{"id":65758,"date":"2025-05-14T19:14:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T19:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=65758"},"modified":"2025-05-14T19:14:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T19:14:18","slug":"fg-pushes-cybercrime-law-review-with-nass-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/05\/14\/fg-pushes-cybercrime-law-review-with-nass-media\/","title":{"rendered":"FG Pushes Cybercrime Law Review with NASS, Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Federal Government has stepped up efforts to revise Nigeria\u2019s Cybercrime Act, engaging lawmakers, media professionals, and other stakeholders in a bid to strengthen digital security without undermining press freedom and civil liberties.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, made this known in Abuja after a high-level meeting with United States Ambassador Richard Mills.<\/p>\n<p>The dialogue focused on digital regulation, media rights, and safeguarding Nigeria\u2019s democracy in the face of rising online threats.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued by his media aide, Rabiu Ibrahim, the Minister reiterated President Bola Tinubu\u2019s commitment to an open and responsible digital space.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed the importance of stakeholder input in shaping a law that protects the nation without gagging voices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA vibrant democracy needs a free and responsible press,\u201d Idris said. \u201cWe are committed to a cybercrime law that respects freedoms while ensuring national security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also announced plans to boost media and information literacy across the country to combat the spread of misinformation and disinformation.<\/p>\n<p>This, he said, will help strengthen credible journalism and empower citizens to navigate the digital age wisely.<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Mills welcomed the initiative and urged Nigeria to sustain its engagement with global best practices in digital policy reform.<\/p>\n<p>The review signals a crucial move to update Nigeria\u2019s cyber laws in a way that reflects both technological realities and democratic ideals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal The Federal Government has stepped up efforts to revise Nigeria\u2019s Cybercrime Act, engaging lawmakers, media professionals, and other stakeholders in a bid to strengthen digital security without undermining press freedom and civil liberties. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, made this known in Abuja after a high-level meeting with United [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":65759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65758"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65760,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65758\/revisions\/65760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}