Copyright & DMCA Policy

The Office for Strategic Preparedness and Resilience (“OSPRE”) respects the intellectual-property rights of others and expects users of osprenigeria.gov.ng to do the same. We respond to clear notices of alleged copyright infringement in accordance with the Nigerian Copyright Act 2022 and, for internationally-accessed content, consistent with DMCA-style notice-and-takedown practice.

This policy covers content published by OSPRE, materials in our resource library, and user-submitted content. Some of our analysis incorporates third-party data used under licence (for example ACLED, UCDP, the GDELT Project, DB-IP and Open-Meteo); that data remains subject to its providers' terms and is attributed accordingly.

If you are a rights-holder (or authorised to act for one) and believe content on the platform infringes your copyright, please send a written notice to our designated contact (section 4) that includes all of the following:

• Identification of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed (or a representative list, if multiple works);
• Identification of the material you claim is infringing, with enough detail and a URL for us to locate it;
• Your full name, postal address, telephone number and email address;
• A statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorised by the rights-holder, its agent, or the law;
• A statement that the information in your notice is accurate and, under penalty of applicable law, that you are the rights-holder or authorised to act on their behalf;
• Your physical or electronic signature.

If your material was removed and you believe this was a mistake or misidentification, you may submit a counter-notice to the same contact, including:

• Identification of the material that was removed and the location where it appeared before removal;
• A statement, under penalty of applicable law, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification;
• Your name, address, telephone number and email, and your consent to the jurisdiction of the courts of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja;
• Your physical or electronic signature.

Where appropriate, we may restore the material after review, subject to the rights-holder's response.

We may, in appropriate circumstances and at our discretion, restrict or terminate the access of users who are found to infringe the intellectual-property rights of others repeatedly.

Where our content relies on third-party or open datasets, we use them under their respective licences and provide attribution. If you are a data provider with a concern about how your data is used or attributed, contact our copyright contact and we will address it promptly.

Submitting a knowingly false or bad-faith notice or counter-notice may expose you to liability. Please ensure your submission is accurate and made in good faith.

We may update this policy from time to time; the “Last updated” date above reflects the current version. For any question about this policy, contact copyright@osprenigeria.gov.ng.