Sahara Reporters3d
Nigerian Authorities Must End Suppression Of Free Speech Using Cybercrimes Act –Amnesty International
According to Amnesty International, Section 24 of the Cybercrime Act is vaguely and ambiguously worded, hence, it has become a manipulative tool in the hands of Nigerian authorities to oppress ...
JSTOR Daily3y
Press Freedom and Nigeria's Cybercrime Act of 2015: An Assessment
Africa Spectrum, Vol. 52, No. 2 (2017), pp. 117-127 (11 pages) This study assesses the Cybercrime Act 2015 and its implications for online press freedom in the liberal authoritarian state of Nigeria.
The Punch Newspapers26d
Cybercrime Act failed to protect Nigerian journalists – Report
The Committee to Protect Journalists has criticised the amended Cybercrimes Act in Nigeria ... activities under the guise of combating cybercrime. CPJ called on the governments of the affected ...
U.S. News & World Report3d
Russian Cybercrime Network Targeted for Sanctions Across US, UK and Australia
Russian Cybercrime Network Targeted for Sanctions Across US, UK and Australia WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S., U.K. and Australia on Tuesday sanctioned a Russian web-hosting services provider and two ...
Sahara Reporters9d
Group Condemns Nigerian Police For Abusing Cybercrimes Act To Silence Critics, Cites Sowore, Agba Jalingo, Others As Victims
In the newsletter titled, ‘The Police, Sowore and Abuse of the Cybercrime Act,’ it lamented that for calling Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, ‘Illegal IGP ...
Vanguard1mon
SERAP takes Tinubu govt, governors to ECOWAS court over ‘misuse of Cybercrimes Act’
The ECOWAS Court had in its judgment dated 25 March, 2022 “ordered Nigerian authorities to stop using section 24 of the Cybercrime Act 2015 to prosecute anyone on the grounds of insulting or ...