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Tapped, Tricked, Betrayed: How Nigeria’s Digital Boom Is Exposing Millions to Cyber Predators Nigerians using smartphones amid rising cyber fraud and digital security threats

Chukwu Obinna December 12, 2025

On a humid weekday morning in Abuja, a single tap on a WhatsApp link unraveled Mrs. Adaeze...

NITDA Warns Nigerians of Critical GPT Vulnerabilities Cybersecurity alert issued by NITDA on GPT vulnerabilities

Oluwafunbi Bello December 8, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) warns that new vulnerabilities discovered in OpenAI’s...

Nigeria, UNODC Strengthen Cyber Measures Against Online Human Trafficking Officials of NIS and UNODC during cybercrime collaboration meeting

Chukwu Obinna November 11, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria is deepening global partnerships to fight online human trafficking and migrant smuggling, following...

Global Password Leak Sparks Fears of Rising Cybercrime, Privacy Threats Cybersecurity analyst reviewing exposed password data on computer screen

Juliet Jacob October 28, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – A major global data breach has exposed the passwords of an estimated 183 million...

NHRC Urges Tech Firms to Protect Nigerian Children Online NHRC Kano office where citizens submit rights abuse complaints

Oluwafunbi Bello October 27, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called on technology companies and digital platforms...

NITDA, Cisco Launch Free Cybersecurity Training for Nigerians NITDA DG Kashifu Inuwa announcing cybersecurity training with Cisco

Chukwu Obinna October 22, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has partnered with global tech firm Cisco...

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