Tag: CYBERCRIME

NSA, Nuhu Ribadu, directs full implementation of Cybercrime Act

Aminu Imam
NSA Ribadu

National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, has directed all law enforcement agencies, regulators, businesses and stakeholders to begin the full implementation and enforcement of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Amendment Act 2024. This was disclosed in an issued statement by the NSA’s Head, Strategic Communications Office, Zakari Mijinyawa, who said all impediments to the full operationalisation of the Cybercrimes Law have been addressed. According to the NSA as a result, a 0.5 percent levy on all electronic transactions valued by the specified businesses in the Second Schedule to the Cybercrimes…

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Cybercrime: EFCC wants corps members to fight corruption

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

AbdulRasheed Bawa, the Executive Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has charged corps members to be good ambassadors of the fight against corruption. Bawa made the call during a sensitisation lecture, titled ‘EFCC and the Role of the Youths in Curbing Cybercrime’. The lecture was organised by the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) at the Orientation Camp, Yikpata, Edu Local Government Area of Kwara. Bawa, who was represented by Ayodele Babatunde, Head of Public Affairs of the Ilorin Zonal office, said that youths were critical stakeholders in the fight…

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