Sir: In a significant stride towards safeguarding individual privacy, the Nigerian Data Protection Act (2023), was signed into law by President Bola Tinubu on June 12. This legislation builds upon the ...
Busayo Ajuwon is supported by funding from RSTMH Grants Programme in partnership with National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). He is affiliated with the Department of Microbiology, Kwara State ...
Nigeria’s rapidly expanding digital society, with internet penetration reaching 50.58 per cent as of November 2025 and more than 100 million users accessing the internet largely through mobile devices ...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is here. It is already embedded in the daily lives of Nigerians. It curates the Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok feeds we scroll through. It powers the autocorrect and ...
The updated policy did not include an opt-out provision. It was a “take it or leave it” policy. In other words, if users did not consent to the updated terms, they would no longer be able to use ...
Public safety and efficient urban planning remain pressing challenges in Nigeria. From congested cities to crime hotspots and disaster-prone areas caused mostly by floods, authorities often lack the ...
Data offers direction. The Nigerian government’s determination to make sure everyone counts through the implementation of national identity number (NIN) is a policy decision in the right direction. To ...