07/05/2025
So to speak,
👉As you may be aware, the Cyber Crimes Bill has now become an Act of Parliament which means that it is now enforceable. Kindly bear in mind the following:
✅ *Section 3*. It is an Offense to access someone’s phone or computer (5yrs imprisonment).
✅ *Section 4*. It is an Offense to Modify, Delete, obstruct etc someone’s data (5yrs imprisonment)
✅*Section 5*. It is an Offence to communicate “critical information” to someone not authorised (15yrs imprisonment)
✅ *Section 6*.!It is an offence to possess “critical information” (15yrs imprisonment)
âś… *Section 10*. It is an offense to record private conversations even if you are part of the conversation (2yrs imprisonment)
âś… *Section 19*. It is an offence to publish information which is misleading (2yrs imprisonment)
âś… *Section 21*.!When you receive summons or police call outs, for Cyber Crimes its an offence to disclose that (5yrs)
âś… *Section 22*. Its an offense to be rude, indecent or vulgar with intent to humiliate (2yrs imprisonment)
âś… *Section 24*.!It is an act of domestic terrorism to attempt to incite ethnic divisions among the people of the Republic (Imprisonment for life)
Itz Daniel Uwah