From national legislations to sector regulations, Nigeria is building a layered approach to internet governance. Nigeria's technology regulation has, over the past few years, undergone a quiet but consequential transformation.
What was once a patchwork of telecommunications rules and fragmented agency guidelines has matured into a multi-layered,multi-agency framework.
At the centre of this evolving framework are some key legislative and regulatory instruments, which collectively shape how digital activities, online platforms, personal data, cybersecurity, and emerging technologies are governed in Nigeria:
- The Cybercrimes Act
- the NCC Internet Code of Practice 2026,
- the National AI Strategy 2025,
