Nigeria, April 19 -- This decision came after a recent accident involving a popular electric car model made by Xiaomi.

The car crashed and caught fire after the driver switched off the driving assistance system.

This raised a lot of safety concerns among the public.

The government met with about 60 car companies and told them about the new rules.

The meeting was held by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Officials told car makers that they must now test driving assistance features properly before releasing them through software updates.

Any update must be approved first, especially for cars that have already been sold to customers.

In February, new rules were introduced for smart car technology, including how featu...