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The Nigerian Data Protection Commission has recently issued a Guidance Notice on the entities that are deemed to be Data Controllers and Data Processors of Major Importance (DCPMIs). The Notice was issued on 14 February 2024 and took effect from that date.
Data breaches are now a regular occurrence in the modern data-driven and digital global
economy that the world has now become. A number of organisations have suffered data
breaches in the course of their operations with differing degrees of seriousness. ..
In a recent update, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (“FIRS”) officially communicated the revised effective date for the implementation of the Finance Act 2023 ( “the Act”). This update by the FIRS follows the deferment of the commencement of the Act by the Finance Act ..
Prior to 2005, the Nigerian power sector was largely government-owned. With the enactment of the Electric Power Sector Reform Act in 2005 (“EPSRA”), this monopoly was unbundled and the sector was reformed with the privatisation of the generation and distribution segments ..
The Finance Act 2023 (the “FA 2023”) was signed into law by former President Muhammadu
Buhari on 28 May 2023, prior to his leaving office. The FA 2023 takes effect from 28 May
2023, and it replaces the Finance Bill 2022 (“FB 2022”), which had been circul..
In order to protect the Nigerian environment and ecosystem from the ravages associated with climate change and to achieve the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria signed the country’s climate change bill into ..
Nigeria Startup Act, 2022 is part of the concerted efforts by the Federal
Government to promote, harness and provide stability to the
startup ecosystem in Nigeria. Nigeria’s startup ecosystem was ranked as the top
three most advanced ecosystems in Afr..
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In a year when two of Nigeria’s Fintechs (Flutterwave and Opay) acquired unicorn status, it became clear that the Fintech industry in the country had come of age. In line with this, there was a raft of new regulations affecting the industry. The l..
