Africans put together $4,000 to charter a ship for Badagry. [3] After slavery was abolished in Cuba and Brazil in 1886 and 1888 respectively, further migration to Lagos continued. Many of the returnees chose to return to Nigeria for cultural, missionary and economic reasons. Many of them descended from the Yoruba.
The deep-sea port of Lekki is the first port in Nigeria with ship-to-shore cranes. It has three of these container gantry cranes; they belong to the "Super-post-Panamax" group - this means that they can reach and unload the rearmost row of containers even if the container ship is wider than the Panama Canal (49 m or 160 ft maximum boat beam).
Since 2019, Jiji has been operating in five African countries: Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Uganda, and Tanzania after buying OLX Africa. [citation needed] In 2020, the company launched website and app in Ethiopia. In June 2021, Jiji has acquired an automotive company Cars45 in Nigeria, Kenya, and Ghana. [13] [14]
Scam letter posted within South Africa. An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and is a common confidence trick.The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster claims will be used to obtain the large sum.
During the Nigerian civil war (1967–70), Ahidjo provided valuable support to Nigeria's federal military government, led by General Yakubu Gowon. [4] [5] In November 1967, after initially declaring himself neutral in the conflict, Cameroon closed its border with Nigeria and banned shipments to Biafra of arms, medicines, foodstuffs, or other supplies.