Nigeria’s cyber crime history dates back to the early 1980s, with the introduction of facsimile machines that enabled electronic communications. Fraudulent individuals used fax machines connected to fixed land telephone facilities to send scam letters to unsuspecting people home and abroad. As our nation’s reliance on cyber networks grows as a result of the covid 19 pandemic, incidents which impact the safety and confidence with which we operate have become increasingly a commonplace where bad actors take advantage of security weaknesses to cause harm to unsuspecting users. With the aid of statutory authorities, discuss the meaning, categories and solutions to cybercrimes in Nigeria.
