The Nigeria Police Launch Cybercrime Reporting Portal

<p><em>The Nigeria Police&comma; in a bid to exterminate cybercrime from the system&comma; has launched a reporting portal<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>OpenLife Niger reports that the unending cybercrime in Nigeria has necessitated the launch of a cybercrime reporting portal by the Nigeria Police Force&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This was disclosed in a statement signed by Deputy Commissioner of Police&comma; Frank Mba<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The statement reads&colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Nigeria Police Force has unveiled a Cybercrime Reporting Web Portal&period; The portal which can be accessed by clicking on the link https&colon;&sol;&sol;incb&period;police&period;gov&period;ng&sol; is part of efforts directed at ensuring ease of crime reportage by members of the public to enable prompt investigation&comma; arrest and prosecution of perpetrators of cybercrime and other related offences&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The portal caters for complaints pertaining to cybercrimes&period; With this&comma; victims&sol;complainants can now report cases of cybercrime online&comma; at any time and from any part of the world&period; The cases are promptly attended to by the Cybercrime Unit of the Force domiciled with the INTERPOL National Central Bureau &lpar;NCB&rpar;&comma; Force Headquarters&comma; Abuja and the newly created Cybercrime Unit at the INTERPOL Annex&comma; Alagbon Close&comma; Ikoyi&comma; Lagos&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&&num;8220&semi;The new portal will provide updates on achievements being recorded by the Nigeria Police and will&comma; among other things&comma; avail the citizens knowledge of basic cyber-related issues such as emerging cybercrime trends&comma; the modus operandi of the cyber crooks and offer tips on how citizens could make themselves less vulnerable within the cyberspace&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Force urges potential users of the portal to ensure that only correct and accurate information&comma; devoid of deliberate falsehood&comma; misrepresentation and misinformation&comma; are provided when filing their complaints&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>The Nigeria Police&comma; in a bid to exterminate cybercrime from the system&comma; has launched a reporting portal<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a> <&sol;strong>reports that the unending cybercrime in Nigeria has necessitated the launch of a cybercrime reporting portal by the <strong>Nigeria<&sol;strong> Police Force&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This was disclosed in a statement signed by Deputy Commissioner of Police&comma; Frank Mba<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The statement reads&colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Nigeria Police Force has unveiled a Cybercrime Reporting Web Portal&period; The portal which can be accessed by clicking on the link https&colon;&sol;&sol;incb&period;police&period;gov&period;ng&sol; is part of efforts directed at ensuring ease of crime reportage by members of the public to enable prompt investigation&comma; arrest and prosecution of perpetrators of cybercrime and other related offences&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The portal caters for complaints pertaining to cybercrimes&period; With this&comma; victims&sol;complainants can now report cases of cybercrime online&comma; at any time and from any part of the world&period; The cases are promptly attended to by the Cybercrime Unit of the Force domiciled with the INTERPOL National Central Bureau &lpar;NCB&rpar;&comma; Force Headquarters&comma; Abuja and the newly created Cybercrime Unit at the INTERPOL Annex&comma; Alagbon Close&comma; Ikoyi&comma; Lagos&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The online magazine learned further that&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&&num;8220&semi;The new portal will provide updates on achievements being recorded by the Nigeria Police and will&comma; among other things&comma; avail the citizen&&num;8217&semi;s knowledge of basic cyber-related issues such as emerging cybercrime trends&comma; the modus operandi of the cyber crooks and offer tips on how citizens could make themselves less vulnerable within the cyberspace&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Force urges potential users of the portal to ensure that only correct and accurate information&comma; devoid of deliberate falsehood&comma; misrepresentation and misinformation&comma; are provided when filing their complaints&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;