atlast senate passes cyber crime bill into law. 
Cybercrime is a term for any illegal activity that uses a computer as its primary means. It also includes any illegal activity that uses a computer for the storage of evidence.Cybercrimes include crimes that have been made possible by computers, such as network intrusions and the dissemination of computer viruses, as well as computer-based variations of existing crimes, such as identity theft, stalking, bullying and terrorism.
The passage of the bill is also part of the continuation of measures towards safeguarding the nation’s presence in cyberspace while ensuring protection of critical national information infrastructure. Accordingly, the bill provides for the prohibition, prevention, detection, response, investigation and prosecution of Cyber Crimes and for other related matters, 2014.
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One thing is clear with the passage of the bill. Cyber crimes, especially the advanced fee fraud popularly known as 419 are expected to be reduced to the barest minimum.
Similarly, with the passage of the bill, notable official government websites including that of National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), the country’s clearing house for IT projects will now be adequately protected..
Meanwhile, chairman of the Senate Committee, Sen. Umaru Dahiru, while presenting the report before the Senate for consideration and passage said that the bill seeks to provide a legal framework for the implementation and evaluation of response and preventive measures in the fight against cyber crime in line with international best practices.
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