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Published 25 May 2021
Published 25 May 2021
Experts have kicked against the Nigerian Communications Commission’s plan to a Device Management System which will serve as a repository for all registered mobile phones’ International Mobile Equipment Identity and owners of the devices.
Some experts interviewed by our correspondents said the DMS would give too much power to a government that has shown a propensity to abuse such powers.
Senior Programme Manager, Paradigm Initiative, Adeboye Adegoke, said, “Citizens should be worried about this. It is a very dangerous trajectory. There is no strong provision or framework or legal guaranty where people can seek remedy for breaches or violation of their privacy rights.
ANALYSIS: As Nigeria advances quest for national database, concerns remain
Nigeria established the National Identity Database (NIDB) in 2007 to integrate all identity documents into the National Identification Number (NIN)
When Kano Pillars shared pictures of their new player, homeboy Ahmed Musa, 28, at the training ground
flanked by 25-year-old defender Abdullahi Musa, many accused the latter of being older than he claims.
Ahmed Musa and Abdullahi Musa
They arguably had fair reasons to doubt as accusations like this
are not new. In fact, age falsification in football is so commonplace in Nigeria that it has earned its own moniker: “football age.”
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Published 23 May 2021
Nigerians have in their numbers voiced opposition against the Nigerian Communications Commission’s plan to obtain the International Mobile Equipment Identity numbers of their phones.
While some expressed their concerns on The PUNCH news portal, others made channelled their grievances on Twitter.
On punchng.com, WeeFree said, “Everywhere in the sensible world your phone IMEI is private, known only to you the owner of the phone and your network provider.
“The government does not have to know it unless you submit it to the police when a crime is committed or when the police/EFCC/NDLEA/DSS ask your network provided to help track it using the pairing of your IMEI with your phone line, but only when a crime is committed.
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