Although in January 2019, the National Information Technology Development Agency issued the Nigerian Data Protection Regulation, there is no substantial data privacy control in Nigeria.

Nigeria's Data Protection Bill 2020 builds on the current Nigerian Data Protection Regulation (NDPR), proposing a new Data Protection Commission and new strictures to ensure that data processing ...

Four years after the adoption of the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR), the Nigeria Data Protection Act, 2023 (NDPA) was passed into law in June 2023.

A US-based data protection expert, Olugbile Hassan, has warned that the growing use of DevOps practices in software development may violate Nigeria’s Data Protection Act due to poor integration of ...

On Monday, June 12, 2023, the Nigeria Data Protection Bill was signed into law by the President Bola Tinubu. The Nigeria Data Protection Act, 2023 (the Act), is the very first principal ...

He compared Nigeria’s approach to the General Data Protection Regulation in Europe, where businesses can access clear compliance guidelines freely without compulsory registration or payment.

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's government on Friday announced a fine of $220 million on Meta, saying its investigations found "multiple and repeated" violations of the country's d ...

Nigeria’s Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) announced on Friday that Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta Platforms had been fined $220 million for discriminatory ...

Riding on the back of Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR), established by his predecessor, Inuwa, the current Director General of NITDA, within a space of one year in office, was able to ...