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- 15 Mar 2010
6 Yrs After: Police, Politicians Frustrate Cyber Crime Bill
Myriad of bottlenecks have combined to delay the passage of Cyber Crime Bill, touted as solution to the seemingly intractable challenges posed by cyber criminals, unarmed but lethal gang of…
- 28 Jul 2013
Nigeria’s Vacillation on Cyber Crime
With effective deterrents to cyber crimes lacking, Nigeria is at the mercy cyber criminals- the gang of unarmed but lethal criminals hiding under the anonymity of the county’s cyber space. The…
- 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…
- 10 Nov 2009
Cyber Crime Fight Must Be Fought with Technology –Kola
Kola Olugbodi is the managing director of Background Check International, the arrowhead of the background screening industry in Nigeria and also one of the foremost African members of the National…
- 3 Nov 2015
$9.3Bn Global Cyber-Crime Lose Emanates from Nigeria- CSEAN
Cyber-crime originating from Nigeria costs about $9.3 billion annually across the globe, President, Cyber Security Association of Nigeria (CSEAN), Mr. Remi Afon has said.‎ ‎ In a statement in…
- 4 May 2016
How Cloud to Rescue Businesses as Cyber-Crime Soars- Sage
With the threat of cyber-crime and insider fraud on the rise, Kenyan companies should be looking towards cloud applications as one means of improving the security of their IT environments, according…
- 8 Dec 2020
Cyber crime Losses Exceed $1 trillion - McAfee
Cyber crime costs the global economy over $1 trillion, or just more than 1% of global GDP, a figure which is up more than 50% from a 2018 study that put global losses at close to $600 billion. This…
- 10 Jun 2014
Cyber crime Costs Global Economy $445b a Year says Report
Cyber crime costs the global economy about $445 billion every year, with the damage to business from the theft of intellectual property exceeding the $160 billion loss to individuals from hacking,…
- 6 Mar 2014
NIMC Takes Security Measures to Prevent Cyber Crimes
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has taken security measures to protect the data base of the commission from cyber crimes. Chris Onyemenam, director-general of NIMC said this at a…
- 10 Sept 2025
Reps Panel Says Nigeria Loses $500m Annually to Cyber Crimes
Ginger Onwusibe, chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes, on Wednesday disclosed that Nigeria loses about $500 million annually to the activities of cyber criminals.…
- 18 Aug 2008
Cyber Crime: Killing Nigeria Quickly
Cyber criminals unarmed but very lethal are on the prowl in Nigeria. The unchecked activities of these thieves are near plague. At least count, Nigeria financial institutions lost some N7.3billion…
- 22 Oct 2012
ANPP Calls for Introduction of Cyber Crime Law
All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) is worried that cyber crime is taking its toll on the socio-economic wellbeing of Nigerians while the government of the day sit idle and watch. The party also said…
- 25 Aug 2008
Experts Blame Cyber Crime on Domain Hoisting
Information and Communications Technology experts have blamed the rising online fraud in the country on hoisting of websites by government and private organizations in domains outside the…
- 12 Dec 2013
Too Many Agencies Fighting Cyber Crimes Nigeria-Sesan
Gbenga Sesan, executive director, Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN), has decried the existence of multiple agencies in the fight against cyber crimes in Nigeria, and insisted that the country does…
- 29 Jul 2018
Nigeria Security Agencies Laud Global Accelerex Over Cyber Crime Seminar
More than 40 Security officials across 15 Nigerian Security Agencies gathered under one roof in Abuja last week, for the Global Accelerex Cyber Crime Seminar for Nigeria’s Security Agencies. The…
- 25 Aug 2025
Interpol Sting Sniffs Out Cyber Crime in Nigeria, Others
An Interpol-coordinated operation has led to the arrest of 1 209 suspected cyber criminals that targeted nearly 88 000 victims. Dubbed Operation Serengeti 2.0, the crackdown recovered $97.4 million…
- 29 Aug 2019
NCC Mobilises Kano Community against Cyber Crimes
Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), on Thursday met with residents of Kura community in Kano State, to educate them on cyber crimes and what role they should play as consumers to avoid falling…
- 3 Jun 2019
NCC Mulls Internet Industry Code of Practice to Stem Cyber Crime
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that it will establish “Internet Industry Code of Practice” for service providers in the country to mitigate the effects of cyber-crimes on broadband…
- 8 Mar 2010
Cyber Crime Has No Jurisdiction – Udotai
Basil Udotai Esq; managing partner, Technology Advisors has identified jurisdiction as one of the challenges facing the law practice in matters of crime and security. He said jurisdiction transcends…
- 5 Jun 2017
IBM, Cisco Partner to Counter Cyber Crime
Cisco and International Business Machines (IBM) have announced a strategic partnership in a bid to strengthen efforts to curb cyber crime. The companies say they will work together on products,…
- 8 Jul 2018
Skill Gap Hobbles Fight Against Cyber Crime
Cyber security experts have decried the dearth of skilled human capital in the fight against cyber- attacks in Nigeria which has only 1800 professional in that space. The experts are therefore…
- 6 Sept 2012
Defence HQ, New Horizon Join Forces to Tackle Cyber Crimes
The Defence Headquarters and New Horizon, the foremost provider of IT training in Nigeria have agreed to join forces to put measures to tackle fast rising cyber crimes in the country. Air Vice…
- 22 Jul 2020
McAfee Raises Cyber Crime Alarm Amid COVID-19
Cyber security solutions company McAfee has issued a warning on the rise of cyber criminal activity during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying it observed an average of 375 new threats per minute in the…
- 28 Jul 2023
5 Ways you can Leverage AI to Defeat Cyber crime
Artificial intelligence doesn’t just bolster cyber security. It serves as a resource-leveling force-multiplier, expanding what’s possible. AI can offer real-time updates on emerging threats, provide…
- 6 Nov 2017
Nigeria Loses N127Bn to Cyber Crime – Saraki
Dr Bukola Saraki, President of the Senate, has said that Nigeria has lost about N127 billion to cybercrime. He disclosed this at Nigeria’s first Legislative Stakeholders Conference on ICT and Cyber…
- 6 Oct 2019
Ecobank Calls for Joint Effort to Tackle Cyber Crime
Ecobank Nigeria Limited has advocated continuous collaboration by all stakeholders in the fight against cyber crimes in the country. In his welcome address at the second general meeting of the…
- 24 Sept 2013
ITU Seeks Global Approach to Combat Cyber Crimes
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) said that no organization or country can work alone to combat cyber crime, primed now as a borderless and very fluid, menace. The admonition was part of…
- 30 Apr 2025
FG Partners UK to Combat Cross-border Cyber-crime
The federal government and the United Kingdom signed an agreement Tuesday to combat the growing threat of cyber-crime. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed following a courtesy visit by David…
- 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…
- 11 Dec 2019
Africa Found Wanting on Cyber Crime Preparedness
That's one of the biggest takeaways from the 2019 KnowBe4 African Cyber Security Report which surveyed over 800 respondents across SA, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Egypt, Morocco, Mauritius and Botswana.…