New Horizons CEO Tim Akano highlights partnership with IT Media @NITRA’s ends 2025 in style - ITREALMS-

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... pledges continued free IT training for journalists as New Horizons marks 20 years.

The Nigerian Information Technology Reporters’ Association (NITRA) concluded its annual end‑of‑year meeting on Thursday, 18 December 2025 with a powerful reflection on the symbiotic relationship between New Horizons and Nigeria’s IT journalists, reports ITREALMS.

Hosted at a New Horizons training facility, courtesy of the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Tim Akano, the gathering underscored the long‑standing mutual support between the media and the organization.

Cybersecurity Funding & National Digital Safety: Using FOI to track investments vs. results by Remmy Nweke – Telecoms Clinic@ITREALMS

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In this edition of Telecoms Clinic@ITREALMS, REMMY NWEKE investigates Nigeria’s cybersecurity funding and digital safety, and using FOI will uncover how investments align or fail to align with real national protection outcomes.

In today’s hyperconnected world, the integrity of Nigeria’s digital landscape stands as a defining marker of national resilience. From online banking to e-government platforms, from voter registration databases to smart transportation grids, the nation’s future is increasingly written in code and hosted in cyberspace. Yet, as dependency on digital systems grows, so too does vulnerability, and so must accountability.

Over the past decade, Nigeria has witnessed a surge in both government and private-sector spending on cybersecurity. Reports of multimillion-naira allocations appear annually in national budgets, alongside initiatives labeled “cyber defense,” “digital safety,” “critical infrastructure protection,” or “national security modernization.” Unfortunately, the same reports rarely show detailed outcomes or impact metrics.

Thrifto Goes Public: Nigeria’s trusted digital platform for group savings launches nationwide - ITREALMS

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Thrifto, a Nigerian financial technology platform reinventing traditional group savings, has officially launched to the public, offering safeguarded group savings with guaranteed payouts for salary earners and traders.

After a successful soft launch to family and friends, Thrifto is now opening access to the wider public, providing a secure, transparent, and bank-backed alternative to informal savings schemes such as ajo and esusu, built specifically to eliminate the trust failures that have plagued informal group savings for decades by combining structured savings, verified membership, and technology-driven safeguards to ensure contributors save together with confidence.

@ISPON Webinar: Indigenous software, strategic imperative for Nigeria’s security - ITREALMS

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The Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON) delivered a trenchant call to action at its December 2025 webinar, unequivocally declaring that Indigenous Software is not merely an economic preference but a strategic imperative for safeguarding Nigeria's national development and security, reports ITREALMS.

The event, convened by the National Governing Council under the Chairmanship of Chris Uwaje, gathered over 30 software researchers, data-scientists, and policy-makers spanning four continents.

The Invisible Tug: How a simple muscle pull can upend a life - WeekendDigits@ITREALMS

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Meet Bayo Nleki, a 45-year-old IT consultant whose life revolves around deadlines, family routines, and the occasional weekend football match. But when a sharp, unexpected muscle pull sidelines him from his desk and his duties, he discovers this common injury is a potent disruptor, writes REMMY NWEKE in this WeekendDigits@ITREALMS.

It started, as it so often does, with a simple, almost dismissible twinge. For Mr. Bayo Nleki, a 45-year-old IT consultant who juggles late nights coding with weekend rounds of amateur football, it happened not on the field, but while reaching for a file cabinet; a sudden, sharp tear in his lower back.

This type of muscle pull often strikes the most heavily used muscle groups, frequently affecting the lower back, as in Bayo’s case or the powerful muscles of the legs, like the hamstrings and quadriceps. It was a classic muscle pull, or strain, the kind of injury many of us brush off with a quick application of a heat pack.

Dan Agbese: A boss and a friend by Dotun Oladipo - ITREALMS

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There are two things I avoid when people I adore die: I don’t write tributes and I avoid their burial. Twice in the last few years I have broken the second one: Attended their burials. The first was for my father-in-law, Alhaji Suleiman Yusuf, who is better known as Salam Salam. 

The second was that of my brother-in-law, Justice Adegboye Gbolagunte, who I affectionately call Chief Justice (CJ). But I never wrote even a single line about them. Because I really didn’t know where to start from.

Resilio Africa: Google.org Backs CyberSafe’s $2m Cybersecurity Project - ITREALMS

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​Google.org, the philanthropic arm of the global technology giant, has announced a significant funding partnership with the CyberSafe Foundation to launch Resilio Africa, a three-year, $2 million cybersecurity resilience project. 

The program is designed to drastically reduce the growing risks of cyberattacks targeting institutions and communities across Sub-Saharan Africa, focusing specifically on Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, and South Africa.

Digital Visionary: Uwaje pays tribute to late Prof. G.O. Ajayi, pushes for inclusive IT history - ITREALMS

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Former President of the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON), Chief Chris Uwaje, has paid a profound tribute to the late Professor Gabriel Olalere Ajayi, hailing him as a "true cerebral digital enigma" whose vision was instrumental in institutionalizing Nigeria's National IT policy, reports ITREALMS.

The tribute was delivered at the lecture and launch of the Prof. G.O. Ajayi Foundation, an initiative established to honor and "reincarnate the overwhelming vision" of the late Professor.

NIMC rewards performance: 523 staff promoted as 2025 year ends - ITREALMS

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The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has concluded the year 2025 by announcing the promotion of 523 staff members, a move aligned with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's Renewed Hope Agenda, reports ITREALMS.

The approval for this mass promotion was granted by the Director-General/CEO of NIMC, Engr. (Dr.) Abisoye Coker-Odusote, following the successful completion of the statutory performance reward system. 

NCC mobilizes to fix Abuja network blackout, blames NOGASA diesel blockade - ITREALMS

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has moved decisively to address the widespread Quality of Service (QoS) degradation and network outages frustrating subscribers across Abuja, officially confirming the cause as a diesel supply disruption, reports ITREALMS.

The Commission, in a press statement available to ITREALMS, endorsed by its Head of Public Affairs, Mrs. Nnenna Ukoha, directly linked the service interruptions to the activities of the National Oil and Gas Suppliers Association (NOGASA).