Privacy Policy
Last updated: August 18, 2026
Naija Daily News respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us.
This Privacy Policy explains how Naija Daily News collects, uses, stores, and protects personal information when you visit naijadaily. news, interact with our content, subscribe to our newsletter, contact us, or otherwise use our services.
By using our website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.
1. Who We Are
Naija Daily News is a Nigerian digital news publication covering the people, events, ideas, and developments shaping Nigeria and its place in the wider world.
For privacy-related enquiries, you can contact our editorial team at:
Email: editor@naijadaily.news
2. Information We Collect
The information we collect depends on how you interact with our website.
Information you provide directly
You may provide personal information when you:
Subscribe to our newsletter.
Submit an enquiry, story tip, correction, or other message through our contact forms.
Contact us by email.
Participate in promotions, surveys, or other activities we may offer.
Otherwise,e communicate directly with Naija Daily News.
Depending on the interaction, this information may include your name, email address, telephone number, organisation, and the contents of your message.
Please avoid submitting sensitive personal information unless it is necessary for your enquiry.
Information collected automatically
When you visit our website, certain technical information may be collected automatically. This may include your IP address, browser type, device information, operating system, pages visited, referring pages, approximate location, date and time of access, and information about how you interact with the website.
This information may be used for website security, performance monitoring, analytics, troubleshooting, and improving our services.
3. How We Use Your Information
We may use personal information we collect to:
Provide, operate, and maintain the Naija Daily News website.
Respond to enquiries, feedback, story tips, corrections, and other communications.
Deliver newsletters and other email communications you have requested.
Understand how visitors use our website and improve its content and functionality.
Maintain website security and detect or prevent fraud, abuse, spam, and other harmful activity.
Meet legal, regulatory, or other legitimate obligations.
Protect our rights, users, journalists, contributors, and the integrity of our services.
We will only use personal information for purposes that are lawful and appropriate to the nature of our relationship with you.
4. Newsletter and Email Communications
When you subscribe to the Naija Daily News newsletter, we collect the information required to deliver the newsletter to you, which will generally include your email address and may include your name where provided.
We use this information to send the newsletter and other communications for which you have subscribed.
You can unsubscribe from marketing or newsletter communications at any time by using the unsubscribe option included in the relevant email or by contacting us.
Unsubscribing from a newsletter does not necessarily remove information that we are required or permitted to retain for other legitimate purposes.
5. Contact Forms and Enquiries
When you submit information through a contact form, we use the information you provide to respond to your enquiry and carry out the purpose for which you contacted us.
Depending on the nature of the enquiry, information submitted to us may be accessed by members of the Naija Daily News team or relevant service providers acting on our behalf.
Please do not use general contact forms to submit confidential information that you are not comfortable sharing electronically.
6. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Naija Daily News may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the website, remember preferences, understand website usage, improve performance, and support security.
Some cookies may be necessary for the website to function properly, while others may be used for analytics, preferences, or other optional purposes.
Where required, you may be given choices regarding non-essential cookies through the website’s cookie settings.
You can also manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of parts of the website.
7. Analytics
We may use analytics and measurement technologies to understand how visitors interact with our website, including information about page views, traffic sources, device types, and general usage patterns.
Analytics information helps us understand what content is useful to readers, identify technical problems, improve the website, and make informed editorial and product decisions.
Where third-party analytics services are used, those providers may process information in accordance with their own privacy policies.
8. Advertising
Naija Daily News may display advertising or work with advertising partners to support the operation of the publication.
Advertising services may use cookies, pixels, device information, or similar technologies to deliver, measure, or personalise advertising, where permitted by law.
Third-party advertising providers may independently process information according to their own privacy policies and terms.
Where required, the website may provide controls that allow you to manage certain advertising or tracking preferences.
9. Embedded Content and Third-Party Services
Articles and other pages on Naija Daily News may include content or functionality provided by third parties, such as videos, images, social media posts, maps, forms, or other embedded features.
Embedded content may behave in the same way as if you had visited the third-party website directly. These third parties may collect information about you, use cookies or similar technologies, and monitor your interaction with their content according to their own privacy policies.
We do not control the privacy practices of third-party websites or services and encourage you to review their policies before interacting with them.
10. How We Share Information
Naija Daily News does not sell your personal information simply because you visit our website or communicate with us.
We may share personal information where reasonably necessary with:
Service providers that help us operate the website, communications, security, analytics, hosting, forms, or other services.
Relevant members of our team where access is necessary to carry out their responsibilities.
Professional advisers, regulators, law enforcement authorities, courts, or other parties where disclosure is required or permitted by law.
Third parties where you have otherwise directed us to share the information or have given the appropriate permission.
Where we use third-party service providers to process personal information on our behalf, we expect them to handle that information appropriately and in accordance with applicable requirements.
11. International Data Transfers
Some of our service providers may process or store information outside Nigeria.
Where personal information is transferred outside Nigeria, we will take appropriate steps to ensure that the transfer and subsequent processing are handled in accordance with applicable data protection requirements.
12. How Long We Keep Your Information
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, to provide requested services, to maintain appropriate business and editorial records, to resolve disputes, to protect our systems, or to comply with legal or regulatory obligations.
The appropriate retention period may vary depending on the type of information and the reason it was collected.
13. Your Privacy Rights
Subject to applicable law and certain legitimate exceptions, you may have rights over your personal information, including the right to:
Know whether we process your personal information and obtain relevant information about that processing.
Request access to personal information we hold about you.
Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal information.
Request deletion or erasure of personal information in appropriate circumstances.
Object to certain types of processing.
Request restriction of processing in appropriate circumstances.
Request data portability where applicable.
Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
Exercise other rights available to you under applicable Nigerian data protection law.
The Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 recognises a range of data subject rights, including access, rectification, objection, restriction, portability, erasure, and the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority.
To exercise a privacy right, contact us using the details provided below. We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests.
14. Children’s Privacy
Naija Daily News is not intended to knowingly collect personal information from children in circumstances where doing so would be unlawful.
Where we become aware that personal information has been collected from a child in circumstances that require consent or other protections, we will take appropriate steps in accordance with applicable law.
15. Data Security
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, loss, misuse, or destruction.
No method of transmitting or storing information online is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.
16. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our website, services, technology, legal requirements, or data processing practices.
When we make changes, we will update the Last updated date at the top of this page. Where appropriate, we may provide additional notice of significant changes.
17. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, want to exercise a privacy right, or have a concern about how your personal information is handled, please contact us:
Naija Daily News
Email: editor@naijadaily.news
We will review and respond to privacy-related enquiries in accordance with applicable law