The 100-Naira Citizen: How Nigeria’s rushed biometric mandate left vulnerable defenseless against digital extortion by Remmy Nweke - WeekendDigits@ITREALMS

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Human toll of inverted timeline:
Far from the sleek, air-conditioned federal conference rooms of Abuja, 53-year-old market trader Comfort Alao found herself trapped in an algorithmic nightmare. It began when her mobile phone lines were abruptly deactivated under the federal government's strict, zero-compromise National Identification Number (NIN)-SIM linkage sweep. For Comfort, losing her line meant losing her livelihood; her micro-savings account, mobile banking, and contact with wholesale suppliers vanished overnight.

Desperate to restore her economic lifeline, she spent two days navigating a chaotic, crowded third-party front-end enrollment center in Lagos. There, she surrendered her fingerprints, high-resolution facial biometrics, and home address to an unvetted private contractor using an unencrypted Android device.

Dangote @TIME100 dinner, pledges more investments to uplift vulnerable populations - ITREALMS

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Africa's foremost humanist and Chairman of Aliko Dangote Foundation, Aliko Dangote, has pledged to invest greater funds in the upliftment of vulnerable populations across Nigeria and Africa, as part of his philanthropic efforts to give back to the society.

Dangote spoke on the sideline of the TIME100 Impact Dinner held at ASPIRE at the One World Observatory in New York City, USA. The renowned entrepreneur was named among the top 100 philanthropists listed in an inaugural list released by the TIME Magazine on 22 May, alongside other global personalities such as Michael Bloomberg, football icon David Beckham, NBA star Stephen Curry, Melinda Gates and Oprah Winfrey.

Sexual Assault: EU-IIDEA, FG call for law enforcement, protection of vulnerable citizens - ITREALMS

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Participants made of the Federal Government (FG) agency, the European Union, International IDEA, and other stakeholders have emphasized the need for the enforcement of laws and policies addressing sexual offenses and gender-based violence, reports ITREALMS. 

They also stressed the importance of protecting vulnerable Nigerians.