Conference Proceedings Cyber-crime in Nigeria: Sociotechnical Implications, Preventive and Counter Measures I.A. Edeoghon a* , H.E Mobote b * a University of Benin, Edo State, Nigeria PMB 1154, isi.edeoghon@uniben.edu b University of Benin, Edo State, Nigeria PMB 1154, hakeem.mobote@eng.uniben.edu Abstract Keywords: Cybercrime, Internet, Nigeria, Fraud, Edo State, Security threats The Internet platform has created unlimited opportunities for a vast array of human activities, more so in the areas of commerce and social interactions. However, correspondingly there has been an upward increase in security threats to such activities. Internet crimes are committed daily all over the world and in Nigeria as well. According to (Ibrahim, 2019) cybercrime was responsible for 43% of monetary loss in the country in the year 2016. Some reports show that Fraud-related crimes cost Nigerian banks N3.5billion in losses from July to September 2020. This work focuses its analysis on crucial cybercrimes committed per sector the world over and compares with that of Nigeria including an investigation of key cybercrimes committed in Universities in Nigeria with a focus on Edo State. At the end of this paper reasons for as well as detection, prevention and counter techniques are presented in order to combat cybercrime for not just the crime fighting bodies and the government but all related stakeholders in the country. 1. Introduction Nowadays man’s activities relying on the global information infrastructure has greatly increased. This has created a broad range of opportunities for businesses, social interactions and others. However, along with all these positive benefits this same infrastructure has become a target for increasing number of attacks by nefarious persons, with the rate and technicalities, sophistication of these attacks increasing at a very alarming rate. Such crimes against the global internet infrastructure are known as cybercrimes. A cyber-crime can be defined as any criminal activity executed on a computer or a computer network. The term broadly refers to any such crimes taking place on the world wide web or Internet. Such crimes include: forgery, fraud, embezzlement, blackmail [1]. The level and sophistication of these crimes pose constant challenges for legal systems set up to cope with this trend [2]. The seriousness of the adverse effects of cybercrime cannot be over emphasized as cybercrime can lead to damage to the reputation of a nation. For a country such as Nigeria, whose hope for economic boost relies on direct foreign investment, this can and has acted as a discouragement. This applies