Nigeria lags behind Mauritius, Ghana, others in cybersecurity ranking
•ITU wants govts to block $6tr estimated loss to cybercrime in 2021 Nigeria has ranked 47th on the global cybersecurity index (GCI) 2020. This is even as the global telecoms body ranked Mauritius, Tanzania and Ghana respectively, ahead of Nigeria, in countries in Africa, tackling cybercrimes headlong. The index examined the readiness of International Telecommunications Union (ITU) member countries in curbing the rising cybercrime. The GCI, which ranked 182 countries, is ITU’s document that monitors countries’ growing commitment around the world in tackling and reducing cybers...