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Obioma Okonkwo is a lawyer and human rights advocate. She is currently the Head of Legal at Media Rights Agenda (MRA), a non-governmental organization based in Nigeria whose focus is to promote and defend freedom of expression, press freedom, digital rights and access to information within Nigeria and across Africa. She is passionate about advancing freedom of expression,

Hisbah, the security unit of Kano State, has said that the state's efforts to control the creation of skits on social media, particularly the TikTok video-sharing site, are intended to modify public behavior rather than violate human rights. 

Special Issue: Reyhana Masters brings an access to information focus to her latest regional brief, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.

One Family Court wey siddon for Iyaganku area of Ibadan, Oyo state capital don order make dem remand popualr skit maker, Maruf Abdullahi, popularly known as “Trinity Guy”, for Agodi correctional facility over alleged sexual exploitation of one 10-year-old girl.Na di state police command carry am p

Popular skit maker Abdullahi Adisa wey dem dey call Trinity Guy don respond to di concern of di Nigerian police over im contents on top social media.Im response na afta one of im skits attract di attention of di police High command.Police involvment for im matter make di influencer do video to beg p

Facebook, Twitter, and 17 other big tech companies have been placed under stricter regulation by the European Union.

In a bid to ensure that sanity is maintained in Nigeria’s internet circuit, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) in June 2022 unveiled a Code of Practice for Online Platforms to checkmate the eruption of crisis in the nation’s ICT sector. The code was developed in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, including the Nigerian Communications […]

  In less than six months, Dr Isa Pantami should be out of office as minister of communications and digital economy. Many who have suffered from his overbearing ways would heave a sigh of relief with his exit.   Since his emergence over three years ago as a minister, the 43-year-old computer graduate, some say, has had a spiritual influence over President Muhammadu Buhari and many others in government. As a Sheikh, he has held the ICT industry captive.  

Nigeria's information regulatory agency, NITDA, has approved its latest Code of Practice. The Code requires all online platforms with more than 100,000 users to get licensed, pay tax, and delete prohibited content within 24 hours. More in #TCDaily.

FG and Google are collaborating to curb the excesses of subversive YouTube channels which are used to spread hate and disinformation