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- 26 Dec 2016
Experts Urge PMB to Proclaim October Nigeria’s National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Stakeholders in Nigeria’s converged ICT and broadcasting sectors have asked the federal government of Nigeria to consider the adoption of October as the national cybersecurity awareness month in line…
- 31 Oct 2019
CSEAN Urges President Buhari to declare October Cybersecurity Awareness Month
The Cyber Security Expert Association of Nigeria (CSEAN) said it calls for urgency for the Nigerian government, led by President Muhammadu Buhari to follow the steps of other nations like the United…
- 9 Sept 2019
Africa’s Cybersecurity Laws Ignore Local Environment- Experts
Cybersecurity experts have decried cyber security laws in Africa that are not addressing peculiar cyber- attacks, hence a big challenge in the prosecution of cyber criminals. They argued that…
- 30 Oct 2016
U.S Consul General Urges Nigeria to Intensify Cybersecurity Awareness Campaign
By adopting and joining the Stop.Think.Connect campaign people will better understand the risks that come with using the internet and the importance of practicing safe online behavior, Mr John Bra,…
- 3 Jun 2025
Nigeria Strengthens Cybersecurity, Launches National Cleanup Plan
Nigerian government, through the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) and the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has announced a strategic collaboration to…
- 1 Sept 2024
Prof. Obadare Underscores Critical Role of Cybersecurity in Nigeria's AI-Driven Digital Growth
Prof. Obadare Peter Adewale, founder and CVO of Digital Encode, represented by Oluwakayode O. Olatunji, CISO and Group Head of InfoSec & GRC Advisory, emphasized the need for Nigeria to…
- 22 May 2023
Mastercard, CEBIH Partner to Drive Cybersecurity in Nigeria
Mastercard hosts a first-of-its-kind Fraud and Cyber Security Forum in Lagos, Nigeria in partnership with the Committee of E-Banking Industry Heads for Nigeria (CeBIH). The forum which aims to…
- 4 Apr 2024
Cybersecurity Experts Say Data-Stealing Malware Infections Increased Sevenfold since 2020
Nearly 10 million devices fell victim to data-stealing malware in 2023, Kaspersky Digital Footprint Intelligence has revealed, drawing from insights gathered from infostealer malware log files traded…
- 2 Apr 2026
Nigeria Mulls National Cybersecurity Council
Federal Government has unveiled plans to establish a National Cybersecurity Coordination Council, signaling a shift toward a more unified, intelligence-driven approach to defending the country’s…
- 19 Apr 2017
CSEAN Decries Increasing Cyber-Attack Threats in Nigeria
Cyber Security Experts Association of Nigeria (CSEAN) has warned that the country is currently vulnerable to cyber-attacks. Remi Afon, CSEAN President stated in Abuja that corporate organisations and…
- 2 Nov 2022
Dr Obadare Bags CSEAN’s first Cybersecurity Outstanding Individual Award
Dr. Obadare Peter Adewale, the Co-Founder and the Chief Visionary officer (CVO) of Digital Encode Limited, has emerged the first recipient of Cyber Security Experts Association of Nigeria (CSEAN’s)…
- 12 Apr 2019
Experts Urge FG to Establish National Cyber Security Centre
Experts, under the auspices of the Cyber Security Experts Association of Nigeria (CSEAN) have urged the Federal Government to establish a National Cyber Security Centre, saying it will ostensibly…
- 26 Jul 2020
Experts Identify Bottlenecks to Nigeria’s NDPR Implementation
Released last year, Nigeria Data Protection Regulation, NDPR, clearly stipulates requirements for data collection, processing and defines how the data should be held and the ability to be used by…
- 25 Oct 2022
NCC Receives Cybersecurity Award, Votes for Safer Internet
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) at the weekend in Lagos, received a cybersecurity promotion award at the maiden edition of Cybersecurity Merit Awards hosted by the Cybersecurity Experts…
- 11 Sept 2020
COVID-19: Cybersafe Foundation Unveils Plan to Equip & Empower Digitally Vulnerable Groups, SMEs
CyberSafe Foundation, one of Nigeria’s foremost non-governmental organization in the information security domain, has unveiled plans to equip digitally vulnerable groups and 1500 SMEs with the…
- 10 May 2018
Experts Urge Awareness on Cybercrime
Cybersecurity experts have urged governments to create more awareness on the implications of cyber fraud on global and national economies. The experts made the call in Lagos at the opening of a…
- 5 Jun 2016
CSEAN, DigitalSENSE Africa Unveil Stop, Think, Connect Campaign
The Cyber Security Experts Association of Nigeria (CSEAN) has partnered DigitalSENSE Africa Media on the national cybersecurity awareness campaign tagged Stop, Think, Connect (STC) with the unveiling…
- 1 Jun 2021
NCS Urges FG to Tap into $45Bn Cybersecurity Market
Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), umbrella body for all information technology practitioners in Nigeria, in its advocacy capacity, has called on the government at all levels in Nigeria, to tap into the…
- 9 Oct 2025
NITDA DG Says FG On Course to Secure Digital Economy in the Age of AI
Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi CCIE, the Director General of National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has said that Nigeria is taking decisive steps to safeguard its digital future by…
- 29 Jan 2020
Data Privacy Day 2020: Expert Calls on Buhari to Assent to Data Protection Bill
As the world marks Data Privacy Day 2020, a cybersecurity expert, Mr. Remi Afon has called on the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the Data Protection bill, which was passed by the 8…
- 14 Jun 2019
ATCON Unveils Speakers for 5th Edition of TERF
Following the announcement of the date for the 5th edition of its Telecom Executives and Regulators Forum (TERF), the National Executive Council of the Association of Telecommunications Companies of…
- 5 Dec 2019
Nigeria Lost $800m to Cybercrimes In 2018 – Report
The cost of cybercrimes in the country peaked at $800 million, this is according to latest Nigeria Cybersecurity Report (2018). The report shows that even with 17% increase in organisational spend in…
- 16 Nov 2021
Digital Encode to Train ICT Journalists on Blockchain Technology
With the evolving trends in digital currency and technology, journalists under the aegis of the Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association (NITRA) will receive one-day Capacity Boosting…
- 2 Sept 2024
ICT Stakeholders Highlight Need for Sectoral Collaboration to Harness Benefits of AI
Mr. Adesola Akinsanya, President of the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) and other stakeholders in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector have underscored the need…
- 11 Apr 2019
Osinbajo Highlights Need to Tackle Cybercrime in Nigeria
The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has urged stakeholders in Nigeria’s cyberspace to help curtail cybercrime in the country by sharing cybersecurity best practices and ensuring speedy implementation…
- 21 Apr 2025
PAFON 2.0: Experts Discuss Pathways to Boost Financial Inclusion in Nigeria
Improved efforts at collaboration among financial service providers, telecommunication operators, and tech Startups, with conscious effort geared at consumer awareness, have been proffered as key…
- 22 Apr 2026
Payments Forum Nigeria (PAFON 3.0) Holds This Friday in Lagos
Nigeria’s foremost payments and financial inclusion dialogue platform, Payments Forum Nigeria (PAFON 3.0), will hold this Friday, April 24, 2026, at the prestigious Lagos Oriental Hotel, Lekki Road,…
- 9 Apr 2026
Digital Encode Sponsors PAFON 3.0 as CVO Prof. Adewale Set to Deliver Keynote on Cybersecurity and Trust
Digital Encode Limited has emerged the lead sponsor of the upcoming third edition of the forum (PAFON 3.0), the organisers have announced. PAFON 3.0 PAFON 3.0 is scheduled to take place on Friday,…
- 28 Oct 2025
WDC, EC-Council Launch Ethical Hacking Programme
Wild Fusion Digital Centre (WDC), a technology training center based in Lagos and EC-Council, a global leader in cybersecurity certification have partnered to officially launch an advanced ethical…
- 6 Dec 2020
CIBN Chief Tasks Banks on Strengthening Cybersecurity
Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) has urged banks to strengthen their cybersecurity architecture to protect themselves against attacks by fraudsters. Mr. Bayo Olugbemi,…