By Adedayo Akinwale
Abuja — A United Kingdom-based information technology expert, Mr. Davies Bamigboye, has raised the alarm over the ease at which data belonging to Nigerians are sold and harvested illegally.
The expert who stated this while speaking with journalists in Abuja, also blamed the failure of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), in enforcing the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR) since January 2019, for the brewing security crisis.
Bamigboye, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Conceptsworld Academy, UK, explained that lack of data protection laws in Nigeria had exposed Nigerians to grave risk.
While he hailed NITDA for taking a bold step in constituting the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR) in January 2019, he, however, expressed dissatisfaction about the agency's inability to do enough to publicise the law and communicate deadlines to all organisations across the nation.
Bamigboye stated: "Public and private institutions will continue to process Nigerian citizens data through third parties especially where due diligence has not been undertaken, contractual clauses are not favourable to Nigerians, data loss prevention methods have not been verified, or where such information is transferred outside of Nigeria.
"Children's data (e.g pictures) for example, will continue to be used to support advertisements that aim to seek aids from foreign countries by NGOs.
"There is no reason to believe that such NGOs seek approval from Nigerian regulators before using these pictures.
"Even, if they (the NGO) had wanted to seek permission, there was no designated body in Nigeria which could serve as the Information Commissioner Office (ICO) that such requests should be directed to."
According to him, "The current monitoring of Nigerians by other Nations and large organisations will continue to go unchecked.
"For example, multinationals possessing location data of Nigerians gleaned from smartphones, laptops, iPad, smartwatches, smart TVs and other intelligent devices will continue to exploit this information for their own advantage to profile our citizens.
"The level of access that these organisations have means that the privacy rights of Nigerians are at risk. It means that information in the hands of private companies can be used to identify where an individual Nigerian is, where they have been, who they have been in contact with, and who was situated around them.
"This has a major impact on the privacy and security of Nigerians," he said.
He alleged that the risk of selling of Nigerian citizens' data for nefarious activities would continue, especially as it pertains to children for sex-trafficking among others, adding that it will decimate the future of our country, if unabated.
He further said by not enforcing the NDPR means that legitimate organisations and criminal gangs can continue to target Nigeria with the sole purpose of trawling up information that could be used in a criminal or discriminatory manner.
"Without clear breach notification and process of seeking redress, when a breach occurs or indeed a crime is initiated, the lack of effective NDPR coupled with a judiciary with limited cyber awareness capabilities makes it hard to prosecute alleged offenders.
"The need to be able to prosecute and fine foreign companies for me sit on the top list of what needs to be addressed as soon as possible. If you compare Nigeria to other countries with effective data protection regulation, foreign companies are careful to exploit the privacy of their citizens," he added.
He further expressed concern that if NITDA does not proactively push the initiative, it would further erode business confidence in Nigeria and international organisations would perceive the nation as formulating a policy with the intent of "looking" the part but not serious about carrying out its mandate.
Bamigboye, stressed that the Buhari's administration could pride itself in the history of Nigeria as being the administration that facilitated this trillion-dollar industry.
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[My thought exactly.....
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Forget this sentimental bullshit abeg and face reality. Glo is an incompetent and pathetic network, full stop.

I hate this oft repeated nonsense about per second billing. It makes you lot sound like a broken record. It was simply a business decision (market entry strategy) to acquire market share. Anyone else would have done the same thing; there's nothing special there to be perpetually grateful for. And even if they didn't, per second billing would have eventually been introduced. It's called evolution!

For donkey years, Glo has done nothing to improve its data services and network quality, which is still the worst in the country. If this is not attributable to the incompetence of its owners/administrators and to the typical 'Nigerian factor', then what should be blamed? [/quote]

Even though Glo offer's cheaper data services...the network is the poorest amongst the other networks. I'll prefer a foreign network provider to take over Etisalat Nigeria if their parent company is unable to bail it.
Glo network provider should set it's house in order and make Nigerian proud of our own.

How did the months get their names?

As the new year starts you might have recently bought a new diary or calendar and thought ‘Where do these words come from?’ – at least that’s what I did. There is also, of course, also the chance that you have been merrily scheduling in gym appointments and book clubs and all sorts of other details relating to New Year’s resolutions (have you kept yours so far?) but we’ll take the opportunity to add a resolution to your list: learn where we got the names for all the months of the year. Spoilers: it’s a mixture of gods, rulers, and numbers.

January

January is named after the Roman god Janus, who presided over doors and beginnings – appropriately enough, for the beginning of the year (though this is, as you will discover, not as straightforward as it seems). Indeed, Janus was usually depicted with two faces looking backwards and forwards, as is often characteristic of a new year; this also gave rise to the term Janus word for words that have two opposite meanings.

February

February is ultimately based on Latin februarius, from februa. In case that’s not helped things become clearer, februa was the name of a purification feast held on the 15th of this month. February is a divisive issue in modern pronunciation, with both Feb-yoo-ary and Feb-roo-ary being commonly heard.

March

Which god gets a planet and a month named after him? You’ve guessed it: Mars. Why him? As the Oxford English Dictionary notes, ‘In ancient Rome several festivals of Mars took place in March, presumably in preparation for the campaigning season, since Mars was a god of war.’

April

We know that the English word April comes from the Latin Aprillis, the fourth month of the ancient Roman calendar, but things are less clear after that. In Old English, April was also sometimes called Eastermonab, ‘Easter month’.

May

The month is connected with the goddess Maia. Perhaps less well known now than the other deities with months named after them, Maia (in Greek mythology) was daughter of Atlas and mother of Hermes. She was considered a nurturer and an earth goddess, which may explain the connection with this springtime month. Although may is a common modal verb, the month and the word are unrelated.

June

Having conceded one month to a Greek deity, we’re now back with the Romans: June is named after the ancient Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter and goddess of marriage and childbirth. June was also once sometimes known as midsummer month.

July

The first month in the calendar named after a real person, July was named in honour of Julius Caesar after his death in 44 BC, July being the month of his birth. Before it was renamed, the month was known as Quintilis (borrowed into English as Quintile), which means ‘fifth’. If you’ve been counting, you’ll know that July isn’t the fifth month: we’ll come on to that when we reach September and October.

August

Following suit, in 8 BC, the month Sextilis (‘sixth’) was renamed after Augustus, the first Roman emperor, who had died six years earlier. Augustus himself was given this title when he became emperor, having previously been known as Octavian. It came from the Latin augustus meaning ‘consecrated, venerable’ which gave rise to the English adjective august, ‘respected and impressive’.

September

September follows on from Quinitlis and Sextilis, in that it comes from the Latin septem, ‘seven’. As with those (and the rest of the calendar), the numbering is a bit off now: September was originally the seventh month in an ancient Roman ten-month calendar, which started with March.

October

More of the same: octo is the Latin for ‘eight’, for that ten month calendar. Two months were added to the end of the calendar year around 713 BC, and the beginning of the year was moved to 1 January in 153 BC.

November

The pattern continues: November comes from novem, ‘nine’. November is also, we’re afraid, used ‘with allusion to November’s position at the end of the year, and to the characteristic greyness, gloominess, etc., associated with it in the northern hemisphere’. The earliest known example of this allusive use comes from Jane Austen’s posthumously published novel Persuasion.

December

And we finish off the year with December, from decem, ‘ten’. The month also comes with a brace of adjectives: Decemberish and Decemberly, the latter of which can also be used as an adverb. And there you have it: a whole calendar year of etymologies to see you through the whole of 2016.

It takes a lot of money (in dollar denominations) to win a election in Nigeria. The fact that APC could match the Federal might of President Jonathan to it logical conclusion paints a clearer picture. Amaechi is the new and reliable Mr Fix it. The APC needs the petrol dollar of the South South and Rivers and Akwa Ibom State are their goldmine. We are watching with keen interest.

anonimi:



Something a QUACK fake doctor will not and cannot understand

I wonder if you are truly a Nigerian. A lot of us on this medium lack basic principles and cannot decipher between rhetoric and germane and important issues that require proper understanding and comprehension. Those who benefit directly from the current dispensation are very mindful of what they ssy because they know that people are watching and will respond at the appropriate time. Those of you who cannot even partake in the crump from our inept government, will open their senseless, thoughtless brain faculty and write rubbish.

donTbone:


Metuh said that the PDP had watch with keen interest some disturbing developments in recent times, particularly, disagreement between the National Assembly and the Federal Executive on controversies surrounding the handling of TSA.

Being Old doesn't mean you shall be wise. PDP, Keep looking and let APC keep gaining grounds.
That's what Jona kuku did last!

What goes around..comes around!

"But he fouled our air so much we are still choking." And yet you give GEJ credit for the wonderful innovation of giving out scholarship to our best and brilliant mind. Even in disguise you give credit and still call GEJ clueless. May God Almighty forgive you and your pay master.