NBS website still down three weeks after hack

The website of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) — www.nigerianstat.gov.ng — has remained inaccessible for three weeks after it was hacked.

 

Checks by TheCable on Monday showed that the website can not be reached according to feedback from the landing page.

Efforts to reach Ichedi Sunday, head of communications at the NBS, were unsuccessful.

 

The website breach was confirmed by the NBS on December 18, 2024, in a post published on X.

 

In the post, NBS asked members of the public to ignore any report published on its website until it recovers the website.

 

The hack was reported a day after the NBS published its crime experience and security perception survey.

 

In the report, the NBS said Nigerians paid N2.23 trillion as ransom in one year between May 2023 and April 2024.

 

NBS indicated that an estimated 51.89 million crime incidents were recorded across Nigerian households during the period.

 

The report said the north-west recorded the highest crime incidents estimated to be over 14 million, while the south-east has the least with over six million cases.

 

According to the publication, the crime incidence in the rural area (26,526,069) was higher than that of the urban area (25,360,963).

 

On December 19, reports emerged that the Department of State Services (DSS) invited Adeniran Adeyemi, statistician-general of the federation, for questioning on the report.

 

However, NBS denied the report, saying that no invitation or arrest had occurred.

 

Since the bureau confirmed the hack, NBS has not provided further updates on the restoration of its website or any progress in addressing the hacking incident.