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ABSTRACT
This is the digital age and life simply cannot function without technology As such, most business transactions and economic activities are conducted online throughout the country. Most professional and personal communications are now done electronically and the social media has arguably become more powerful than the traditional press. This development is evidentially practiced throughout the globe. Sequel to this, the use of computers and internet services has become so much of a necessitating component in the economic, educational and social sector This development is not immune to crime. Such unlawful activities committed with the aid of computers are generally known as cybercrimes. Nigeria's large online presence and growing internet culture would ordinarily suggest the presence of an equally robust cybercrime legal framework to protect individuals, institutions and the community at large. However, it took the country more than a decade to enact the first of such laws, the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Act, 2015 (herein to be stated as Cybercrimes Act). This was at the twilight of former President Goodluck Jonathan's administration. The Nigerian Cybercrimes Act 2015 is a novel piece of legislation, this is because it is the first Nigerian federal law which was created specifically to deal with the criminal threats and issues we face in the digital age.
