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ARTICLE · 27 NOVEMBER 2025

IT, Tech And Telecom's Newsletter

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Welcome to your onestop shop for major updates in Nigeria's information technology (IT), broader technology and telecommunications sectors.

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Olawale Adedipe
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Christiana Nkechinyere Okechukwu
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INTRODUCTION

Welcome to your onestop shop for major updates in Nigeria's information technology (IT), broader technology and telecommunications sectors. This digest summarises the most consequential regulatory actions, market developments and infrastructure initiatives from January to September 2025, drawing solely on events within the Nigerian ecosystem. Each entry is brief and includes a link to the primary news source labelled "here" for readers who want to explore further.

REGULATORY UPDATES

TECHNOLOGY NITDA'S

Compliance Report on Social Media Platforms

In August 2025, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) released its Compliance Report on the Code of Practice for Social Media Platforms Operating in Nigeria. The report recorded more than 13.5 million offensive accounts removed and 58.9 million posts deleted, with 754,000 complaints received and over 420,000 appeals resolved. NITDA noted that it worked with the Nigerian

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