Chinda said section 44(2a) of the cybercrime act listed those to pay the stipulated fees as GSM and telecom companies, Internet providers, Banks and other financial institutions, insurance companies and Stocks Exchange. 

THE Trade Union Congress, TUC, of Nigeria, presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Mr Peter Obi, and the Coalition of Northern Group, CNG, have condemned the cybersecurity levy introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.

“These forces can’t be seen and rely on intimidation to get their bidding done while saying the Tinubu administration is blackmailed into making these policies.”

A lawyer and former spokesperson of the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organisation, Daniel Bwala, has urged Nigerians to adjust to the policies of President Tinubu’s administration.

“I think it was in April or thereabouts, that the Cybercrime Act was passed into law but we could not fully operationalise it because of certain constraints that we were undergoing especially the security challenge and where funds were being directed.”

Controversy has trailed the introduction of the 0.5 per cent cybercrime levy on all electronic transactions with Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce

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By Juliet Umeh Recognizing the rise in digitalization, an expert, Erhomo Richard Egbedi from the Columbia Business School, has said that it underscores the crucial role of cybersecurity and has advised that organizations must prioritise comprehensive cybersecurity training at all hierarchical levels.  He noted that Nigeria’s corporate sphere magnifies the significance also because the global digital […]

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A Russian prosecutor on Friday requested an 18-year prison sentence for Ilya Sachkov, founder of one of the country’s top cybersecurity firms, on treason charges.

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The year 2021 witnessed massive cyberattacks that affected private organisations, government agencies, individuals, and supply chains globally. Nigeria had its fair share of cyberattacks and compromise albeit largely underreported.

By Juliet Umeh From records, in the last one year, the cyber security threat landscape has evolved rapidly, and attacks have increased in number and sophistication. Experts who attended Cyber Security Experts Association of Nigeria, CSEAN conference in Lagos recently believe that most data breaches in Nigeria go unreported. In fact, Cybersecurity Ventures estimated that […]