The Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC) says it is deepening strategic collaboration with Nigeria’s banking sector as financial institutions confront escalating, technology-driven cyber threats.
The renewed partnership reflects a growing recognition that effective cybersecurity in Nigeria requires tighter operational integration between law enforcement capabilities and the digital infrastructure of financial institutions, particularly as cybercrime becomes more sophisticated, organised and transnational.
“Effective collaboration with financial institutions,” Henry says, “remains critical in addressing cybercrime. Financial systems are often exploited as channels for cybercriminal activities.”
Cybercrime: Expanding mandate in a digital threat landscape
The Centre’s core mandates include:
- Investigation and support for the prosecution of cybercrime cases
- Digital forensic examination and analysis
- Social media monitoring and cyber intelligence gathering
- Intelligence analysis and cyber threat assessment
- Vulnerability assessment and protection of Nigeria’s Critical Information Infrastructure
As Nigeria’s digital financial ecosystem expands, these functions are increasingly central to protecting banking platforms, payment rails and customer data from compromise.
Banking CEOs engage cybercrime centre
At a high-level meeting held at the Centre’s headquarters in Abuja, the NPF-NCCC hosted a delegation from the Body of Bank Chief Executive Officers in Nigeria to align intelligence-sharing frameworks, digital forensic cooperation and coordinated cybercrime response strategies.
Welcoming the delegation, Ifeanyi Uche Henry, Director of the NPF-NCCC, reaffirms the Centre’s commitment to technology-led policing anchored on proactive, intelligence-driven operations.
“Effective collaboration with financial institutions,” Henry says, “remains critical in addressing cybercrime. Financial systems are often exploited as channels for cybercriminal activities.”
The engagement comes amid rising concerns over digital payment fraud, phishing syndicates, account compromise schemes and cross-border financial cyberattacks targeting Nigerian banks.
Sector-wide coordination
Speaking on behalf of the banking sector, Nixon Iwedi, Chairman of the Body of Bank Chief Executive Officers in Nigeria and Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Signature Bank, says the visit followed earlier engagements with the Nigeria Police Force leadership aimed at strengthening inter-sector cooperation.
According to him, the objective is to enhance operational synergy between the Police and financial institutions in tackling cybercrime and financial fraud through improved information exchange, coordinated investigations and rapid response mechanisms.
Iwedi commended the Nigeria Police Force, particularly the NPF-NCCC, for its professionalism and resilience in combating cybercriminal networks operating both domestically and across international borders.
Strengthening Nigeria’s cyber resilience
The intensified collaboration signals a broader policy shift towards ecosystem-wide cyber resilience, especially as Nigeria’s banking sector continues to digitise core operations, scale online services and integrate advanced financial technologies.
Security analysts have noted that cybercriminal networks increasingly target banks as aggregation points for funds, leveraging compromised credentials, malware, business email compromise schemes and social engineering tactics to move illicit proceeds.
By aligning digital forensics, cyber intelligence and institutional threat monitoring capabilities, the NPF-NCCC and banking sector leaders are positioning law enforcement and financial institutions to respond more effectively to evolving cyber risks.
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