Data Protection: Nigeria's Success Story By Isiaku Ahmed       In 2018, the European Union (EU) began the implementation of the General Data Protection Rule (GDPR), which regulates the processing of data by an individual, a company or organization relating to individuals in the EU. The following year,...

FG Earns N13.65m From Data Protection Fine, Report Filing       The Federal government has earned the sum of N13.65m from the data protection activities involving licensing, audit report filing and fine, according to the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation Performance report. As contained in the report published by...

NITDA Resolves 790 Issues Over Data Protection   The Director General (DG) of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, has revealed that 790 issues relating to data protection has been resolved through the Agency partnership with Data Protection Compliance Organizations (DPCO). He...

Bankers Demand Stringent Rules On Data Protection To ensure data protection of customers in the banking sector, the operators have said they must be more stringent in scrutinising third party engagements. This was contained in the communiqué issued at the end of the breakfast session on...

The Nigeria Electronic Fraud Forum (NeFF) said it has recommended that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the National Information Technology Agency (NITDA) work together in pursuing the enactment of a Data Protection Law for Nigeria. The Sub-committee of NeFF made the recommendation to...