Challenges in the Enforcement of Cybercrimes Law in Nigeria: Yahoo Plus as Case Study

Abstract

Information technology has made the world a global village and has enhanced every sector of the society. The innovation in computer, information communication and internet, cuts across every sectors in Nigeria because our society is becoming an information society where communication takes place in cyberspace. Thus, the society is threatened by the growing tread of cybercrime which has created avenue for miscreants to engage in cyber criminality against cyber citizens, and in order to curb the menace of cybercrime, the Nigeria government enacted Cybercrimes (Prohibition & Prevention) Act 2015 with aim to provide an effective, unified, and comprehensive legal,regulatory & institutional framework for prohibition, prevention, detection, prosecution and punishment of cybercrimes offenders in Nigeria. However, despite this, in the list of the many sustainability challenges facing Nigeria as a country today, internet fraud comfortably enjoys a top position, because internet fraudsters have attained a higher dimensions known as yahoo plus, connote using spiritual power to defraud unaware cyber citizens. To this end, this paper,while adopting analytical research methodology, examines the challenges in the enforcement of cybercrime law in Nigeria using Yahoo plus practitioners as a case study.