NIMC's new Root CA role for digital signatures risks colliding with the Digital Economy Bill
A 13 August analysis flags a genuine drafting collision now that the NIMC Act 2026 (signed 26 June) makes the National Identity Management Commission Nigeria's Root Certification Authority — issuing root digital certificates and overseeing the trust framework for electronic signatures tied to the NIN. The still-pending National Digital Economy and E-Governance Bill also legislates digital identity and e-signatures, and the two frameworks were drafted on separate tracks with no reconciliation. Practical read: any client relying on Nigerian e-signatures or NIN-linked digital identity for contract execution or AI-driven KYC should treat NIMC as the certificate authority of record now, but expect the Digital Economy Bill's eventual passage to force a second look at which regime actually governs — this is a live regulatory-overlap risk, not a settled point.
Source: TechCabal
Colorado AG publishes draft ADMT & Chatbot Safety Act rules, comments open to 26 Oct
The Colorado Department of Law filed draft rules implementing the revised Automated Decision-Making Technology Act (SB 26-189) and the new Chatbot Safety Act (HB 26-1263) with the Secretary of State on 11 August — both laws take effect 1 January 2027. The ADMT rules operationalise the scaled-back disclosure-and-rights framework (consumer notice, access, correction, human review) after May's amendment stripped out the original EU-style risk-management and impact-assessment duties; the Chatbot Safety Act rules cover age estimation, AI-disclosure to users, and self-harm response protocols for services engaging minors. Comments are open through 26 October, with a 5 October soft deadline to influence the rulemaking hearing. Directly relevant to the still-open Aegis Guard 'go global' item — this is the first concrete rule text to build a Colorado jurisdiction module against, materially different in shape from the EU/UK/Nigeria/Singapore/Egypt rules already live (disclosure-and-rights, not risk-tiered obligations).
Source: Consumer Finance Monitor (Ballard Spahr) / Colorado Department of Law
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Begin in writing →This briefing is general information, not legal advice, and does not create an advisor–client relationship. Summaries are original; follow source links for the full record. Adesanya AI Advisory — Abdulwahab B. Adesanya, Barrister-at-Law (Nigeria).