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- 25 Jan 2021
NITDA kicks off Program for National Privacy Week 2021
Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, director-general, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has unveiled a week long program to mark the start of the National Privacy Week 2021. The…
- 26 Jan 2022
Interswitch Supports NITDA’s National Privacy Week, Promotes Data Protection
Interswitch has announced its support for the 2022 National Privacy Week being organized by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), from January 24th to 28th. While focused on…
- 3 Feb 2026
OADC Lagos Reinforces Commitment to Local Data Hosting and Digital Transformation @ NDPC’s National Privacy Week Summit
Open Access Data Centres (OADC) Lagos has reaffirmed its commitment to Nigeria’s data protection and digital transformation agenda through its sponsorship and active participation in the Nigeria Data…
- 5 Feb 2026
Optasia Drives Responsible AI Conversation at Nigeria’s Privacy Week 2026
Optasia, a global AI-driven fintech platform, reinforced its commitment to privacy-by-design and responsible innovation as the official partner of Nigeria’s National Privacy Week 2026. Optasia Held…
- 6 Feb 2024
Moniepoint, NDPC Advocate for Responsible Data Management
In a bid to raise awareness and ramp up sensitization for data privacy and protection as part of activities marking the National Privacy Week 2024, the definitive bank for small and medium-sized…
- 29 Jan 2023
FG Asks NDPB to Probe Banks, Fintechs over Data Privacy Breaches
Isa Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has urged the Nigerian Data Protection Bureau (NDPB) to investigate banks and data-processing firms on data privacy and protection…
- 25 Jan 2022
FG Probes Loan Sharks over Breach of Customers’ Data Privacy
Kashifu Inuwa, director-general, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has said that the federal government has begun a probe of online banks over their alleged breaches of…
- 5 Mar 2012
Subscribers Privacy and Unsolicited SMS
Some weeks back Mr. Peter Igho, Director-General, National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC) asked telecommunications operators to stop sending unsolicited text messages on their lottery…
- 2 Feb 2020
Stakeholders Seek Stronger Data Sovereignty Initiatives for Nigeria
Nigeria joined the global community this week to mark international data privacy day. January 28 is dedicated as international data privacy day; this year’s theme is “Own Your Privacy.” Each year,…
- 2 Jun 2026
NDPC Records 2,000 Cyberattacks in One Week
Dr Vincent Olatunji, national commissioner and chief executive officer, Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC), has disclosed that hackers launched more than 2,000 attacks on the commission’s…
- 1 Feb 2021
Digital Economy Grows Faster Than Other Economies – DG NITDA
Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA), has said that Digital Economy is growing at bigger rate faster than the rest of the…
- 5 Feb 2023
Data Protection Bureau Honours Nigeria ID4D
Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (NDPB) has honoured the Nigeria Digital Identification for Development (ID4D) Project with an Institutional Pillar of Support Award, in appreciation of the project's…
- 30 Jan 2023
NDPB Investigates GT Bank, Zenith Bank Over Data Breach Complaints
The Nigeria Data Protection Bureau has opened an investigation into allegations of data breach by two Nigeria Banks, namely GT Bank and Zenith Bank. This investigations were triggered by allegations…
- 9 Jul 2026
New NIMC Act Strengthens Data Protection, Privacy - Director
Uche Chigbo, coordinating director of Operations, National Identity Management Commission, (NIMC), has said the newly enacted NIMC Act strengthens data protection and privacy, expands identity…
- 25 Feb 2026
NDPC Urges Education Ministry to Prioritise Data Protection Compliance
Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has urged the Federal Ministry of Education to ensure strict compliance with data privacy regulations across Nigeria’s education sector to protect personal…
- 27 Jan 2021
NITDA Urges National Assembly on Data Protection Bill Passage
Kashifu Abdullahi Inuwa, director general, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has called on the National Assembly to fast-track the passage of the Data Protection Bill into…
- 12 Dec 2021
5G: US Warns Nigeria against Permitting Untrusted Telecoms Suppliers
Mary Leonard, United States Ambassador to Nigeria, cautioned the Nigerian government against permitting untrusted telecommunications suppliers to participate in or control any part of the…
- 24 Mar 2024
NDPC Chief, Olatunji, Spotlights Data Protection's Role in Digital Economy
Dr. Vincent Olatunji, National Commissioner/CEO of the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC), shed light on the significance of data protection in the digital economy during the recent pre-launch…
- 28 Jan 2021
NIN Registration will Help Nigeria Curb Crime, Achieve Digital Economy – Pantami
Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has hinted that the ongoing registration of National Identity Number would help Nigeria to curb crime and criminalities as…
- 28 Aug 2020
NITDA Resolves 790 Data Protection Related Issues
Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, director general, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has revealed that 790 issues relating to data protection has been resolved through the…
- 17 Feb 2025
South Korea Joins List of Countries Banning DeepSeek over Security Concerns
South Korean authorities have temporarily blocked new downloads of the DeepSeek artificial intelligence (AI) app, citing concerns over the company’s handling of user data. The country’s Personal…
- 3 May 2022
Why Millions of Africans are Right to Resist Mobile SIM Card Registration
By Dr Tony Roberts and Ridwan Oloyede Mobile SIM registration linked to digital ID is causing exclusion of marginalised groups, and concerns about privacy in the absence of sufficient legal…
- 28 Jan 2020
FG Begins Campaign on Data Protection to Curb Cybercrime
Federal Government has embarked on a campaign to raise awareness on data protection and also promote privacy and data protection practices. Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, director general, National…
- 13 Dec 2022
ALDAPCON Calls for Data Protection Legislation
The Association of Licensed Data Protection Organisations of Nigeria (ALDAPCON) has advocated the need for the principal data protection legislation law to be put in place as the country pursues its…
- 28 Jan 2021
Data: A Critical Tool in Entrenching Digital Economy – DG NITDA
Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, Director General National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA) has hinted that Data plays a critical role in a digital economy. This he said while…
- 13 Jan 2022
NITDA Launches Complaint Booklet for Data Protection
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Thursday launched the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR) compliant visitor’s book in Abuja. The book launch is the first time an…
- 9 Apr 2026
Digital Encode Sponsors PAFON 3.0 as CVO Prof. Adewale Set to Deliver Keynote on Cybersecurity and Trust
Digital Encode Limited has emerged the lead sponsor of the upcoming third edition of the forum (PAFON 3.0), the organisers have announced. PAFON 3.0 PAFON 3.0 is scheduled to take place on Friday,…
- 8 Jun 2025
Gaps on Phone Number Recycling Fuel Identity Theft, Data Breaches- ICIR
When Okezie Kelechi lost his SIM card, the one he had used since his secondary school days, he didn’t think much of it. He was shocked weeks later to find out it had been reassigned to someone else.…
- 15 Oct 2023
SERAP Urges Lawmakers to Reject Social Media Regulation Bill
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the lawmakers to reject the recently reintroduced social media regulation bill which if passed would unduly restrict the rights to…
- 30 Mar 2014
Microsoft Beefs up Customer Privacy Policy
Microsoft Corp, under fire for accessing an employee's private Hotmail account to prove he was leaking computer code to a blogger, has said it will now refer all suspicions of illegal activity on its…