The claim that a United Kingdom\u2011Nigeria cybersecurity Memorandum of Understanding was formalised last year is unverifiable; the cited BBC, Wikipedia and Britannica pages do not confirm such an agreement (https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Kingdom https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/United-Kingdom). Likewise, the description that the partnership covers five specific areas (threat hunting, cyber threat intelligence, protection of critical infrastructure, digital forensics, and incident response planning) is not substantiated by the government statement or related links, and a Facebook post even refutes that description (https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/statement-of-intent-on-co-operation-on-cyber-enabled-fraud-and-scams\/statement-of-intent-between-the-uk-and-the-republic-of-nigeria-on-co-operation-relating-to-cyber-enabled-fraud-and-scams https:\/\/nitda.gov.ng\/nigeria-partners-uk-on-building-resilient-national-cybersecurity-architecture\/8781 https:\/\/publications.parliament.uk\/pa\/cm5902\/cmselect\/cmintdev\/630\/report.html https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BroadstreetRadioNg\/posts\/the-united-kingdom-and-nigeria-have-strengthened-their-partnership-on-ai-governa\/1557669629718252). The establishment of a Cyber Diplomacy Unit within Nigeria\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is supported by multiple sources, including an Arise TV article and other reports (https:\/\/www.arise.tv\/nigeria-moves-towards-cyber-digital-diplomacy-as-foreign-ministry-establishes-new-cyber-unit https:\/\/rsisinternational.org\/journals\/ijriss\/download_pdf.php?id=15300 https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/thisdaylive_nigeria-set-for-cyber-digital-diplomacy-activity-7368864426176700416-gJyM https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NigerianTribune\/posts\/fg-establishes-ai-cyber-diplomacy-unit-to-deepen-global-engagementthe-federal-go\/1496117019211008). The estimate that Nigeria faced more than 4,000 cyber\u2011attacks daily in 2024 is also supported, with a Guardian article among the evidence (https:\/\/guardian.ng\/news\/nigeria-witnesses-over-4000-cyber-attacks-daily-ranks-fifth-on-global-index https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AriseTVNews\/posts\/80-million-nigerian-data-records-are-circulating-on-the-dark-web-aruwajoyethere-\/1565166948948505 https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/compliance-hq-limited_4000-cyber-attacks-weekly-nigerias-data-activity-7457822749193928704-RAEa https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Nairametrics\/posts\/the-nigeria-data-protection-commission-ndpc-says-nigeria-records-over-4000-cyber\/1427143096124313). The claim that Nigeria suspended Twitter in June 2021 after a post by President Buhari was deleted is supported by several references, including a law school blog and a Wikipedia entry (https:\/\/www.law.upenn.edu\/live\/blogs\/106-the-suspension-of-twitter-operations-in-nigeria https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blocking_of_Twitter_in_Nigeria https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/20570473231209077 https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWj8gm8jLL_). Finally, the statement that British High Commissioner Richard Montgomery spoke at an inaugural seminar on September 2 in Abuja is unverifiable; the government profile and social media pages do not confirm the event (https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/people\/richard-montgomery https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Atiku.org\/posts\/earlier-today-i-met-with-a-delegation-from-the-united-kingdom-high-commission-le\/1782996496515420 https:\/\/x.com\/RMontgomeryUK?lang=en https:\/\/ng.linkedin.com\/in\/richard-montgomery-36829989).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","bb_check_category":[8],"class_list":["post-228","bb_check","type-bb_check","status-publish","hentry","bb_check_category-economy"],"yoast_head":"\n