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- 19 Sept 2018
Digital Rights Bill: Group Sues National Assembly Over Delay
A foremost consumer rights attorney in Nigeria, Olumide Babalola of Olumide Babalola Legal Practitioners, has, on behalf of Laws and Right Awareness Initiative and Daniel J. Daniel, filed a suit…
- 9 Feb 2021
Court Dismisses Case against CBN’s Directives on Bank Charges
Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, has dismissed a suit instituted by Olumide Babalola, lawyer, challenging the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) policy on Current Account…
- 12 Apr 2026
Lawyers Sue CBN over One-Time BVN Phone Number Change
Incorporated Trustees of the Data Privacy Lawyers Association (DPLA), a group of legal experts and data privacy advocates and Etisang Solomon have filed a fundamental rights enforcement suit at the…
- 5 Aug 2018
Battle over CyberCrimes Goes to Supreme Court
The legal battle over the constitutionality of sections of the Cybercrimes Act 2015 has now moved to the Supreme Court. Three civil society organisations, namely Media Rights Agenda, Paradigm…
- 2 Jun 2019
Court Strikes Out Suit Challenging Stamp Duty Collection
by banks Federal High Court siting in Lagos has struck out a suit filed against the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) challenging a circular issued by the CBN on January 15, 2016…
- 27 Feb 2020
NGO Drags NCC to Court over Access to Call Data
Laws and Rights Awareness Initiative, a Nigerian nongovernmental organization, filed a lawsuit on February 25 against the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) over regulations granting…
- 1 Aug 2018
Legal Battle over CyberCrimes Act Moves to the Supreme Court
The legal battle over the constitutionality of sections of the Cybercrimes Act 2015 has now moved to the Supreme Court. Three civil society organisations, namely Media Rights Agenda, Paradigm…
- 7 May 2023
Privacy Academy Launches to Standardise Data Protection
The move to standardise data protection received a boost recently with the launch of ‘The Privacy Academy’ by Privacy Network and Academy Limited. Chairman of the Academy, Mr Uche Val Obi, explained…
- 28 Jan 2025
NDPC @ 2025 Data Privacy Day, Calls for Collaboration on Awareness
Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has called for increased collaboration to raise awareness and foster data privacy and protection across Nigeria. Dr. Vincent Olatunji, national commissioner,…
- 9 Feb 2025
Femi Falana Files $5 Million Suit Against Meta for Alleged Invasion of Privacy
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Femi Falana has filed a $5, 000, 000 (Five million US dollar) suit before a Lagos High Court against the United States of America-based organization Meta Platforms…
- 14 Jan 2026
Falana Wins $25,000 Damages from Meta over Fake Illness Video
Lagos High Court at TBS has awarded $25,000 in damages in favour of Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) in his $5 million lawsuit against Meta Platforms Inc., the US-based technology company owned by Mark…
- 29 Jun 2017
FoI: PIN Gets Leave in Case against FG over Spying Satellites
Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted Paradigm Initiative, the leave to apply for judicial relief and compelled the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology to show cause on its refusal…