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Item Legislating For Cyberspace: Challenges for the Nigerian Legislature(www.iiste.org, 2015) Jemilohun, Bernard O.; Akomolede, Timothy I.The need to make proper legislations governing interactions in the world of technology is a contemporary issue and several nations across the globe have made serious efforts at legislating for cyberspace. Nigeria as an emerging international market and a continental leader is capable of profiting in cyberspace but has not made serious attempts at legislating for interactions therein, thus the possibility of abuse of the infrastructure is largely open. This article argues that the Nigerian legislature should make adequate legislations to govern interactions in cyberspace and attempts to point out the challenges that the legislature should advert its mind to in the course of doing same. It also attempts to draw lessons from some other jurisdictions. In discussing the challenges, this article considered issues like personal jurisdiction in cyberspace, the default state of anonymity, the constitutional guarantee of freedom of speech, the threat of cybercrime and the need to strike a balance between data protection and freedom of information. The article concludes that though legislating for cyberspace may not be easy, laws must be made to govern it since online interactions have impacts in the real world.Item Regulations or Legislation for Data Protection in Nigeria? A Call for a Clear Legislative Framework(Global Journal of Politics and Law Research, 2015-08) Jemilohun, Bernard O.; Akomolede, Timothy I.Personal information or personally identifiable data is a subject that people have become aware of the need to protect. And the challenge of legislating for data protection in today’s world is that which many nations have taken seriously. Nigeria as a developing nation appears not to be left out of this as the NITDA has released a set of guidelines in this regard as a means to offer some protection. This article examines legislations on the Nigerian landscape that resemble data protection legislation like the Official Secrets Act, the Freedom of Information Act and the most recent NITDA Draft Guidelines for data protection with a view to show the adequacy or otherwise. The guidelines were examined in some detail. The paper summarily compares the present landscape with the European Union standard and concludes that Nigeria does not have adequate data protection legislation. The paper concludes that strong legislation is desirable to protect personal data in Nigeria.