Cybercrime and Nigeria's External Image: A Critical Assessment.
Information and communication technology systems and computer networks are regarded as basic essential utilities which boon people's life. Sadly, the country's image has also suffered as we tend to lose global trust and integrity which is as a result of the illicit activities by some Nigerians, who...
| Published in: | Journal of Pan African Studies Vol. 9; no. 6; pp. 119 - 133 |
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