Digital Times Nigeria
  • Home
  • Telecoms
    • Broadband
  • Business
    • Banking
    • Finance
  • Editorial
    • Opinion
    • Big Story
  • TechExtra
    • Fintech
    • Innovation
  • Interview
  • Media
    • Social
    • Broadcasting
Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
Trending
  • Corrected 2025 WASSCE Results Show Significant Performance Boost As WAEC Apologises Over Grading Error
  • 9mobile Rebrands As T2, Pledges Bold Digital-First Strategy
  • Trump Demands Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan Resign Over China Ties
  • NCC Sounds Alarm On Telecom Vandalism, Pushes For Nationwide Collaboration To Safeguard Telecom Infrastructure
  • Google’s Gemini Now Turns Your Ideas And Images Into Nigerian Storybooks
  • Meta, I.N OFFICIAL Partner To Launch First AI-Powered Fashion Collection At Africa Fashion Week London
  • Telecom Operators Raise Alarm Over Diesel Blockade Threatening Nationwide Connectivity
  • Zinox Shares Innovation Story On Konga 103.7FM
Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
Digital Times NigeriaDigital Times Nigeria
  • Home
  • Telecoms
    • Broadband
  • Business
    • Banking
    • Finance
  • Editorial
    • Opinion
    • Big Story
  • TechExtra
    • Fintech
    • Innovation
  • Interview
  • Media
    • Social
    • Broadcasting
Digital Times Nigeria
Home » Danbatta Declares Cybersecurity As Everyone’s Business, As Nigeria’s Mobile Internet Users Hit 149.8m
Telecoms

Danbatta Declares Cybersecurity As Everyone’s Business, As Nigeria’s Mobile Internet Users Hit 149.8m

DigitalTimesNGBy DigitalTimesNG5 October 2020No Comments2 Mins Read
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Telegram LinkedIn Tumblr WhatsApp Email
Multiple Taxation
Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)
Share
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Telegram Email WhatsApp

With Internet users across mobile networks in Nigeria currently standing at 149.8 million as at August 2020, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has been speaking on the need for Internet users to be cybersecurity-conscious as well as see online safety as everyone’s business and not reserved for a group of people.

Danbatta’s speech was to herald the commencement of a series of enlightenment and awareness campaign activities being embarked upon by the Commission for this year’s National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM), according to a statement on Sunday signed by the Director, Public Affairs at the NCC, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde.

DigitalTimesNG understands that the month of October every year is National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) globally, aimed at raising awareness about cybersecurity, and to provide the public with general knowledge and tools required for online safety.

Danbatta, who noted that more users are expected online as services in different sectors of the economy are becoming digitalized, also stated that the increase in digital financial transactions for e-commerce activities calls for greater responsibility on the part of individuals and corporate internet users to protect themselves against cybercrimes.

He said that though the Commission embarks on various policy initiatives to drive pervasive broadband penetration to achieve increased digital inclusiveness, it is not unmindful of those who use the Internet to carry out nefarious and dubious activities in the cyberspace.

“To keep the genuine individual and corporate Internet users safe, the NCC, as the regulator of the telecom sector, annually joins the rest of the world to create a lot of enlightenment around cybercrime in the month of October every year.

READ ALSO  MTN Group Names Chika Ekeji As New Executive To Drive Its Strategic Repositioning

“We ensure that consumers are empowered through awareness and sensitisation campaigns, by providing information on both the positive and negative potentials available online, and measures required to safeguard themselves and their loved ones,” the EVC said.

According to him, “Security is not reserved for a group of people, it is truly everyone’s business; bringing competence and knowledge to help build a safer and more inclusive information society.”

Danbatta restated the commitment of the Commission to continually embark on policy initiatives to enhance online security as well as educate and equip the consumers of telecoms services with information they need to be protected online.

#149.8m #Cybersecurity #Everyone’s Business #Mobile Internet #Users Danbatta Nigeria
Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email
Previous ArticleNCC Alerts General Public On Cloned, Fraudulent Facebook Account
Next Article Tech Experience Centre Represents Our Vision For A Digital Nigeria- Pantami
DigitalTimesNG
  • X (Twitter)

Related Posts

9mobile Rebrands As T2, Pledges Bold Digital-First Strategy

9 August 2025

NCC Sounds Alarm On Telecom Vandalism, Pushes For Nationwide Collaboration To Safeguard Telecom Infrastructure

8 August 2025

Telecom Operators Raise Alarm Over Diesel Blockade Threatening Nationwide Connectivity

8 August 2025

MTN Nigeria Hosts First-Ever Customer Engagement Day

31 July 2025

Fagbemi, Maida Seek Unified Communications Regulation For Digital Growth

30 July 2025

Airtel Africa Delivers Strong First Quarter Results As Customer Base And Mobile Money Surge

25 July 2025

Comments are closed.

Categories
About
About

Digital Times Nigeria (www.digitaltimesng.com) is an online technology publication of Digital Times Media Services.

Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
Latest Posts

Corrected 2025 WASSCE Results Show Significant Performance Boost As WAEC Apologises Over Grading Error

9 August 2025

9mobile Rebrands As T2, Pledges Bold Digital-First Strategy

9 August 2025

Trump Demands Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan Resign Over China Ties

8 August 2025
Popular Posts

Building Explainable AI (XAI) Dashboards For Non-Technical Stakeholders

2 May 2022

Building Ethical AI Starts With People: How Gabriel Ayodele Is Engineering Trust Through Mentorship

8 January 2024

Gabriel Tosin Ayodele: Leading AI-Powered Innovation In Web3

8 November 2022
© 2025 Digital Times NG. Designed by Max Excellence LLC.
  • Advert Rate
  • Terms of Use
  • Advertisement
  • Private Policy
  • Contact Us

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.