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- 27 Oct 2024
Nigeria Lost Over $500m To Cybercrime In 2022 - EFCC
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has raised the alarm over the dangers of cybercrime, saying Nigeria lost over $500 million to it in 2022. At a National Cybercrime Summit organised by…
- 25 Oct 2024
Inuwa Seeks Collaborative Effort in Combating Cybercrime in the Country
As part of efforts towards the transformative journey of strengthening National Security with total commitment to robust cybersecurity measures and digital trust, the Director General of the National…
- 24 Oct 2024
EFCC Opens 24-Hour Cyber Crime Rapid Response Centre
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that it is establishing a 24-hour Cybercrime Rapid Response Desk, which will receive information on cyber-crimes from the public and respond…
- 22 Oct 2024
Nigeria Lost over $500m to Cybercrime in 2022 - EFCC
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has raised the alarm over the dangers of cybercrime, saying Nigeria lost over $500 million to it in 2022. Ola Olukoyede, chairman, EFCC, who spoke on…
- 20 Mar 2022
Emerging Technologies Veritable Tool in Combating insecurity – Prof. Pantami
Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has reiterated that the use of emerging technologies in combating insecurity remains a veritable tool which…
- 31 Jul 2019
Cybercrime, Hate Speech and Fake News Inimical to Growth – Danbatta
For the umpteenth time, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has warned Nigerians against the use of Internet to engage in activities that qualify for cybercrime, hate speech and fake news.…
- 13 Oct 2016
Upgraded Era Solutions to Host Cyber- Security Challenge
One of Nigeria’s fast growing IT and cybersecurity firms, Upgraded Era Solutions Limited, is hosting a cyber security challenge event (CYSEC NG), the first of its kind in Nigeria. The theme is…
- 25 Oct 2016
Microsoft, ISSAN Collaborate to Raise Cyber Security Awareness
Microsoft Nigeria has called on individuals and organizations to pay needed attention to ensuring cyber security in the face of global cyber threats. This call was made at a Cyber Security Summit…
- 7 Jan 2014
Banks Are Notoriously Reluctant to Publicise Cyber Attacks- AITEC
The key theme that is going to dominate across all sectors in 2014 is information security, including cyber security at national and regional levels, as previous challenges like in the banking…
- 1 Nov 2016
AfICTA Targets 1m ICT Jobs Across Africa by 2020
Africa Information and Communication Technologies Alliance (AfICTA) has continued to mediate on how best to create no fewer than 1 million new Information Communications Technology (ICT) jobs by 2020…
- 28 May 2015
Nigerian Cyber crime Net Widens
Africa, as a continent, is vulnerable to a plethora of Internet threats, from financial fraud and malware distribution to terrorism, drugs and human trafficking. With 67 million Internet users as of…
- 9 Apr 2026
NITDA Boss Warns of AI Threat Shift @ GITEX Africa
The era of treating cybersecurity as a mere IT problem is over. As AI-powered digital threats become more elusive and destructive, Nigeria is shifting its strategy toward "Total Resilience"—a…
- 27 Oct 2022
NCC Advises Parents Against Children's Uncontrolled Exposure to Online Activities
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has urged parents and guardians to monitor and manage the engagement of their children online as the uncontrolled exposure to cyberspace is fraught with a…
- 7 Jun 2015
Top Drivers of ICT President Buhari Can Pick as CommTech Minister
If President Muhammadu Buhari is indisposed to keeping Mrs. Omobola Johnson, the immediate and pioneer Minister of Communication Technology who is believed to have laid a solid foundation for…
- 14 Feb 2020
FG Reiterates Commitment to Strengthening Cybersecurity, Warns Against Use of pirated softwares
Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has re-stated that the Federal Government is irrevocably committed to strengthening cybersecurity in the country. …
- 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…
- 5 Apr 2016
Osibanjo to Attend Technology in Government Summit/Expo 2016
Technology in Government Summit/Expo is Nigeria’s largest public sector technology event bringing together thousands of top government functionaries, senior government leaders, IT professionals…
- 4 Aug 2019
NCC Says Internet Key to Socio-Political, Economic Prosperity
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has described the internet as a powerful tool for citizen engagement for any nation towards achieving greater socio-political and economic prosperity in a…
- 31 May 2017
IS, AU Commission Launch Internet Infrastructure Security Guidelines for Africa
The Internet Society (IS) and the African Union (AU) Commission unveiled a new set of Internet Infrastructure Security Guidelines for Africa. The unveiling was at the African Internet Summit held in…
- 14 Jul 2022
As IoT beckons, Pantami Assures of Proactive Regulation
Prof. Isa Ibrahim Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, on Thursday in Lagos assured the nation that Nigeria’s telecom regulatory framework has been designed to address the…
- 13 Nov 2008
Nigeria is Ripe for Institute of Cybercrime Monitoring-Uwaje
Dr. Chris Uwaje, is president of Global Network for Cyber Solutions (Organisers of the Conference) and first vice president of the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON). He is also…