" ITREALMS: 2022-01-30

Friday, February 04, 2022

Excitement as Tech Experience Centre set to host maiden Amapiano event - ITREALMS

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As part of this year's Valentine's Day celebration, Nigeria’s leading cutting-edge technology hub, the Tech Experience Centre in collaboration with official media partner, Plat4om, is set to host a maiden Amapiano event to usher in the love season.

Tagged Amapiano & Vibes, the classic, love and fun event takes centre stage on Friday, February 11, 2022 at the Tech Experience Centre located at 13 Idowu Martins, Victoria Island, Lagos from 6pm.

Olumide Fadipe: Skills development, online presence'll keep you on top - ITREALMS

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The multiple award-winning Olumide Daniel Oluwaseun Fadipe, is a Lumie Distinct’s Baker and a Freelance Cake Decorator. He spoke with ITREALMS’ Gbemi Omotoso on a number of issues including developing more skills and boosting his online presence.

Excerpts:

Olumide Daniel Fadipe of LumieDistinct

Can you shed more light on referring yourself as a baker and a freelance Cake decorator?

Yes, I Decorate Cakes for Bakers; majorly Fondant designs. Also, I assist bakers when a helping hand is needed or when they have a lot of cakes to decorate or cakes they can't handle alone. For now, I'm more into freelancing because I don't bake cakes for commercial purposes.

Thursday, February 03, 2022

'Wellness Plus app democratises access to healthcare' - ITREALMS

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To make healthcare services affordable and accessible to Nigerians, Wellness HMO has launched an innovative app, ‘Wellness Plus’ which is set to revolutionise healthcare service delivery in the country.
The move obviously will create new benchmarks for health services in Nigeria. It will equally promote greater transparency in offering quality healthcare services to all and sundry.

Senate applauds NNPC for engendering competitiveness - ITREALMS

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The Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream) has commended the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) for repositioning the Nigerian oil and gas industry into a competitive business environment. 
The Chairman of the Committee, Senator Bassey Albert Akpan, gave the commendation when he led members of the Committee on an oversight visit to the NNPC Towers, Abuja, on Tuesday. 

Senator Akpan said the visit offered the lawmakers the opportunity to have firsthand information about Management’s actions in transitioning from a Corporation into a limited liability company in compliance with the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA).

“We commend the effort of Mallam Mele Kyari and his team towards repositioning NNPC post-PIA. We’ve been told about the challenges, the expectations, projections and visions for NNPC. We are very impressed that the effort of the National Assembly in passing the PIA is yielding positive outcomes,” Senator Akpan said.

A press statement available by ITREALMS by Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, NNPC Ltd, Malam Garba Deen Muhammad quoted the Senator as saying that the Committee would look into the issue of funding for frontier exploration in order to ensure that the objective of boosting exploration and production in frontier basins in the next five years is met. 

Earlier, the Chief Executive Officer of the NNPC Ltd, Mallam Mele Kyari, informed the lawmakers that the Company is well primed to meet the growth trajectory envisaged in the PIA, stressing that it has received very positive commercial assurances from investors and partners across the globe.

Wednesday, February 02, 2022

New FM frequencies to expand radio’s reach in Africa - ITREALMS

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Experts have identified frequencies in the 87.5–108 MHz band range capable of boosting broadcasting across the continent, reports ITREALMS.

Together with international radiocommunication experts,
ITREALMS gathered that African countries have identified new frequencies between 87.5 megahertz (MHz) and 108 MHz to expand FM (frequency modulation) radio broadcasting services across the continent.

Wellness Plus official app, debuts - ITREALMS

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The Wellness Plus official app has made its debut in Lagos, reports 
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The app owned by Wellness HMO is expected to revolutionise the way Nigerians access health services in the country.

Technology drives the world says Adesina, bags honourary doctorate @FUT

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The Federal University of Technology Minna has awarded the President of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org), Dr Akinwumi Adesina an honorary doctorate. The honor was conferred at the institution’s 38th Founders’ Day and 30th Convocation ceremony of the University, in Minna.
Adesina@FUT Minna for honours
Adesina joined three others honorary doctoral awardees, namely former Nigerian Head of State General Abdulsalam Abubakar (GCFR), Alhaji Abdul Samad Rabiu, (CON) and Malam Mele Kolo Kyari.

INEC to conduct 6 bye-elections after FCT - ITREALMS

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The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has disclosed that aside the council election slated for February 12 in the federal capital territory, they also have some six bye-elections afterwards, reports 
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Prof. Yakubu, chairman of INEC
Speaking at a meeting of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) to review security arrangement for the FCT council election at INEC conference room in Abuja.

Tuesday, February 01, 2022

The Whistler blames Parallex Bank over attack on website - ITREALMS

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The Whistler has accused the newly launched Parallex Bank over recent attack on its website, www.whistler.ng, and may be seeking redress in court, reports ITREALMS.
The media house, through its Publisher, Mr. James Ume, confirmed to ITREALMS that Parallex Bank, a commercial bank that recently launched after transformation from a microfinance institution; allegedly assaulting the freedom of the press on Monday through its agent which caused the takedown of The Whistler website for about four hours.

Airtel partners Spotify, offer customers free data - ITREALMS

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Leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, has announced a partnership with global audio streaming service, Spotify to provide music lovers across Nigeria with daily complimentary data to access the Spotify platform.

Under the partnership, Airtel +54 million customers who purchase weekly and monthly data bundles will get bonus data to enjoy Spotify with its over 70 million songs, including local favourites and Premium content without worrying about additional data costs.

Monday, January 31, 2022

FirstBank's SMEConnect portal, differentiator for SMES - ITREALMS

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Over a hundred years since banks came into Nigeria, services rendered to small and medium scale businesses were limited to core banking services and transactions. However, those that cared to look further were able to stand the test of time, reinventing themselves with cutting edge financial services that remain key to sustaining its relevance to not just its host communities but the global community.
Based on findings from extensive engagements with customers, internal and external surveys and reports by SMEDAN, Efina and NBS, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has been deliberate in ensuring that SMEs thrive and grow their businesses as SMEs can access and enjoy the convenience of its industry-leading financial services. FirstBank thus launched the SMEConnect portal to congregate value-adding propositions & services for SMEs on a single platform for easy access.

Oladipo offers recipe to survive harsh economy - ITREALMS

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Nigerians have been encouraged to embrace and sustain saving culture as one of the strategic and shrewd approach to make headway in the country’s distressed economy.

Dotun Oladipo
The Managing Editor/CEO, Premium Eagle Media Limited, publishers of The Eagle Online newspaper, Dotun Oladipo, gave the advice at the 2022 Annual General Meeting of a non-governmental organisation, Ikhwan Mutual Forum, in Ojokoro, Lagos State.

Hero of the month: A teacher, Malam Mukthar Gulma - ITREALMS

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Meet our hero of the month, Malam Mukthar Gulma.

Malam Mukthar Gulma of FGC, Kebbi
Gulma is the school teacher who sacrificed his life for his students at the Federal Government College Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State.

INEC pledges FCT election to be a model - ITREALMS

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has pledged to make the forthcoming area council’s election at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) area councils a model for future governorship elections including the 2023 general elections, reports 
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The National Commissioner and Chairman, Planning, Monitoring and Strategy Committee (PMSC), Prof. Abdullahi Zuru, made this disclosure in Abuja, at the weekend during a “Red Zone Implementers’ Workshop.”

Confirmed! FRSC recertified with ISO 9001:2015 - ITREALMS

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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has again fulfilled all requirements by the International Organisation for Standardization (ISO) to earn a recertified with ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System Standards in Road Safety Administration and Traffic Management by the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON), reports 
ITREALMS.
According to Bisi Kazeem, the Spokesperson of the Corps, the recertification came after a successful audit of FRSC processes and procedures by System Auditors from SON among other mandatory activities carried out towards the recertification of the Corps.

UNESCO appoints 3 journalists into Cano jury - ITREALMS

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Prominent journalists Margo Smit (The Netherlands), Mauricio Weibel (Chile), Yasuomi Sawa (Japan) and Mae Azango (Liberia) have been appointed as members of the international independent jury of the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. 
The Jury is composed of six media professionals from around the world, recognized for their leading investigative work and defence for freedom of expression. 

Anambra mourns passage of Ben Gbulie, Princess Adenrele - ITREALMS

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The Anambra State government has condoled with the Gbulie family of Nimo in Njikoka Local Government Area and the Ogunsanya family of Ikorodu in Lagos State over the deaths of their two prominent members last week, reports 
ITREALMS.
A press statement made available to 

ITREALMS endorsed by the state Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, C. Don Adinuba, the government commiserated with the Gbulie family for the loss of Captain Ben Gbulie, 82, a former soldier and author who rose into national prominence for his patriotic role in the January 1966 coup which ended Nigeria’s first republic.

UNCTAD's Trade Committees to hold week-long webinar - ITREALMS

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The National Trade Facilitation Committees (NTFCs) of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), has conclude plans to holds a four-day webinar, reports ITREALMS.
The webinar scheduled for February 1 through 4, ITREALMS gathered, would examine how to accelerate the implementation of trade facilitation reforms through these committees during and after the pandemic. 

Digital inclusion: NITDA assures PLWD of support - ITREALMS

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As part of efforts to promote digital inclusion, the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, has assured that it would continue to give equal opportunities to the vulnerable especially people living with various forms of disabilities in the country.
Giving this assurance at the weekend, NITDA’s Director-General, Kashifu Inuwa, at the just concluded five days training and empowerment program on Digital Skills and Entrepreneurship program organized for People Living With Disabilities, (PLWD), the South-South edition which was held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Your SMS is a document - ITREALMS

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The office of the Ombudsman of the European Commission has ruled that Short Messaging Services (SMSes) also known as text messages is equivalent to a document and could be tender in a court for public good, reports ITREALMS.
EU President Ursula
The Ombudsman in a recommendation Friday, January 28, 2022, available to ITREALMS, confirmed that the Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s text messages with the CEO of Pfizer about Covid vaccine purchases are documents to which the public can request access.

Sunday, January 30, 2022

Burundi ready to scale up universal accession by 2023 - ITREALMS

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The President of the Republic of Burundi, His Excellency Évariste Ndayishimiye, has declared that his country is ready for the universal accession by 2023, reports ITREALMS.
He made this known while receiving in audience, a high-level delegation composed of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Continental Secretariat of the APRM, Professor Edward Maloka, Ms. Marethé Herfurth, Chargé d’Affaires representing the Ambassador of South Africa to Burundi, Mr. Gonzague-Patrick Balagizi, AU liaison Officer to the Great Lakes and Burundi, Dr. Valery Yao, Coordinator of Universal Accession to APRM and Ms. Thato Chabana Oceana, Personal Assistant to the CEO.

Pope cautions against ‘Infodemic’ - ITREALMS

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The Catholic pontiff, Pope Francis, has urged media practitioners, especially journalists and scientists to be cautious and build bridges with those who believe misinformation. 
Speaking in audience with some members of the International Catholic Media Consortium on Covid-19 Vaccines, he noted that the world has topped 10 billion vaccine doses but distribution has been unequal.

Ekiti2022: Ex-SSG, Oyebanji is APC guber candidate - ITREALMS

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The former Secretary to the Ekiti State Government, Biodun Oyebanji has emerged as the aspirant for the governorship election of the All Progressives Congress (APC), after pulling majority of the votes from the 16 local government of the State, reports 
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The 2022 Ekiti State gubernatorial election, 

ITREALMS gathered will take place on June 18, 2022, to elect the Governor of Ekiti State.

FRSC refutes report on 'promotion racket' - ITREALMS

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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has refuted a report over 'promotion racket' saying its a complete misrepresentation of facts, reports 
ITREALMS.
Assistant Corps Marshal, Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, informed 

ITREALMS that FRSC attention has been drawn to a publication by Daily Trust Newspaper with the caption; “Promotion Racket Rocks Road Safety", published on Friday, 28 January, 2022 on its front page and online platform.

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𝙰𝚌𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝙽𝚔𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚎, 𝙲𝚑𝚞𝚔𝚠𝚞 𝙾𝚔𝚒𝚔𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛 𝚍𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚢, 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝙾𝚐𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚣𝚞, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚛𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙾𝚔𝚘𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝙾𝚔𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚎𝚜𝚑𝚒 (𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝙽𝚔𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚎) 𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐. 
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𝙽𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚒, 𝚊 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚄𝚖u𝚗𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚒, 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚛𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝙾𝚐𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚣𝚞, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚐𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚛, 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚕, 𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚔𝚗𝚘w𝚕𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚞𝚛𝚐𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚎 𝚒𝚛𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚜.