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Nigeria’s struggles with internet content regulation have remained unsolved after prolonged debate on the issue.

More recent attempts at social media regulation by the government, tell of a shift of the government’s focus from internet content regulation through speech control laws to a focus on platform regulation which bypasses the legislature.

A properly thought-out platform responsibility regime would go a long way in resolving the issues of internet content regulation in Nigeria and may put an end to the continuous friction between the government and internet stakeholders.

With lessons from the twitter ban, this piece amplifies the need for a responsible platform regulatory regime in Nigeria.

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Does Nigeria Need a Platform Responsibility Regime for Social Media? Lessons from the Twitter Ban Nigeria’s struggles with internet content regulation have remained unsolved after prolonged debate on the issue. More recent attempts at social media regulation by the government, tell of a shift of the government’s focus from internet content regulation through speech control laws to a focus on...

The beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic saw states, pharmaceutical companies
and other stakeholders in the health industry adopt a more freehanded and complementary approach to the protection of their IP.

The University of Oxford initially expressed its intention to donate the rights to the vaccine it was developing to any drug manufacturer interested in manufacturing the vaccine. Then- candidate Joseph Biden emphatically stated that his administration would waive vaccine patents if US companies developed a vaccine because it was the “only humane thing in the world to do”.

Covid - Vaccine - Patent - Waiver The opinions expressed are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of borg.

The provision of an enabling regulatory environment for innovative and customer-centric financial service through safe utilisation and exchange of data and service is the main crux of open banking.

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Regulating Open Banking in Nigeria On February 17, 2021, the CBN issued a regulatory framework for open banking in Nigeria which aims to enhance financial inclusion, improve competition within the financial services space, foster the sharing and leveraging of customer-permission data by banks with third-party firms to devise solution...

When fuel subsidies were first introduced in the 1970s - the sole purpose was to leverage the economics of subsidy towards cushioning the hardship faced by Nigerians.

Currently, the price tag of fuel subsidy comes with an approximate cost of ₦250bn a month.

Nigeria is now faced with a catch 22 - to increase, reduce or abolish fuel subsidy. Whichever bait wins the country will face repercussions of decades of subsidy.

This issue-brief by Oghosa Erhahon looks at what subsidy removal or retention could mean for Nigeria.

https://www.borg.re/articles/issue-briefs/subsidy-removal-or-retention-will-mean-tough-decisions

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