₦airaland Forum

sambas: The Central Bank of
Nigeria and the Bankers
Committee on Tuesday
sealed a biometric
solution pact with a
German Firm,
Dermalog, for the
development of a
payment system that
would be driven by
fingerprints.
The move, according
to the Governor, CBN,
Mr. Lamido Sanusi, will
help to revolutionise
the country’s payment
system.
For instance, unlike the
current practice where
different instruments
are used as means of
identification, bank
customers will from
2014 be identified
through their
fingerprints.
Sanusi, while speaking
at the signing of the
agreement, which was
held at the central
bank’s headquarters in
Abuja, noted that the
system would become
operational on
February 14, 2014.
The move followed the
recommendation of a
sub-committee chaired
by the Group
Managing Director,
Zenith Bank Plc, Mr.
Godwin Emefiele.
The committee, made
up of the Group
Managing Directors of
Access Bank Plc, First
Bank of Nigeria
Limited, United Bank
for Africa Plc, Union
Bank of Nigeria Plc and
Skye Bank Plc, had
shortlisted Dermalog as
the company to
develop a database for
the banking sector.
Emefiele said, “The
company that was
awarded the contract
has been given a very
ambitious deadline,
and before the contract
was awarded, it agreed
that it would deliver in
90 days.
“The first phase of the
project will connect
the central data to the
banks as well as the
central bank and the
Nigeria Interbank
Settlement System. We
believe that the
company will do so,
and by February 14,
2014, we are all very
optimistic and looking
forward for a gift from
the banking industry.
“The cost of the project
is above $50m and the
banks, in their wisdom
and in line with their
collaborative efforts,
are going to be sharing
the cost of the project,
and no customer is
going to be charged
for this project.”
Explaining the reason
for the project, Sanusi
said it would help to
provide a single
biometric database that
would serve the
purpose of
authentication as well
as address the issues of
money laundering,
fraud, credit extension
and financial inclusion.
He said, “The vision is
that this will go beyond
the banks and it is a
very tight deadline that
I have set for the
committee and the
committee has
discussed with
Dermalog; and in three
months, we can
officially say that every
single Nigerian bank is
connected to the
system; and hopefully
in the coming months,
we will expect every
customer of every
branch of every bank
in Nigeria to have
complied to this, but it
goes beyond the
banking system.
“We have about a
thousand microfinance
banks; we have
customers of pension
fund administrators; we
have customers of
insurance companies;
we have people who
deal with the stock
market, and the vision
for this is that everyone
that deals with the
financial system should
have his biometric data
captured, and this will
be used for
identification,
verification and
authentication.”
Sanusi said the project
would not have any
negative impact on the
national identity card
project, adding that the
biometric database of
the banking sector
would help to
complement the
Federal Government’s
identity management
project.
He said, “For a long
time, we have been
waiting for the national
identity card system
and progress is being
made, and I will like to
use this opportunity to
let everybody
understand that the
banking industry
project is not in any
way incompatible with
the national identity
process.”
source http://
www.punchng.com/
news/banks-to-identify-
customers-by-
fingerprints-next-year/

The above says it would be used for IDENTIFICATION, VERIFICATION and AUTHENTICATION. It didn't say anything about replacing ATM cards. It's just an extra security measure for ATM and over-the-counter withdrawals. Please do not mislead people OP.

dmcdad: Did you use SAM to activate Push? And also, what tool did you use for the update then? Sn0wbreeze or Redsn0w?

Dunno if it was sn0wbreeze or redsn0w, my friend did the update for me. But before the update my push notifications weren't even working!

sun_temi: with iFaith, you will be able to upgrade to iOS 6.1.3 while preserving your baseband with your saved SHSH. And u also need the original sim if you want push notification to work after upgrading.

@ suntemi, you already answered my question but I just want a little clarification. I've previously upgraded from 4.2 to 5.1.1, I didn't have the original sim then just like now and the push notifications worked after the upgrade. So why is this any different ?
PS: the upgrade was done using saved 5.1.1 SHSH

sun_temi: with iFaith, you will be able to upgrade to iOS 6.1.3 while preserving your baseband with your saved SHSH. And u also need the original sim if you want push notification to work after upgrading.

Ah! Make I just rest na, to hell with bbm, not worth all the stress. Thanks bro

dmcdad: You can't upgrade to iOS 6.1.3 on an IPhone 4. You will have to update directly to 7.0.3 cause Apple is no longer signing lesser versions. You should have updated to 6.1.3 before the release of iOS 7 cause 6.1.3 is jaikbreakable on Iphones 3GS & 4 (though tethered).

So, update to iOS 7. But then, I hope you have the sim your phone is locked to in order to be able to activate it.

No, I don't have the sim the phone is locked to

dmcdad: You can't upgrade to iOS 6.1.3 on an IPhone 4. You will have to update directly to 7.0.3 cause Apple is no longer signing lesser versions. You should have updated to 6.1.3 before the release of iOS 7 cause 6.1.3 is jaikbreakable on Iphones 3GS & 4 (though tethered).

So, update to iOS 7. But then, I hope you have the sim your phone is locked to in order to be able to activate it.

No, I don't have sim the phone is locked to.

sun_temi: first, how do you intend going to 6.1.3 do you have the SHSH of 6.1.3 saved?

Yes I have the SHSH of 6.1.3 saved on cydia . My baseband is 03.10.01

Is it worth losing my untethered jailbreak by upgrading to 6.1.3 just to get bbm ? Some great stuff I would miss out on : 3G unrestrictor, Mywi, zephyr, just to mention a few. I need solid advice guyz. JAILBROKEN IPHONE 4 on 5.1.1 (gevey unlocked, locked to O2 Uk). Thanks

Is it worth losing my untethered jailbreak by upgrading to 6.1.3 just to get bbm ? Some great stuff I would miss out on : 3G unrestrictor, Mywi, zephyr, just to mention a few. I need solid advice guyz. JAILBROKEN IPHONE 4 on 5.1.1 (gevey unlocked, locked to O2 Uk). Thanks

Yolo_bazz: Will I have to jailbreak my iPhone before the hack can work?

I though FIFA 14 was free? I "purchased" it for free, but yet to begin the download . It's about 1GB plus

CLT123: NFF General Sec Musa Amadu tells KickOff's Colin Udoh Nigeria did not send reps to the #2014WCDraw: 'Being there is not a big deal.'

Dude don't support what's wrong. Every country had a rep apart from Nigeria. He should have sent one. And yes it's a big deal.

The Fifa guy called the names of the countries and their delegation stood up for recognition, when it got to nigeria's turn, nobody showed up. Na wa o

But there was no naija delegation present o. Naija tins as usual.

Voltaire_Q: Underwhelming

A refreshed UI
64-bit chip architecture
Camera Hardware and software upgrade
only one colour option recycle from the previous year...

Bearing in mind the 4 to 4S upgrade had Siri,A5,3 extra megapixels and a slimmer profile.

Those are nice features no doubt. But dude come to think of it. There was a huge difference in class between the 3GS and the iPhone 4. iOS 5 brought lots of things that apple fans had being clamouring for. I can still remember vividly the day I set my eyes on the iPhone 4, I immediately fell in love #beautifulclassybroad. It brought so much joy to my life at a time when I was going thru a slight difficult patch.

sinade1: There is still black colour for 5s, but not 5c.

iPhone 5S comes in silver,gold and "space gray". No black

Nope

As an apple fan, Hv got to say yesterday's unveiling was underwhelming. Where are the revolutionary ideas that brought about the iPhone 4 and iOS 5? It turns out the iPhone 5C is just cheap for apple to produce but not for the customers. $549 without a contract. And why get rid of the black colour for the 5S ?

Moreover, contrary to what u read on d news, the rebels are not “freedom fighters,” Rather, their ranks and leadership are filled with Islamic jihadists, many of whom have ties to al Qaeda. Their goal is to forge a Sunni Muslim theocracy — an Islamist Syria. They seek to eradicate the country’s minority Shiite Alawites and Christians. Their slogan is: “The Alawites to the wall, the Christians to Beirut.” In fact,
throughout the vicious civil war, Islamist rebels have committed countless atrocities against innocent Syrians. For example, Christian churches have been burned. Priests and nuns murdered. Entire families slaughtered. Why does Mr. Obama want America to aid these Islamist fanatics in their struggle against Mr. Assad’s iron rule? It is the act of the highest hubris and folly. Even if d entire reason is to further isolate Iran, Syria is just not worth the sweat.

The Obama administration is engaging in war propaganda eerily similar to Iraq. The costs could eventually be as disastrous — or worse. The evidence is flimsy that Mr. Assad’s forces used nerve gas in rebel-held territory. The United Nations inspection team so far has been unable to irrefutably confirm it, even U.S. intelligence officials are conceding that the links between the chemical weapons attack and the Assad regime are tenuous at best. The reason is obvious: The Syrian dictator has no rational motive to use weapons of mass destruction. Mr. Assad’s forces are winning and the Islamist rebels are on the run. Their supply lines are cut off. They have been fragmented into several isolated pockets of resistance. The rebels cannot win — and they know it. Why would Mr. Assad use chemical weapons knowing that it would trigger widespread international anger and furor? Using conventional weapons, his military has been winning battle after battle. Mr. Assad may be brutal, ruthless and cunning, but he is not stupid.

Folks the truth is that Obama should never have drawn a red line in the first place . Mr. Obama seeks to bomb a nation that has not attacked or even threatened the US. The Syrian civil war is none of their business. They have no dog in that fight. The president has made a fatal mistake: Don’t utter threats you cannot back up. He never should have drawn a “red line.” To salvage his credibility and pride, he is now on the cusp of a foreign policy debacle. You should have heard him speak, this guy doesn't even have the appetite for war. His ego is at stake.

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Congrats Blessing

But guys, That shelly girl is a beast. Fvuking fast

Yea she is fast, she runs leaning forward. I was shocked to read that she was banned once for failing a doping test

C'mon guyz, is our girl winning bronze not good enough for the front page ?

baby-boy:
She was never ahead of Ahoure

It's obvious you didn't watch the race bro

She does look tense in the big races