--- title: Nigeria Halts Cybersecurity Tax After Public Outrage description: Nigeria has suspended its cybersecurity tax after facing public outrage. The tax aimed at enhancing cybersecurity through a levy on domestic transactions. The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/nigeria-halts-cybersecurity-tax-after-public-outrage-raoywomwp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Nigeria Halts Cybersecurity Tax After Public Outrage | daily.dev og:description: Nigeria has suspended its cybersecurity tax after facing public outrage. The tax aimed at enhancing cybersecurity through a levy on domestic transactions. The... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/nigeria-halts-cybersecurity-tax-after-public-outrage-raoywomwp og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/rAoYWomWP.png og:image:alt: Nigeria Halts Cybersecurity Tax After Public Outrage og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Nigeria Halts Cybersecurity Tax After Public Outrage **[Dark Reading](https://daily.dev/sources/dr)** · 3 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Nigeria has suspended its cybersecurity tax after facing public outrage. The tax aimed at enhancing cybersecurity through a levy on domestic transactions. The economic crisis in Nigeria has led to widespread criticism of increasing taxes during a difficult time. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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