Nigeria’s piracy bill

on December 22, 2017

Nigeria inches closer to having piracy legislation.

FEC okays copyright, maritime piracy bills

Olalekan Adetayo

The Federal Executive Council on Thursday approved the Copyright Bill and the Suppression of Piracy and Maritime Offences Bill.

The approval was given at a meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), disclosed this to State House correspondents at the end of the meeting.

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