Afrigather By Modupe Gbadeyanka
A well-liked website hosting platform, NameCheap, has suspended a Nigerian web site, XpressVerify, which was accused of commercialising knowledge of Nigerians<<
FIJ Nigeria had on Sunday reported that the web site had “unrestricted entry to the Nationwide Identification Numbers (NINs) and private particulars of each registered Nigerian.”
The corporate expenses N200 to retrieve private particulars of any Nigerian registered by the Nationwide Identification Administration Fee (NIMC) for NIN.
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Private particulars of Nigerians like telephone numbers, full names, NIN, deal with and images might be accessed after the fee of N200.
After outcry following the report of the alleged knowledge breach, NameCheap confirmed that it has taken down the area.
“The area has been suspended. Thanks for reporting the difficulty,” it mentioned.
A examine by Enterprise Put up ascertained this, as on the time of submitting this report, the web site was not accessible.
The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economic system, Mr Bosun Tijani, who was requested to look into the matter, mentioned NIMC was now not his ministry.
“NIMC is now not below @FMCIDENigeria however our @ndpcnger will work with colleagues at @nimc_ng to research this instantly. Thanks for sharing,” Mr Tijanu mentioned.
Within the peak of COVID-19 disaster and lockdown in 2020, Mr Tijani’s predecessor, Mr Ali Pantami, compelled Nigerians to register for NIN, saying it was essential to sort out insecurity within the nation.
He gave deadline to disconnect telephone traces not linked with NIN, inflicting determined Nigerians to interrupt the COVID-19 social distancing rule, which required about one to 2 meters between two individuals.
In the meantime, NIMC, in an announcement on Sunday by its Head of Company Communications, Mr Kayode Adegoke, assured Nigerians of the protection of their knowledge, dissociating itself from XpressVerify.
“The fee needs to state that it gives NIN verification and different companies by means of licensed companions. Nonetheless, XpressVerify is just not one of many fee’s licensed companions.”
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“We categorical our gratitude to our media companions and the whistleblowers for bringing this to our consideration and want to guarantee Nigerians and authorized residents that there isn’t any knowledge breach of any type and the Residents’ knowledge is protected and safe in Nigeria’s Nationwide id database.
“The Director Basic and Chief Government Officer of NIMC, Engr. Abisoye Coker-Odusote has promptly ordered a complete investigation into the matter to seek out out if any of the Fee’s Tokenisation verification brokers has in any method breached the licensing settlement both immediately or by means of any of their sub-licensees,” the assertion mentioned<<
