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By: Aishat Oyenike Salam Keywords: Feminist Approaches, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Africa, Gender Abstract Feminist scholars have long advocated for an intersectional approach to understanding and addressing inequalities, including gender disparities, in various domains. In the context of artific...

As AI-based content creation tools become more prevalent, questions arise regarding their coverage under Copyright Law. Imagine a situation where an AI-generated image shared on social media was done without the permission of the person who entered the prompts resulting in the image. If disputes ari...

By Timi Olagunju [timithelaw] In the evolving digital landscape of Nigeria, a recent statement by the Registrar General of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Hussaini Magaji, has sparked a significant conversation about the regulatory framework governing content creators and their tax obligatio...

By: Olayinka Aileru Introduction One of the means through which data protection legislations protect the confidentiality and integrity of personal information of data subjects, is by imposing security compliance standards on organisations in respect of their information management system. The Nigeri...

By Olumide Babalola Lawyers and researchers continue to decry the disruption of traditionally settled intellectual property (IP) principles by the characteristically unpredictable growth of AI and technology. Since time of yore, copyright in literary, artistic works or sound recordings had been attr...

By: Dorcas Tsebee Introduction One of the novel provisions under the new Nigeria Data Protection Act is the mandatory registration obligation on data controllers and data processors of major importance. After the bill became law in June 2023, Nigeria officially joined other African countries like Ke...

By Victoria Oloni and Ridwan Oloyede After almost two decades, Nigeria has finally enacted its long-awaited Data Protection Act (the “Act”). The new law represents a significant opportunity for the country to harmonise its long-fragmented regulatory landscape. The Act, which builds on the four-y...

By Olayinka Aileru It is an interesting coincidence, that exactly five years after the coming into force of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the digital community would wake up to the imposition of a record fine of €1.2 Billion Euros against Meta (Facebook) Ireland Limited for breach...