Carried out under the GLACY+ Project notably aimed at providing advice on legislation in line with the Budapest Convention and rule of law and human rights, including data protection standards, the Residential Drafting Retreat on Data Protection Legislation in Nigeria is being held in Calabar, Cross-River State, on 10 – 14 September 2018. The Data Protection Unit assisted by two data protection experts has the privilege, with the support of the Cybercrime Division, to take part in this workshop which will deliver the first ever, robust and modern draft privacy legislation for Nigeria. The draft is to be shortly sent to the National Assembly in order to initiate the legislative procedure. This initiative will hopefully assist Nigeria further in acceding to Council of Europe’s conventions on cybercrime and data protection and serve as possible inspiration for other countries in the region.