The Federal Government said investigation has commenced into the alleged breach of data of Nigerians domiciled at the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC).
Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy of Nigeria, Bosun Tijani disclosed this in a statement via his X (formerly Twitter) handle on Wednesday.
The minister said the NIMC and National Data Protection Commission (NDPC) have commenced a probe into the matter.
Recall that Paradigm Initiative, a pan-African social enterprise, had yesterday raised an alarm over an alleged sale of National Identification Numbers (NINs), Bank Verification Numbers (BVNs), and other personal data of Nigerians on a website for as low as N100.
The organisation claimed that a popular website was found to be involved in the commercial distribution of personal and private data of Nigerians.
