THE recent arrest of activist and publisher Omoyele Sowore by the police once again underscores the growing use of the Cybercrime Act as a tool of suffocating repression. Sowore was detained in ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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