Nigeria, July 23 -- The Wireless Application Service Providers Association of Nigeria (WASPAN) has appealed a Federal High Court judgement upholding the authority of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) to regulate digital lending in Nigeria.

In a notice of appeal dated 21 July, a day after the Federal High Court in Lagos delivered the judgement, WASPAN asked the Court of Appeal in Lagos to set aside the judgement delivered by the lower court judge Ambrose Allagoa on Monday, which dismissed the association's suit challenging the FCCPC's Digital, Electronic, Online or Non-Traditional Consumer Lending (DEON) Regulations, 2025.

The appeal was filed by WASPAN's legal team led by Kemi Pinheiro, a Senior Advocate...