The data of many Nigerians entrusted with organisations and individuals are daily compromised. This has increased worries about the security of Nigeria’s cyber space. NAN reports.
OFTEN Nigerians are inundated with messages on their telephone sets and e-mails asking them to subscribe to goods and services.
The recipients, especially public service workers, are encouraged to apply for loans from micro-credit outfits on very liberal conditions, including not providing securities for the facilities.
Repayments for such loans, which can be obtained within 24 hours, are cheap with interests on single digit.
Others request prospective subscribers to buy household goods on credit and the repayment plan spread overtime.
Prospective subscribers are asked not to worry about the mode of repayment since the vendors can access their payroll information from their employers.
This has often been the case with Federal Government employees enrolled in the Integrated Personnel Payroll Integrated System (IPPIS).
While the promoters of the services claim they work with IPPIS, the agency under the Office of Accountant-General of the Federation, denies knowledge of the transactions. Meanwhile,…
