Cybersecurity Week: NIMC Director General Praises NPF-NCCC for Efforts in Combating Cybercrime

The Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of National Identity Manage­ment Commission (NIMC), Engr. Bisoye Coker-Odusote has commended the Nigeria Police Force – National Cyber Crime Center (NPF-NCCC) for its efforts in tackling cy­ber-crime related activities such as identity fraud in Nigeria.....Read Full Article>>

Speaking to newsmen in Abuja at a lecture in com­memoration of the Cyber­security Week 2024, the DG NIMC said, the NCCC has shown that “Nigeria is a pace setter” in tackling cy­bercrime in Africa. She said; “We want to commend the Nigeria Po­lice Force, National Cyber Crime Center for the neces­sary effort and strides they have made in tackling cy­ber-crime related activities such as identity fraud.

“They have been a great support to NIMC in tack­ling a lot of these phishing websites that we had. A lot of times the data is not coming in, but over the years there has been email scam nation­wide.

“Internationally also, you heard of romance scams where they call you and pretend to be someone else. So, there are different types of identity theft. But it is a global phenomenon and we are making the necessary strides to be able tackle it.

“And the National Crime Center is actively support­ing us in addressing these issues. You know, the secu­rity agencies don’t talk, but they have done a great deal of this. What they have done, if only they could put out the true figure, there you will be very impressed.

“I am very happy to be a part of it and I am happy that they have created an awareness week for cyber security and are putting that information out there letting Nigerians understand that something is going on about this issue and we are here working very hard.

“We are working assidu­ously to make a difference in the cyber-crime area and they have been doing that successfully. So, it actually shows you that Nigeria is a pace setter in tackling these issues in Africa.”

Engr. Odusote also em­phasized that cybercrime has reduced in Nigeria. According to her; “I think from my own personal ex­perience, and from what you read, you can see that there has been a great reduction in cybercrime in Nigeria in the last one year reduction and a half.” Exposed Celebrities Video