GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT The study assessed the national internet safety strategy in combating cybercrime in Nigeria. One specific research objective was formulated to guide the study. The research design was an Expose-Facto research design. The population of the study comprised of all the personnel of the Nigerian police, NCC, ICPC, EFCC, NPF, NCWG, NCIC, CBN, in Nigeria. 350 respondents were randomly selected for the study, using simple random sampling technique. The research instrument tagged “NATIONAL INTERNET SAFETY STRATEGY AND CYBERCRIME QUESTIONNAIRE, (NISSCQ)” was used to collect data from the respondents. The test produced high average reliability coefficient of 0.92 which helped justify the use of the instrument. The findings from the data collection and analysis showed that strategy on national internet safety has significant impact on combating cybercrimes in Nigeria. Among others, it was recommended that there is a need for most Nigerians to pass into law a specific cybercrime law and that this law should classify cybercrimes as this would make it easier for law enforcement agents to investigate and prosecute cybercrimes within the borders of Nigeria. KEYWORD: National internet safety, combat, cybercrimes, Nigeria