A message, a fake account, one leaked photo ,that’s all it takes to turn your phone into a crime scene.
Cybercrime in Nigeria is no longer just about “Yahoo Yahoo.” It has grown into a wider threat affecting ordinary people, businesses, students, and families. From phishing emails and fake bank alerts to BVN scams, SIM swaps, identity theft, romance fraud, and account hacking, the damage is real.
The Cybercrimes Act 2015 remains Nigeria’s main law against online crimes, but the Cybercrimes Amendment Act 2024 became necessary because digital threats have changed fast. New scams keep appearing, and the law had to catch up.
One area Nigerians need to pay closer attention to is cyberstalking.
Cyberstalking is not only about hacking someone’s phone. It includes repeated online harassment, threats, blackmail, impersonation, tracking, or sharing harmful content to intimidate or destroy someone’s peace of mind.
Think of everyday examples.
On WhatsApp, someone keeps sending threats from different numbers after you block them.
On Facebook, a fake account is created with your name and pictures to spread lies and damage your reputation.
On Instagram, someone keeps sending abusive messages, posts your private photos, or threatens to leak your chats unless you pay money.
On X, a person keeps posting false accusations about you, tagging people you know just to embarrass or frighten you.
This is where the amended cybercrime law matters. It gives stronger attention to using digital platforms to threaten, bully, harass, blackmail, or cause fear and emotional distress. What many people call “online drama” can actually be a criminal offence.
The damage often goes beyond money. Many victims lose sleep, peace of mind, confidence, and sometimes even their jobs, business opportunities, or relationships. Some withdraw from school, work, or public life because of fear and shame.
If you are being cyberstalked, move quickly.
First, do not delete anything. Save screenshots, usernames, chat history, links, voice notes, call logs, and dates. That evidence matters.
Second, block and report the account on the platform involved, whether it is WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, or X.
Third, report the matter to the authorities. Take the evidence to the police or the cybercrime unit.
If money, account access, or bank details are involved, alert your bank immediately.
And if the threats are serious, especially blackmail, impersonation, or leaked private content, speak to a lawyer and push for legal action.
Cybercrime in Nigeria is no longer only about stolen money. Sometimes it is stolen privacy, stolen peace, and stolen dignity.
That is why cyberstalking should never be dismissed as “just social media.” The screen may look small, but the damage can follow someone everywhere.
I’ve been teaching in Islamiyya school throughout my entire life and I married my former student four years ago. Surprisingly, I treat her well and we're happily married. We're now enjoying our marriage with 3 children.
Nobody should gaslight you into thinking that marrying an ustazs is a bad idea. Ustazs are good people and can have beautiful and happy marriages too.
@_kh_dj True ,there are some douchebags amongst men who only think about that, but a lot of men care abt the vibe & energy the subsequent wives are going 2 bring in not desire. Say for example a person with a naggy & moody wife will naturally want to marry a lively,happy & funny woman
5-day sunnah fasting reminder
in shā’ allāh, we’ll be fasting from thursday 24th to monday 28th september:
thursday — 12th sunnah
friday — 13th white day
saturday — 14th white day
sunday — 15th white day
monday — 16th sunnah
may allāh accept it from us. āmeen 🤲🏽
True!
Maybe the answer isn’t “more.”
Maybe it’s “remove.”
Ask Allah to take away the habits, sins and attitudes that rob your life of barakah.
Then make duʿā, repent, and change what needs changing.
Don't just ask Allah to increase your rizq - ask Him to remove whatever within, you is blocking it
sometimes, it's not about lack of provision, but internal barriers arrogance, laziness, poor habits, lack of gratitude, or sin - that prevent blessings from reaching us. Alongside dưa, self-reflection and self-purification are essential for unlocking divine sustenance.
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Attimes, the relief u're begging Allah for is hidden inside the sadaqah u refused to give.
Abū Naṣr al-Sayyād was extremely poor. His wife & child were hungry.
Shaykh ibn Miskīn took him to the sea, taught him to pray two rakʿahs b4 casting his net.
He caught a fish.
Abū Naṣr's hardship was transformed into wealth.
But the greatest lesson was not the money.
It was the sadaqah he gave while he himself was in need.
The Prophet ﷺ said:
“Charity does not decrease wealth.”
— Sahih Muslim
Then, unexpectedly, a man came looking for him.
His father had owed Abū Naṣr's father money from decades earlier. The debt had grown with the man's business.
Popular versions mention 30,000 dirhams, together with other wealth and gifts.
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Abū Naṣr sold the fish and bought food for his family.
On his way home, he saw a starving woman with her child.
He gave them the food.
He returned home with nothing.
I have never once seen an evidence based argument against Salafis,
The arguments against Salafis have always been emotional,
Because Salafiyya is Islam and Islam is Salafiyya,
Because Salafiyya is to follow the Quran, Sunnah upon the way of the Salaf.
The Prophet ﷺ prophesied we will split into many sects, all of them in the hellfire except one, the one which is upon what the Prophet ﷺ is upon and what his ﷺ companions are upon.
No sect today are upon that except the Salafis,
The other sects like the Rafidha, Sufis, Barelvis etc. Are all upon some form of grave worship and deifying of alleged "saints",
Many sects are upon the misguidance of agitation of civil war in muslim lands, humiliation of those in charge over our affairs and mockery of the symbols of Allah.
None have been consistent, only the creed of the Salafis is to be found in the Quran, Sunnah and the ancient books of the salaf, those generations who walked the same roads and sat in the same circles of the Sahaba.
This is the reality and the truth of the matter,
To the point that subconsciously the opponents of the Salafis refer to anyone who becomes religious as a "Wahabbi", grow the beard they call you "Wahabbi", wear the hijab they call you "Wahabbi", use a miswak they call you "Wahabbi",
Religiosity has become subconsciously associated with being a Salafi by the massess.
None oppose it except one who is ignorant or one who has a deep hatred of the Sunnah.
We spend so much time worrying about how we look to people.
Trying to fit in. Trying to be enough. Trying not to be judged.
But the Prophet ﷺ said Allah looks at your hearts and deeds.
— Sahih Muslim 2564
Work on what Allah sees.