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14 — Vanguard, WEDNESDAY JUNE 2, 2021 2021 BIENNIAL CONVENTION OF NIGERIAN GUILD OF EDITORS, NGE, IN KANO, YESTERDAY Photos: Olu Ajayi From left, President, Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, Mr. Mustapha Isa; Governor Abdulahi Ganduje of Kano State, and former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Segun Osoba, at the commissioning of Yahaya Gussau Industrial Area road, Kano during the facility tour by members of the NGE. Dupe Gbadebo (left) swearing-in the elected officials. Mr. Chidi Nnadi, Sunday Editor, The Sun Newspapers (right); Mr. Eze Anaba, Editor, Vanguard Newspapers (2nd right); Mr. Emma Onoha, GM, The Sun Newspapers (2nd left) and other elected officials of NGE taking the oath of office during Day 2 of the Biennial Convention of the NGE, in Kano. From left, Chairman, Electoral Committee, NGE, Mr. Bonny Iwuha; President, NGE, Mustapha Isa; and GM/Editor-in-Chief, Vanguard Newspapers, Mr. Gbenga Adefaye, at the event. :Vanguard News :@vanguardnews Why I moved to APC with Ayade —Ita-Giwa By Dapo Akinrefon FORMER PRESIDENTIAL Adviser on National Assembly Matters and the leader of Bakassi people, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, yesterday, explained why she moved to the All Progressives Congress, APC, with Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State, recently. Responding to an online publication, which had queried her defection to the party and accepting the Ambassadorial position given her by the governor, Ita-Giwa in a statement, said: "At 75 years of age, nothing will please me more than to relax and enjoy my celebrity status, attend events in eye-popping outfits and so on, but when a very driven digital governor like Ben Ayade comes along with such verve and a vision that will lift my people and state out of perennial poverty, I am left with no option than to support him. "Cross River State has had to bear the brunt of many economic setbacks, the loss of our oil fields, then more poignantly to me personally was the ceding of Bakassi to Cameroon. "In my position as a leader, it is incumbent on me to do all in my power to ameliorate the hardship my people are going through. In doing this, I don't mind being occasionally misunderstood by people who do not feel the pinch. "What you described as mimicry is what I know to be the solution to my state's perennial struggle with poverty and underdevelopment. Industrialisation holds the key to unlocking the vast potentials of my people and state. "I, therefore, will not hesitate to do all that I can to promote it, which is why I accepted to be the Cross River State Ambassador For Industrial Projects, even at the risk of being mocked by less discerning pundits. "By the special grace of God, over the years, I have amassed tons of goodwill both nationally and internationally and I believe now it is time to put it to good use on behalf of my state. I fully intend to give this assignment my best, as I see it as the only path to the economic liberation of my people." Ebonyi massacre: This wickedness can bring curse upon Nigeria —Umahi By Peter Okutu ADavid BAKALIKI—GOVERNOR Umahi of Ebonyi State, yesterday, stated that the kind of heartless killings perpetuated by herders in the boundary area between Ebonyi/Benue States could bring a curse upon a nation. Many Ebonyi indigenes living around the boundary area of Benue and Ebonyi were gruesomely murdered by herdsmen last Sunday. He described the recent killing as a wicked and satanic act. He spoke when he visited victims of the attack at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, AEFUTHA. More than 30 persons have been killed in the attacks which occurred on Saturday although locals said the death toll had risen Ṫhe governor said he could not understand the raping of little children by the killer herdsmen. "What I saw this afternoon is nothing but an act of wickedness and satanism. I do not know for any reason why people should THE DELTA State Govern ment and stakeholders in Warri have repudiated claims by the former Chairman of the Executive Committee of OML 150 Consultative Forum, Mr Charles Omadeli, that his tenure subsists. It was gathered that Omadeli, whose tenure expired on December 21, 2020, has been parading himself as the chairman. A letter dated April 21, 2021, by Mr A. Avwenaghagha, Director, Local Content Promotion, Delta State Ministry of Oil and Gas, said Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, had approved the recon- be raping two-year-old little children, putting knives on 1-yearold little children, killing mothers, killing fathers, for what reason!", he said. The governor also condemned the deputy governor of Benue State, Benson Abounu for allegedly saying that Benue State government was yet to ascertain the identity of the victims. Vanguard gathered that though the communities attacked were geographically located in Benue, they are mostly Izzi(a dialect and clan in Ebonyi) speaking people. Umahi advised the deputy governor to stop playing politics with such a delicate matter involving human lives. "But what worries me so much is that the Deputy Governor of Benue state came on air to say that they don’t know whether these people are from Benue State or they are from Ebonyi State. That is the height of irresponsibility. "We know that we have boundary problems with Benue State but we have a buffer zone and this place is not within the buffer zone. These people are residents of Benue State, paying their taxes in Benue State, having facilities, everything in Benue State. "Yes, they are Ebonyi indigenes. We have indigenes of South-East in Edo State, in Rivers, in Akwa-Ibom, in so many other locations in this country even beyond the shores of this country. "But that doesn’t mean that security-wise we are responsible for them. These people even if they were not from Ebonyi State and this attack occurred, will still have to come to Ebonyi State. We would still have sheltered them and given them proper medical treatment. Everything should not be reduced to blame games". Umahi also urged the people of Benue to form their vigilante to secure themselves and stop blaming President Muhammadu Buhari. Hé vowed to assist the communities in Benue with a large concentration of Ebonyi indigenous people to set up their security outfit similar to Ebube Ag? security outfit to enable them protect themselves Delta govt, stakeholders okay Agbeyi-led exco of OML 150 Consultative Forum stitution and inauguration of a new executive of the OML 150 Communities Consultative Forum led by Monday Agbeyi. Sources said the state government had acted upon the receipt of a letter from the Warri Palace which had noted the expiration of the tenure of the Omadeli-led exco and had inaugurated a new exco led by Agbeyi at the Palace on January 8, 2021. A letter from the Office of the Director of Palace Administration, Olu of Warri Palace, dated January 12, 2021, by Chief Clement Malegbemi, to the state government and Conoil Producing Limited, reaffirmed that the tenure of Omadeli-led exco had expired and that the Agbeyi-led Exco had been inaugurated in its stead for a four-year tenure. On the alleged scheming by the past exco to perpetuate itself in office, Agbeyi, the new Chairman of the Forum, said: "I don't know why Omadeli and his cronies are still parading themselves as being in charge. They are playing God. If he has any letter from the Palace or the state government recognising his expired exco, let him present it to the public." Road blockade: Okechukwu commends Omo-Agege's maturity, warns restive youths By Adesina Wahab SECRETARY, BOARD of Trust ees, Ndokwa Neku Union, NNU, Chief Henry Okechukwu, has commended the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, for the mature way he handled last Saturday's incident, where some unruly youths blocked the road when his entourage was going to Okpai to inspect a power project being built in the town. Okechukwu in a statement, yesterday, warned youths in the area against being used by selfish people to foment trouble or put the community in crisis. He said, "As the Secretary to the Board of Trustees NNU, l thought it wise to go to Okpai last Saturday when Senator Omo-Agege and a high powered delegation of the Federal Ministry of Power, were going to inspect the ongoing work on the project of stepping down power from the AGIP-IPP for our people. "What happened at Okpai junction that Saturday, when some youths blocked the road, was sad, unfortunate and against the constructive approach for which we in Ndokwa are known for. The youths who were used and their sponsors were, however, disappointed as Senator Omo-Agege disarmed all by a show of rare leadership and humility. "He showed humility and appealed to them to allow him to enter into Okpai for the official inspection of the power project by the Federal Government for the benefit of their community and the entire Ndokwa Nation. "I repeat that our youths are not unruly. Their respect for elders is unprecedented. The purposeful and non-violent struggle for Power Step Down by youth leaders in 2005, under the aegis of Ndokwa Youth Congress, Ndokwa Youth Vanguard, Pages Group amongst others with the elders in the Ndokwa Leaders of Thought led by the late Prof BIC Ijomah, and other patriots led the struggle against AGIP's oppression until its eventual approval in 2015, by the President Muhammadu Buhari's APC administration.‘‘
C M Y K MainOne expands data center offerings By Emmanuel Elebeke NIGERIA’s pioneer t e l e c o m s infrastructure company, MainOne says it is set to expand its data center footprint across west African region. The company also said it would double storage capacity through its MDXi data center subsidiary over the next two years. The company’s Country Manager for Ghana, Emmanuel Kwarteng, who disclosed this said MainOne will equally increase the capacity of data centers from around 700 racks to 900 racks next year, with an additional 300 racks by 2023 if demand is sustained. He said: “MainOne is building a 130-rack facility in Lagos due for completion later this year, and plans to add a 50-rack center in Cote d’Ivoire in 2022, as well as expand its 104-rack Ghana facility to 400 racks by 2023. “The company is also looking to extend services to Vanguard, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 2021 —15 more countries including Liberia over the next three years. “We see the data center market growing a lot in Ghana and Nigeria, with demand from financial institutions, manufacturers, oil and gas companies and enterprises,” he added. Demand in Ghana is reportedly being driven by institutions seeking to comply with government requirements to store their data locally, as well as in primary and back-up facilities. MaineOne was the first company to launch fibre optics cable in Nigeria in 2010, provides network and connectivity services across West Africa and provides colocation through its MXDi brand. How Strict Data governance’ll grow Nigeria’s local content capacity *Journalists group, NITRA pushes for 30% local cloud hosting *NITDA challenged to give NDPR teeth By Prince Osuagwu, Hi- Tech Editor THE issue of data governance has been a global discourse since data was discovered to be the new oil to power world economy. In Nigeria, it is growing concern going by the huge population and fast growing tech ecosystem, as there is a thin line between good management and mismanagement of the boost data can give to the country’s economy. However, the issue heightened recently when social messaging platform, Whatsapp, announced a skewed upgrade to its privacy policy. The Policy states that WhatsApp will share information about the users on their platform with their parent company Facebook, as well as other Facebook companies. The information, according to Whatsapp, will include users’ phone numbers, transaction data, servicerelated information, users interaction with loved ones and business associates, mobile device information and IP addresses, among others. WhatsApp however said users can refuse to accept the revised privacy policy but warned that such users risk disconnection from its services. Immediately the announcement was made a proactive Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Ibrahim Pantami, who confirmed his awareness of the updated policy, immediately directed the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, to engage vigorously with Facebook to understand the processes, level of security of the data of Nigerian users in this new policy. NITDA, is the Regulator of Nigeria’s Information Technology sector, and protection of the data privacy of Nigerians is one of its responsibilities. Pantami stated that the federal government particularly frowned at the policy, being aware that the European region is exempted from the provisions of the updated Policy. He also revealed that the policy is currently being challenged in a number of countries. He said: “Our attention has been drawn to an updated privacy policy of messaging platform of Whatsapp in which it tends to share users data and information with its parent company Facebook and others. “We have directed the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, to engage vigorously with Facebook to understand the processes, level of security of the data of Nigerian users in order to ensure that Policies proposed for Nigeria strictly adhere to the provisions of Nigeria Data Protection Regulations, NDPR. “We are also aware that the European region is exempted from the provisions of the updated Policy which is being challenged in a number of countries. “Nigerians can be assured that the Federal Government will give utmost attention to the privacy of their data, in line with the NDPR and the National Digital Economy Policy for a Digital Nigeria” he added. NITRA’s 30 percent local cloud hosting demand But taking it beyond the directive, a vibrant journalists group, Nigerian ICT reporters Association, NITRA, escalated the issue, by organising a programme which looks at how the country will generate and domesticate data of its citizens or at best grow its local cloud hosting capacity by 30 percent. Out of the over $1.7bn world cloud market, Nigeria, with its huge population boasts of just over $100m. Even at that, well over 95 percent of that revenue resides with foreign data managers like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft’s Azure and Google Cloud Platform, among other hyperscalers. The event drew top data managers and data center operators, including Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Cloudflex, Mr. Aderemi Adejumoh, Managing Director of Rack Centre, Ayotunde Coker and Chief Executive Officer, Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria, IXPN, Mohammed Rudman among others, who painted a glowing picture of the transformation data can bring to the economy, but lamented that a badly managed one can also spell doom to the same economy. For instance, Adejumoh said the starting point to good data management policy is when government makes it a condition in the licensing process. He tasked all the federal government regulatory agencies in the country to include local hosting option in their licensing requirements. He noted that such a clause in regulatory and licensing requirements would give boost to the cloud hosting industry and metamorphose to good data management in the country. Adejumoh said that agencies like the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, National Information Technology Development Agency NITD), National Insurance Commission, NAICOM and National Pension Commission PenCOM, should have as part of their licensing agreement a commitment from the licensee that data will be hosted locally. He pointed out that with 95 percent of Nigeria’s data hosted abroad, the country’s regulators have no control over the data. He particularly charged NITDA to give the 2019 Nigerian Data Protection Regulation, NDPR some teeth to compete with its equivalents in other climes like the American Patriot act, Cloud Act and European General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR. The Federal Government, through NITDA, issued the NDPR in 2019, strictly for upholding the data privacy of Nigerians. Western Digital’s new storage SSD improves gaming experience By Juliet Umeh T ECHNOLOGY Western Digital has Company, unveiled three new SSDs for its WD BLACK product portfolio . The new products provide gamers with fast, high-performance storage solutions to upgrade their PC and next-gen console gaming experience. Executive Vice President and GM, Flash Business, Western Digital, Rob Soderbery, said: “Our new brand delivers a clear and simple promise to gamers – fast and reliable storage that enhances their game play. “With today’s new products, the WD_BLACK portfolio has diverse flash-powered solutions for every gamer, whether starting out or more advanced, to explore the rich worlds of today’s most inventive games.” Living at the intersection of technology and entertainment, the newly introduced gaming portfolio delivers innovative storage solutions customized for the gamer. The SN750 model allows gamers level up their PC or laptop gaming experience with PCIe Gen4 technology and storage space for more games. With up to 30 percent less power consumption than its predecessor, laptop gamers can expect longer playtimes between charges. For console gamers looking to minimize game load times, the the D30 Game Drive SSD features read speeds up to 900 MB/ s. Gamers can spend more time playing games and less time deleting them with expanded storage for up to 50 games with capacities up to 2TB. Designed to perfectly complement next-gen consoles, the drive has a detachable stand for placement The Regulation is the current national law on data protection in Nigeria. It applies to public and private sector processing of personal data within and outside Nigeria. The Regulation is aimed at protecting the right to privacy, creating the right environment for digital transactions, job creation and improving information management practices in Nigeria. Although it gets backing from Section 6 of the NITDA Act 2007, it was however adapted from The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation GDPR of 2016 which was implemented in 2018. GDPR is a regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy in the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area, EEA, which Nigeria is part of. It next to a system. Also, the D30 Game Drive SSD for Xbox is built to complement the Xbox console gaming experience. This officially licensed version of the Game Drive SSD offers accelerated speeds and capacity packaged in a compact Xbox-inspired design. Gamers can plug in their drive and quickly begin building their game library or making room on their console for new titles, while also being able to play legacy Xbox One favourites directly from the drive. Included with purchase is a one month membership of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate with access to 100+ games on consoles and PC, plus online console multiplayer. Industry veteran and host of The Game Awards who spoke at thr unveiling of the products, Geoff Keighley, said: “Over the past few years, the graphics and fidelity of immersive game worlds have become more intense, and flash technology has become critical to enhancing the gaming experience. Gamers not only need more storage, they need speed for quick access so they can instantly step into these rich game worlds and experience games the way they’re meant to be played.” With the introduction of the new SSD Storage drives, Western Digital continues to lead in data infrastructure, driving innovation needed to help gamers capture, preserve, access and transform the gaming experience. also addresses the transfer of personal data outside the EU and EEA areas, and frowns seriously at arbitrary privacy data breaches. Adejumoh’s argument is that with the Patroit Act, Cloud Act and GDPR, western governments have more control and authority over Nigeria’s data than the Nigerian government. However, in his keynote address at the event, Director-General of NITDA, Mallam Kashifu Inuwa, appeared to welcome the challenge. He admitted that “the role of the government is to enable the environment for private and corporate bodies to invest in local hosting services, the building of more data centres. The government will continue to provide enabling environment for data hosting firms to thrive”.
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