Senate prescribes seven years imprisonment for ‘Yahoo boys’, other cyber-related crimes

The Senate on Thursday prescribed a penalty of seven years imprisonment for cyber crimes and online fraud perpetrators in Nigeria.

The decision of the Senate on cyber crimes bill, sponsored by Senator Adegbenga Kaka, was sequel to the recommendation of the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Human Rights.

The bill, tagged: “A Bill for an Act to Provide for the Prohibition, Prevention, Detection, Response, Investigation and Prosecution of Cybercrimes and for Other Related Matters 2014”, among other objectives, seeks to punish the interception of data, system interference and misuse of devices. Read more