Danbatta @ e-Governance training for Kano Executive Council - ITREALMS

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The Executive Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, recently joined dignitaries at the opening ceremony of a two-day capacity building for members of the Executive Council of Kano State, reports ITREALMS.

Danbatta, Pantami and Ganduje at the event.

Others included the Minister, Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami and Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi as well as executive members of the state.

Don't execute inmates to decongest Nigeria's Prisons, CSOs warn FG - ITREALMS

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Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA) and the CSO Forum on Detention and Corrections in Nigeria have called on the Nigerian government to desist from the execution of condemned inmates as a solution to congestion in Custodial Centres across the country.

The CSOs made this call following the decision by the minister of interior to execute 3,008 inmates in order to reduce overcrowding in prisons.

2021 Centre LSD leadership award opens - ITREALMS

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The African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development (Centre LSD) has called for application into its leadership programme, reports ITREALMS.

According to the Executive Director, Centre LSD, Monday Osasah, leadership is paramount for any individual, organization or nation to harness her full potential and succeed.

What’s meaning of Hushpuppi? - ITREALMS

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Hushpuppi, the Instagram celebrity:

For many especially Nigerians who are not social media savvy in recent times, moreso Instagram, the name, ‘Hushpuppi’ or ‘Ray Hushpuppi’ may sound foreign and strange, but that is the name of now Nigerian Internet fraudster whose real name is Ramon Olorunwa Abbas.

Hushpuppi in Police net in US.

Ramon or Hushpuppi was arrested in Dubai in June 2020 and extradited to the United States of America (USA) by July, 2020.

29% of corporate users experienced financial malware attacks, first half of 2021 - ITREALMS

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Latest Kaspersky report has shown that some 29 per cent of corporate users experience financial malware attacks in the first half of 2021, reports ITREALMS.

They also said that this is particular in Kenya, their Kaspersky research showed that the overall number of financial malware attacks in Kenya has decreased in the first half of 2021, when compared to the same period in 2020, 29.3% of the 7 962 attacks recorded in the country targeted corporate users, which is a cause for concern, warn Kaspersky experts.

Residents' registration exercise kicks off in Oyo - ITREALMS

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The pilot phase of the Oyo State Residents' Registration Programme will kick off on Monday, August 9, 2021, the Special Assistant (ICT) to Governor Seyi Makinde, Mr. Bayo Akande, has said, reports ITREALMS.

The programme, according to a statement made public on Friday, will begin with the commercial transport workers (Okada, tricycle, Micra and bus drivers) at various locations in Ibadan.

MacArthur Foundation Awards Nigeria's CLEEN Foundation grant to boost police reforms - ITREALMS

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The CLEEN Foundation (formerly known as the Centre for Law Enforcement Education in Nigeria) has announced that it has been awarded a grant from John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to improve police accountability in Nigeria through sustained police reforms. 

The grant is part of a roughly $80 million in awards in support of the MacArthur Foundation’s Equitable Recovery Initiative, centred on advancing racial and ethnic justice.

Aiteo group lifts Nigerian Navy with maritime security technologies - ITREALMS

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AITEO Group has donated some maritime security assets and technology to the Nigerian Navy, reports ITREALMS.

Aiteo Group, ITREALMS gathered, is an integrated, global-focused Nigerian energy conglomerate founded in February 2008.

NCC invites participation in cybersecurity survey 2021 - ITREALMS

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has invited industry stakeholders to a survey on cybercriminal, reports ITREALMS.

This, NCC noted would ensure a secure cyberspace that is safe for the operators and consumers of communications services and infrastructure in Nigeria.

Fayemi advocates synergy among states on civil service matters - ITREALMS

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Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has made a case for synergy among Southwest States on public service matters, especially in the areas of capacity building, information sharing, training, discipline, promotion, recruitment for effective service delivery.

Gov.Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State

The Governor made the call on Thursday when he received in audience, the Head of Service, Ondo State, Pastor John Adeniran Adeyemo, and some retired and serving permanent secretaries from the Ondo State Civil Service Commission in his office in Ado-Ekiti.

Asiwaju Tinubu commiserates with Gov. Abiodun over father's death - ITREALMS

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The All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has commiserated with Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun over the passing of his dad, Dr. Emmanuel Adesanya Abiodun.

Dr. Abiodun died on Monday August 2 in Iperu-Remo at 89.

NCC solicits public participation In cybersecurity survey 2021 - ITREALMS

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), being the nation’s premier communications regulatory agency under the Federal Ministry of Communications is mandated to work with all stakeholders to ensure a secure cyberspace that is safe for the operators and consumers of communications services and infrastructure in Nigeria.

In view of this, the commission is calling for participation in its upcoming Cybersecurity and Child Internet Usage survey 2021.

Ekiti've operational fire stations in six Federal Constituencies says Fayemi - ITREALMS

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The Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi on Thursday disclosed plans by his administration to ensure the state has a befitting and operational fire station in each of the six federal constituencies within the shortest possible time.

Dr Fayemi stated this on Thursday while taking delivery of a state-of-the-art fire-fighting truck and gears donated to the state by the Federal Government as part of the drive to improve fire fighters’ capacity to curtail disasters.

Arms control centre, military chiefs, Police partner against illegal weapons - ITREALMS

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Newly established National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW), Military Chiefs, and the Inspector-General of Police have pledged collaboration to combat the illicit proliferation of small arms and light weapons in Nigeria, which many security analysts describe as a major driver of insecurity in the country.

The Chief of Defence staff, General Lucky Irabor; the Chief of Air staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao; and the IGP, Alkali Usman expressed their resolve to support the centre expand and deliver on its mandate.

Konga Chairman, Ijogun, Zinox GED, Etukudoh bow out in style - ITREALMS

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Serial digital entrepreneur and Chairman, Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh has heaped praises on two recently retired Executive Management staff, Chairman of Konga Group, Mr. Olusiji Ijogun and Executive Director, Zinox Group, Mr. Etiene Etukudoh for their immense contributions and years of outstanding service to the companies, even as he expressed deep gratitude to them for their invaluable efforts and sacrifices.

Outgoing Chairman, Konga Group, Olusiji Ijogun and wife pose with
the Chairman, Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh (right) to mark his retirement.

Ekeh spoke at a smart valedictory event held in honour of Ijogun and Etukudoh.

Attack on journalist: MRA rejects DSS proposed, calls for independent investigation - ITREALMS

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The Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has expressed a vote of no confidence in the proposed investigation by the Department of State Services (DSS) into the reported assault on Vanguard newspaper photojournalist, Oluwagbemiga Olamikan, by officials of the agency, reports ITREALMS.

MRA also described it as an exercise in futility which can have no credibility and called for a serious, independent and impartial investigation into this and other attacks against journalists.

Weownomy rebrands bitcoin cash to eCash Coin - ITREALMS

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Weownomy has rebranded its bitcoin cash, ABC, as eCash, reports ITREALMS.

Confirming this, the founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Weownomy Ssemakula Peter Luyima, said that the world is currently in the midst of a technological revolution, hence technology has taken over "our lives and it's become difficult to imagine life without the internet, social media, or mobile phones."

Saraki reconciliation committee meets Makinde, Oyo PDP stakeholders - ITREALMS

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Oyo State governor, 'Seyi Makinde, said on Tuesday that he would address all grievances within the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with a view to making the party more formidable and well-positioned for victories in future elections.

He maintained that stakeholders of the party in the state must never allow their grievances to get to the point of destroying the party, urging everyone to put their misgivings behind them.

Oba Adejuwon emerges new chair, Ekiti Council of Obas - ITREALMS

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The Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has approved the appointment of the Onisan of Isan Ekiti, Oba Gabriel Ayodele Adejuwon, as Chairman of the State Council of Traditional Rulers, reports ITREALMS.

Oba Gabriel Adejuwon

The appointment which takes effect from August 1, 2021, came after the reconciliation panel, set up to reconcile the traditional rulers in the state, submitted its report to the Governor.

FG approves new rates for driver licenses, number plates - ITREALMS

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The Federal Government has approved an upward review of rates payable by motorists to obtain driver licenses and new number plates across the country, as part of the measures to increase revenue for the country, reports ITREALMS.

For standard private number plates and commercial number plates amongst others, ITREALMS gathered, is now N18,750 as against the previous rate which was at N12, 000.

NCC yet to renew MTN's UAS license, says 'its under process' - ITREALMS

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The Nigerian Communications Commission has declared that the renewal of MTN's Universal Access Service (UAS) in the country is under process, reports ITREALMS.

NCC also confirmed that MTN has applied for the renewal, but yet to be granted.

Babalakin calls for overhaul of law practice in Nigeria - ITREALMS

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The Senior Partner of Babalakin & Co, Dr. Wale Babalakin, SAN has canvassed for the overhaul of law practice in the country, reports ITREALMS.

Chief Wale Babalakin, SAN

He made the call at the just concluded 2021 Law Week of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Lagos Branch, with the theme: Disruption, Innovation and The Bar.

Hushpuppi-Kyari gate: FBI 'How Abbas used Zenith, GTBank to pay Kyari N8m bribe' - ITREALMS

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation has alleged that money laundering suspect, Abass Ramon, aka Hushpuppi, paid N8m or $20,600 to the embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, to arrest and detain a “co-conspirator,” Chibuzo Kelly Vincent.

A document issued by the United States District Court for the Central District of California and dated February 12, 2021, alleged that Hushpuppi contracted the services of Kyari after Chibuzo allegedly threatened to expose an alleged $1.1m, about (N452,805,905.20) fraud committed against a Qatari businessman.

MTN’s Universal Access Service (UAS) license yet to be renewed by NCC - ITREALMS

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The attention of the Nigerian Communications Commission has been drawn to a publication in an online media entitled “Govt renews MTN Nigeria licence amid 20 years of GSM Phones” to the effect that the mobile operating license of MTN has been renewed by the Commission for another period of ten years.

The online publication which cited regulatory filings by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) as its source, stated that “MTN Nigeria, the nation’s largest mobile network operator (MNO), has secured regulatory approval of the renewal of its operating licence for another 10 years with effect from September 1, 2021.”

West Africans embrace universality of Internet - ITREALMS

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Stakeholders in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector in West Africa have agreed to embrace the universality of the internet with the aim of deepening penetration across the region and ensuring online safety, reports ITREALMS.

The UNESCO and African ICT Foundation in a jointly organised knowledge sharing session on how to mainstream Internet Universality and ROAM principles (Rights, Openness, Access and Multi-stakeholder approach), held as side-event at the West African Internet Governance Forum 2021, focused on how to encourage more countries to use ROAM-X indicators for improving national Internet development and digital policies in the subregion.

Museum Day'21: Danbatta says innovative museums to bridge knowledge gap - ITREALMS

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The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has identified innovative museum operations will bridge the knowledge gap on relics in the country, reports ITREALMS.

According to him, ingenious ways of collecting antiquities relevant to operations of various organisations in the country would pave the way for preservation of the relics and has the capacity to bridge the knowledge gap needed for sustainable development of Nigeria.

Ebubeagu official shot in Ebonyi @APC congress - ITREALMS

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The Police Command in Ebonyi State has commenced investigations into the shooting of an official of Ebubeagu Security Network (ESN) on Saturday, reports ITREALMS.

The official, simply identified as Seriki, was reportedly shot during the All Progressives Congress (APC) ward congress in Ugwuachara area of Ebonyi Local Government Area of the state.

Kyari-Husspuppi fraudgate: Police Service Commission suspends Abba Kyari - ITREALMS

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The Police Service Commission (PSC) has suspended its embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) and Head, Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Nigeria Police Force, Mr. Abba Kyari, following his indictment by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the United States, reports ITREALMS.

DCP Abba Kyari

The United States District Court in California, had at the weekend given FBI a warrant of arrest of some six Internet fraudsters including DC Kyari.

CLD warms up for Media Lawyers’ Network - ITREALMS

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The Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD), with support from the Global Media Defence Fund run by UNESCO, is running the project on “Promoting the Establishment of Networks of Media Lawyers Globally” reports ITREALMS.

The goal, ITREALMS gathered is to help lawyers working on freedom of expression and media law to create formal professional media lawyers’ networks at the national level.

NITDA leverages AfCTA, builds digital market - ITREALMS

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As Nigeria is moving fast towards diversifying its economy using technology, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has proposed partnership with Republic of Namibia in the areas of Innovations and Entrepreneurship through African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTA).

This is because Africa as a continent lost out during the First, Second and Third Industrial Revolutions due to the huge capital investments but with the Fourth Industrial Revolutions comes endless opportunities that all it needs is talent and vibrant, young technological driven generation. It is therefore imperative for African countries to encourage “Made in Africa” products by exploring and exploiting opportunities provided by emerging technologies to build an enviable global market standard.

Konga online auction for August goes live Monday - ITREALMS

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Konga, Nigeria’s foremost composite e-Commerce giant, has promised huge excitement and mouth-watering deals for the August 2021 edition of its monthly online auction tagged – Konga Last Price.

The August edition of Konga Last Price holds on Monday, August 2, 2021 by 12pm.

NITDA, AREAI collaborate on digital innovation for rural communities - ITREALMS

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The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has reiterated commitment to support and collaboration with Non-Governmental Organisations working within the scope of the Agency’s Strategic Roadmap and Action Plan (SRAP 2021-2024), and that includes Aid for Rural Education and Access Initiative, (AREAI), reports ITREALMS.

Mallam Abdullahi, The Director General of NITDA, made this commitment to the Chief Executive Director of AREAI, Prince Gideon Olarewaju, and some members of the organisation during a courtesy visit to NITDA headquarters in Abuja, Thursday.

NNPC records petroleum product sale of ₦234.63bn in March - ITREALMS

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has recorded ₦234.63 billion revenue from the sale of white products in its downstream subsidiary, the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC),  in the month of March 2021, reports ITREALMS.

This, ITREALMS gathered represents a 24.7 per cent increase from the ₦188.15billion sales recorded in the previous month of February 2021.

Ekeigwe harps on importance of self-control in organizations - ITREALMS

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Leading accounting professional in the country, Mr. Christian Ekeigwe, has harped on the need for accountants to exercise sufficient self-control as they play their gatekeeping roles in society, reports ITREALMS.

Ekeigwe, a fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and Certified Public Accountant (CPA, Massachusetts), traced audit failures to lack of self-control in people holding critical governance and control positions in organizations, and yet accounting wisdom does not recognize this pathology.

APC reacts to Ekiti congress - ITREALMS

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The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State (Ekiti APC) has reacted to some media reports on its state congresses held on Saturday, reports ITREALMS.

A press statement available to ITREALMS by the Director, Media and Communications, Caretaker Committee, Ekiti State APC, Elder Sam Oluwalana denied what it called misleading media reports that there was violence in Ekiti state during the APC Ward Congresses held on Saturday.

Aiboni takes over @SNEPCo as first Nigerian female MD - ITREALMS

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Mrs. Elohor Aiboni has taken over as the first-ever female Managing Director of Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo), reports ITREALMS.

Mrs. Elohor Aiboni, receiving the Shell Safety, Environment and 

Social Performance Charter from her predecessor, Mr. Bayo Ojulari.

This followed her recent appointment which takes effect from today, 1st August 2021.

PhotoSpeaks@ITREALMS Weekly Sunday, August 1, 2021 - NCC holds public inquiry & 2021 Museum Week - ITREALMS

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