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In fulfillment of its true Nigerian identity, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has successfully migrated its result viewing portal (IReV) to www.inecelectionresults.ng, reports ITREALMS.

The INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV) before now has been on www.inecelectionresults.com, which industry observers lamented in recent times especially due to its implications to the data on the portal.

NiRA calls for .ng awards nomination

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Industry-led stakeholder organization, the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA) has open calls for the .ng awards nomination, reports ITRealms.

NiRA, ITRealms gathered, seeks with this call to recognize and acknowledge those who are contributing to the growth of the .ng domain name registration and promotion of the Domain Name System (DNS) industry.

A press statement made available to ITRealms, NIRA also said it’s using the .ng Awards to celebrate the achievements and innovation of Nigerian Internet initiatives.

The 2018 .ng awards, NIRA official informed ITRealms, serve to promote and commend the excellent achievements of members, stakeholders and the general public, who contribute towards building a sustainable economy using technology, uplift the image of .ng locally and internationally and stimulating the development of local content on the Internet space.

“NiRA is pleased to inform the general public that the 2018 .ng Awards is scheduled to hold at 6:00pm on Friday, 27th April, 2018 in Lagos. The 2018 .ng Awards is the third edition of the .ng Awards and as usual will be based on merit,” part of the statement read.

While the nomination for the .ng awards by the general public will commence on Friday, 16th March, 2018 and close at midnight on Friday 30th March, 2018.

Members of the public who wish to participate in nominating any organization or individual are to note the nomination criteria.

Voting for the shortlisted nominees, ITRealms further gathered, would commence on Friday, 6th April, 2018 and end by midnight on Saturday, 21st April, 2018.

NIRA, therefore, encouraged active participation of all in nominating and voting for your preferred organizations and business in the different award categories.

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No privacy breach in Voters.NG says Ogunseitan

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The operators of www.Voters.NG, an online voters registration assisted portal facilitating civic voters education and enlightenment project, has denied any breach of privacy in its activities, reports ITRealms.

This is coming as a not-for profit, Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN) had petitioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) alleging breach of privacy on the strength of alleged unauthorised release of citizens data to third party. The petition was based on Freedom of Information (FOI) request dated 19th of September, 2016.

Responding to ITRealms inquiries, Mr. Oluwaseun Ogunseitan who is the Chief Technical Officer, First Digital Media Group, owners of Voters.NG, told correspondent exclusively that the data they have on Voters.NG are exactly the data the Independent National Electoral Commission (NEC) published at 120,000 polling centres across the country, therefore not exclusive.

He noted that some Nigerians have also called them to complain about compromising of their privacy, but he insisted that Voters.NG has responded appropriately.

“There is no personal data on the online Voters Register, that is not publicly available elsewhere offline or online,” he said.

Ogunseitan pointed out that basic allegation thrown at his team before now was on publication of date of birth, declaring “is not true.”

He explained that what INEC has on the public voters register, is the year of birth and not the date of birth.

“Our Voters website is for now passworded and we have a log of hundreds of access requests,” he said, stressing Voters.NG was not off for public access due to any petition but for stress-testing of the platform.

He was quick to add that what Voters.NG tends to achieve is to use the online voters project to ensure that Nigerians leave the world better than they met it leveraging on technologies.

Nenye Egbune/GEE

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Pix: INEC chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu