President Bola Tinubu has approved the allocation of an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)-recovered property in Abuja to the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) as its new headquarters. The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, disclosed this on Monday during the commissioning of the facility, explaining that the decision was…
The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has launched an investigation into a suspected data breach involving Remita Payment Services Ltd., Sterling Bank, and other entities. Reports on dark web forums claim that threat actors accessed and exposed sensitive customer and institutional data, raising concerns for Nigeria’s digital payment ecosystem. The probe, which began with a…
The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has ordered an immediate investigation into the data processing activities of Temu over possible violations of the Nigeria Data Protection Act (2023). Vincent Olatunji, National Commissioner and CEO of NDPC, directed the probe following concerns about online surveillance, transparency, accountability, data minimisation, and cross-border data transfers. According to the…
