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FG raises alarm over fraudulent messages on payment of N80,000 to beneficiaries
The Federal Government has raised an alarm over fraudulent messages being circulated over the purported payment of N80, 000 to beneficiaries of the Survival Fund Scheme.
In its warning to the general public, the government maintained that the amount given to beneficiaries remains N30,000 and N50,000 for Payroll Support; N30,000 for Artisans and Transport Grants; N50,000 for the General MSMEs Grant; and N100,000 per MSME for the guaranteed off-take stimulus scheme.
This disclosure is contained in a statement issued by the Project Delivery Office of the scheme, on Saturday in Abuja, in which it said that the news of such payment was the handiwork of fraudsters seeking to scam unsuspecting members of the public.
The PDO in the statement emphasized that the Steering Committee of the MSMEs Survival Fund and the Guaranteed Off Take Stimulus Scheme headed by the Hon Minister of State, Industry, Trade and Investment, Amb. Maryam Katagum, was unaware of the fraudulent collation of account details.
The statement further pointed out that the steering committee had established lines of communication with the general public and beneficiaries, including prospective ones, and will deploy same in providing updates to all stakeholders.
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged a Federal High Court in Lagos to restrain security agencies from accessing people’s personal details via NIN-SIM linkage without due process of law.
The civic society organization, in the suit which is yet to be assigned to a judge, is asking the court to determine “whether the approval for security agencies to access people’s personal details via the National Identification Number [NIN] without due process is consistent with the principles of legality, necessity, and proportionality.
The organization is also praying the court for an order setting aside President Buhari’s approval for security agencies to access people’s details via NIN-SIM linkage without due process of law, as this amounts to violations of private and digital communication rights, right to family life, human dignity and personal liberty.”
It is further urging the court for an order of perpetual injunction restraining the Federal Government or any other authority, persons or group of persons from unlawfully accessing people’s personal details via NIN-SIM linkage without due process of the law.
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Nigeria, Japan Launch I-Hatch Startup Incubation Programme to Develop Scalable Business Models
The Nigerian and Japanese governments have announced the launch of an idea hatch (i-hatch) startup incubator programme for bootcamps to develop scalable business models in Nigeria.
This was disclosed in a statement by the National Center for AI and robotics in Nigeria (NCAIR) alongside the Japanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Matsunaga Kazuyoshi with other dignitaries from the Japan International cooperation agency.
The programme is expected to focus on ICT innovations and entrepreneurship.
The organization said the Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency, Kashifu Inuwa, hosted kazuyoshi alongside fellow dignitaries from the Japan International Cooperation Agency during the opening ceremony of Idea hatch (ihatch) startup incubation programme cohort one-2022.
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MTN Communications Nigeria Plc and Mafab Communications Limited, have made full payment of 273.6 million dollars each for the 5G Spectrum license to the Nigerian Communications Commission.
The Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Umar Danbatta, confirmed the payment Thursday.
MTN Nigeria, Mafab Communications Ltd and Airtel Networks Ltd submitted bids with an initial bid deposit of 19.74 million dollars, representing 10 per cent of the reserve price by the close of the bid submission date of November 29, 2021.
The Commission said following the successful auction on December 13, 2021 and the emergence of MTN and Mafab as winners, they were required to pay the balance of the bid amount of $253.86 million on or before February 24, 2022.
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