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April’s Wave of Data Breaches Is a Stress Test We Must Learn From
While many slept, a quiet siege was underway. Digital infrastructure walls once thought impenetrablew ere breached, and the systems they protected exposed. From financial institutions to public registries, April’s wave of cyber incidents has made it clear that this is a direct threat and assault on public trust, financial…
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Nigeria Wants Data Centres. But Can The Light Stay
Bibitayo Ojo- There is a conversation happening across boardrooms and government offices in Nigeria right now. It is about data sovereignty, digital infrastructure, and the ambition to position Nigeria as the technology hub of Africa. It is an exciting conversation. It is also, if we are being direct, a…
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March 31 Deadline: Is Your Organisation’s Data Protection Audit Filed?
If your organisation processes personal data in Nigeria, the clock is ticking and running out fast. January 2026 marked the formal start of the annual Data Protection Compliance Audit cycle under the Nigeria Data Protection Act (NDPA) 2023.
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March Is Here — Is Your Business Still Compliant? The CAC Annual Returns Deadline Is NOW
Every registered business in Nigeria has a legal obligation to file annual returns with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and March is the deadline month. Miss it, and your company risks penalties, loss of good standing, or outright strike-off from the CAC register
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Nigerian Court Fines Meta $25,000 Over Privacy Violation Involving Femi Falana
A Nigerian court has ordered Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook, to pay $25,000 in damages to renowned human rights lawyer Femi Falana, after finding the tech giant liable for violating his privacy.
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Data Control or Data Creep? The Lagos State Government-Uber Clash over User Privacy
While governments may cite various reasons for access requests, it is essential to examine such actions through the lens of data privacy principles. When the purpose for collecting personal data drifts into government surveillance, the very spirit of the fundamental right to privacy stands threatened
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True Love Or Chocolate Creamed Bunco: Avoid Romance Scams
A romance scam occurs when a con artist deceives a victim into entering a phony love arrangement. To obtain money or enough personal information to steal their identity under pretenses or to perpetrate fraud against the victim, scammers frequently use a spurious online identity to win their victim’s trust.
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Importance Of Web Design Agreement
The question is ‘who is own the copyright of software or website?’ Generally, a commissioned work done by an employee during the course of his employment will confer copyright on the employee except where it is expressly stated otherwise in the agreement.
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Rethinking Data Protection In Nigeria: Gaps And Opportunities
The Nigeria Data Protection Regulation is the major provision addressing data privacy and protection in Nigeria. The regulation was issued by the National Information Technology Development Agency (Nigeria’s foremost agency responsible for regulating data privacy protection) in 2019 to comprehensively regulate the use of data in the state. It…
