Claim: Some Facebook users, here, here, and here, claimed the National Assembly, under Senate President Godswill Akpabio, has passed a new Cybercrimes Act 2025 into law. Verdict: Misleading. DUBAWA’s findings show that the Senate is in recess and has not passed such a law. Full Text The Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) (Amendment) Act 2024 was …
Apps, pimps and algorithms: How technology is advancing Nigeria’s digital sex trade
She sat at the edge of a bar stool, tired eyes scanning the busy bar in Mokola, Ibadan, Oyo State, in South-West Nigeria. The sound of Afrobeats filled the air,…