LEAD CITY UNIVERSITY, IBADAN

FACULTY OF LAW
Department of Private and Business Law

Course particulars
Course Code: PBL 503
Course Title: Information and Communication Technologies Law I
No of Units: 4
Status: Elective

Lecturers’ details
1. Name: Dr. Mayowa Awosika
Qualifications: Ph.D
Email: mayowaawosika@gmail.com
Area of specialization: Law and policy, Corporate Governance , Law of Corporate
Management and Finance.

2. Name: Mrs Oludolapo Olutayo

Qualifications: LLM
Email:
Area of Specialization: international humanitarian law

Course description
The course provides an overview of the entire field of ICT Law, with specific emphasis on the
legal aspects of computing, communications and other components of modern Information and
Communication Technologies (ICT).

Course objectives
The course exposes students to the law and policy regulating ICT, the protection of the rights of
stakeholders in the industry, and the applicable dispute resolution mechanisms.

Assessment
Class Attendance - 10 Marks
Test(s) and Assignment - 30 Marks
Final Examination - 60 Marks
Total - 100 Marks

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Lecture plan
Week Topic
1-2 General introduction to Broadcasting Law, Telecommunications Law, and
Computer Law
3 Legal aspects of technologies convergence
4-5 Institutional aspects of ICT – Powers and duties of regulator; Licensing of
systems; Classes and regulatory conditions of licenses
6 Legal aspects of spectrum management
7-8 National, Regional and International institutions in ICT management – Functions
vis-à-vis rights, duties, and obligations of service providers
9-10 Protection of consumers,
11-12 Dispute resolution mechanisms – administrative and judicial.
13-14 Tutorial
15 Revision

Reading list
1. Orji UJ Telecommunications Law and Regulation in Nigeria (Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Newcastle 2018).
2. Ajetunmobi AO Information and Communications Technology Law in Nigeria: A
Comparative Study (Princeton Publishing Co. 2017).
3. Benjamin SM and Speta JB Telecommunications Law and Policy (4th ed) (Carolina Academic
Press 2015)
4. Walden I Telecommunications Law and Regulation (5th ed) (Oxford University Press 2018)
5. Black SK Telecommunications Law in the Internet Age (Elsevir Inc. 2002)

Tutorial questions
1. The regulation of information technology and the internet is not only challenging, but
also complex because it has to address several issues some of which are as independent
as some are related. Discuss
2. To ensure that information technology laws adapt to current realities, there is a need to
ensure that the scope of the key legal and regulatory reach covers all its objectives. In the
light of the assertion above, discuss the objectives and scope of information and
communications technology law.
3. Discuss the framework for the regulation of information and communications technology
in Nigeria from the perspectives of both domestic and international aspects.

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 4. Broadcasting law, as the name implies, relates to the broadcast media covering radio
including satellite radio, television including cable and satellite television, as well as
telegraphy. To what extent does the National Broadcasting Commission Act 2004
succeed in the effective regulation of broadcasting in Nigeria?
5. The world is experiencing a data revolution because data emanates from varying sources
including posts to social media in the form of photos and videos, daily economic
transaction records, records generated from cell phones and GPS signals. Discuss the
objectives and the scope of the Nigerian Communications Act 2003 in regulating “the
Nigerian telecommunications industry and all matters related thereto…”
6. Discuss in detail the objectives of spectrum management in Nigeria, clearly highlighting
the relevant regulatory authorities and their functions.
7. (a) What are the benefits and challenges of ICT convergence?
(b) Enumerate and discuss the approaches to dealing with regulatory issues in
convergence.
8. With the aid of decided cases, enumerate the second level rights constituting the right to
information and the extent to which these rights are protected by the Constitution of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999?
9. (a) Discuss extensively the technologies for supporting dispute resolution in ICT.
(b) What do you understand by Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) and what are the
advantages and disadvantages of using ODR?
10. The regulator regulates and manages the issuance of licences so as to fulfil all
righteousness . Discuss
11. Mention and discuss the various network service providers and discuss the modes of their
responsibility and liability.
12. Discuss the different classes of license and the duties of licensees?