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Tag Archives: Laws and Rights Awareness Initiative

CSO Urges Court to Stop NIMC Digital ID Cards

A civil society organisation, Laws and Rights Awareness Initiative, has asked the Federal High Court in Abeokuta to stop the digital identification cards being introduced by the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC to replace the plastic national ID cards. The suit followed NIMC’s recent announcement that it was dumping plastic …

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Data Privacy Concerns: NGO Sues TikTok for Violating NDPR

In a reaction to TikTok’s various data privacy breaches and likelihood of further breach, a not-for-profit organisation -(Laws and Rights Awareness Initiative) has approached the High Court of Ogun State for redress for and on behalf of its members. In Suit No. HCT/261/2020 filed on the 29th day of May …

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ECOWAS Court Orders FG to Repeal Cybercrime Law

The ECOWAS Court of Justice sitting in Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Federal Government of Nigeria to repeal or amend the provision of its cybercrime law, which violates citizens’ right of expression. Delivering the judgment of the three-man panel of the court, Justice Januaria Costa ordered the Nigerian government to …

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