AN APPRAISAL OF THE EFFICACY OF THE LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS FOR COMBATING CYBERCRIMES IN NIGERIA

📄 Project Abstract

Advances in Artificial Intelligence are credited to have given the world computers that can defeat people at chess as well as drive cars and manage calendars. However, despite the progress made, scientists are still unable to develop machines that are capable of replacing human beings. Cyberspace, credited to be network of interdependent information technology, infrastructures, telecommunication networks and computer processing system, have provided new opportunities for new crimes to emerge. Cybercrimes are "new genus of crimes which use computers for criminal activities. They are crimes committed by means of a special knowledge of computer technology. Cybercrimes became a source of concern with the proliferation of computer technology in Nigeria. Some youths in Nigeria have used the new communication channels for crimes and they are noted to be sending fraudulent proposals to people and organizations, the world over. The youths have succeeded in carving for Nigeria negative names and...