Africa · Lead regulator: NASS
Which of the six core regulatory dimensions this jurisdiction's norms actually address. Coverage is detected from the source text — not a structural heuristic.
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Scope: This act amends the 1991 law on banks and other financial institutions. The provided text does not contain the substantive articles of the law.
Gap or ambiguity: The provided text is a paywall notice, not the substantive legal text. Its applicability to crypto-assets and any specific requirements cannot be determined.
source ↗Scope: This act establishes the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate and enforce financial crimes, including fraud and money laundering, which extends to crypto-asset operations.
Gap or ambiguity: The provided text is a general agency homepage, not the regulation itself. It offers no specific compliance obligations, technical standards, or definitions for crypto-asset activities.
source ↗Scope: The provided text is a list of documents from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) website. It does not contain the substantive content of the Internet Code of Practice 2026.
Gap or ambiguity: The full text of the regulation is not present, making it impossible to analyze its requirements, scope, or potential ambiguities.
source ↗Scope: The provided text is a list of documents and navigation links from the Nigerian Communications Commission website, not the National Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy. It does not contain any substantive regulatory text.
Gap or ambiguity: The body of the text does not correspond to the title in the metadata, making it impossible to analyze for regulatory signals.
source ↗Scope: This act regulates the conduct of Federal, State and Area Councils elections. The text does not contain any provisions related to crypto-assets.
source ↗Scope: This act establishes the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) as the central AML/CFT agency. It requires reporting entities, including VASPs, to report suspicious and threshold-based transactions to the NFIU.
Gap or ambiguity: The act establishes a general reporting duty but does not specify the technical standards, formats, or specific thresholds for VASP transaction reporting. This creates a gap that could be filled by independent certification of compliant monitoring and reporting frameworks.
“The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) is the central national agency responsible for the receipt of disclosures from reporting organisations, the analysis of these disclosures and the production of intelligence for dissemination to competent authorities.”
Scope: The provided text is a generic parliamentary website page and does not contain the content of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
Gap or ambiguity: The text does not contain the substance of the regulation, so no specific gaps or ambiguities can be identified.
source ↗Scope: This act establishes the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and regulates the telecommunications industry in Nigeria. The provided text is a list of documents and does not contain specific rules for crypto-assets.
Gap or ambiguity: The Nigerian Communications Act 2003 predates the existence of crypto-assets and therefore does not address them. Any application of this law to crypto-related activities would be indirect and highly ambiguous.
“The Nigerian Communications Act 2003 predates the existence of crypto-assets and therefore does not address them.”
Scope: This act establishes the right of the public to access information held by public institutions. It is not related to the regulation of crypto-assets.
source ↗Scope: The provided text is an advertisement for the Act, not the legal text itself. It states the Act regulates banks and other financial institutions but does not mention crypto-assets.
Gap or ambiguity: The provided content is not the substantive legal text, making it impossible to analyze its provisions. The text is completely silent on the treatment of crypto-assets.
source ↗Scope: This Act regulates public access to government records and information. It is not related to crypto-assets or financial services.
source ↗Scope: This is a general cyber resilience framework for the Nigerian communications sector. The provided text does not indicate any specific rules for crypto-assets.
Gap or ambiguity: The provided text is only a title on a list of documents, not the content of the framework itself. Therefore, all specific requirements and their potential applicability to crypto-asset service providers are unknown.
source ↗Scope: The provided text is a general webpage for the Nigerian Parliament, not the text of the Value Added Tax Act. It does not contain any specific regulations concerning crypto-assets.
Gap or ambiguity: The text does not contain the substantive regulation, so no gaps or ambiguities can be identified.
source ↗Scope: This act establishes the Nigeria Revenue Service. It outlines the legal framework for tax administration and revenue collection in Nigeria.
Gap or ambiguity: The provided text is a high-level description of a tax administration law and does not mention crypto-assets, digital assets, or related activities.
source ↗Scope: This is the foundational statute of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), establishing its general powers over financial institutions. The text does not contain specific provisions for crypto-assets.
Gap or ambiguity: The Act predates crypto-assets and is silent on the topic. This creates a complete regulatory gap, as there are no defined technical, security, or licensing standards for the sector.
Scope: This program provides a provisional licensing pathway for crypto firms to operate in a supervised sandbox. It acts as a transitional gateway to the market while final digital asset rules are developed.
Gap or ambiguity: The text lacks any specific technical, security, or compliance requirements for firms seeking a provisional license under the ARIP. This creates an opportunity for certifiers to propose standards for entry.
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