Three Nigerian cybercriminals that allegedly posed online as three top U.S. film stars, Tom Hanks, Vin Diesel and Dexter Smith have bagged jail terms for using the Internet for criminal activities. The Internet fraudsters are to forfeit N4.1 million believed to be proceeds of cybercrime activities to the Nigeria government, law enforcement agency, Economic and […]
Nigeria looks beyond border in cybercrime push
The Nigeria government says it has tied a partnership with the Global Action Against Cybercrime (GLACY) in a push to check cybercrime activities. Nigeria’s Ministry of Justice has inaugurated a GLACY team to check criminal activities carried out on the Internet, Abubakar Malami (SAN), Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice says. The […]
ISSAN to Nigerians: It’s getting tougher to fight cybercrime
The war against cybercrime around the world keeps getting tougher by the day, Information Security Society of Africa-Nigeria (ISSAN), has warned Nigerians. Dr David Isiavwe, President of tech security group, ISSAN, said in Lagos that while the war against cybercrime is getting tougher, there has been some notable improvement in efforts to combat misdeeds on […]
Analysis: Nigeria Cybercrimes Act 2015: What are the issues?
TOYIN OGUNSEINDE, Nigeria technology industry analyst attended the Technology Times Outlook Review of Nigeria Cybercrimes Act 2015, and recaps the salient issues across stakeholders at the technology thought leadership series. hat exactly constitute a cybercrime? Who manages the “alternate taxation” running into millions of naira aggregated by the Cybercrime Security Fund established under the Nigeria […]