Emulating the Provisions of the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime in the Nigerian Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention etc) Act 2015: Contextual Implications

• Main Authors: Saulawa, Mu'azu Abdullahi, Zulhuda, Sonny
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Law, Umaru Musa Yar'adua University, Katsina, Nigeria 2021
• Subjects: K Law (General); K5000 Criminal Law; KZ Law of Nations
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/93402/1/93402_Emulating%20the%20Provisions%20of%20the%20Budapest%20Convention.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/93402/; https://umyu.edu.ng/flaw/index.php/about
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Cybercrime is a global phenomenon. The context of cybercrime must focus on the regulations and this is the concern of the nations across the globe. The global community strives in providing the machineries meant to combat the crimes while using the Budapest Convention (International Convention) as the guiding tool. Therefore, countries must take measures as a matter of international and national concern to combat the spread of the crimes. The aim of paper is to examine the rise and the challenges of cybercimes in Nigeria. It further examines the real occurrences of computer crimes as a major setback to the Nigerian government and, in addition, it explores some salient provisions of the Nigeria Cybercrime (Probition, Prevention etc) Act 2015. Finally, it analyses the important provisions of the Articles of the Budapest Convention of Cybercrime through the relevant provisions of the Nigeria Cybercrime (Probition, Prevention etc) Act 2015.