Lack of cake pricing control affects upcoming bakers says Oluwakemi - ITREALMS

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The Ekiti-born Economics graduate, turned CEO of FK Cakes & Events, Mrs Joseph Oluwakemi told ITREALMS’ GBEMI OMOTOSO, that lack of cake pricing control affects upcoming bakers.

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Mrs Joseph Oluwakemi

Can we meet you?

I'm Mrs Joseph Oluwakemi of Fk Cakes & Events, a native of Erinmope, Ekiti State. A graduate of Economics from University of Ado Ekiti now Ekiti State University; I'm happily married.

HerWakening 2022: TD Africa unveils seasoned speakers - ITREALMS

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As the March 8, 2022 anniversary of the globally celebrated International Women’s Day draws near, TD Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa leading distributor of tech, lifestyle and cutting-edge solutions, has unveiled a strong cast of seasoned keynote speakers and world class panelists for a women empowerment session scheduled to hold on the same day.

Tagged The Herwakening, the much-anticipated event is set to take centre stage at the impressive Yudala Heights, located at 13, Idowu Martins, Victoria Island.

Digitally-inclined Nigerians awaiting 5G opportunities - ITREALMS

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Nigerian entities are warming up to leverage the high-speed, capacity and low latency features of the forthcoming Fifth Generation (5G) network rollout in Nigeria. 

The intense anticipation and enthusiasm take life from the desire of digitally-literate Nigerians ready to harness the benefits of the new technology, reports ITREALMS.

CBN's guidelines on RT200 to boost local production - ITREALMS

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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently released operating guidelines on rebate for the qualifying non-oil exports under the RT200 Foreign Exchange programme would boost the local production capacity, reports ITREALMS.

This was the position of the First Bank Nigeria plc in a public statement available to its customers saying RT200 would also aid the sustainability efforts to increase local production for qualifying Non-Oil exporters.

Airtel offers 'Free Calls' to Ukraine - ITREALMS

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Leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, has announced that customers on its network can now call their loved ones, family members and friends in Ukraine for free and without any conditions attached, noting that it is important to provide unhindered access to everyone who needs to reach out and connect with their loved ones in Ukraine at this time.

The free call service to Ukraine is available to both prepaid and Postpaid customers and apply to both mobile and fixed line numbers in Ukraine.

New Delhi to fund ITU South Asia presence - ITREALMS

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​​​​​​The Government of India will fund a new Area Office for the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to foster digital technology uptake in line with sustainable development across South Asia, reports ITREALMS.

The new ITU Area Office and Innovation Centre, set to open in New Delhi by the middle of this year, aims to strengthen technology cooperation and boost regional telecommunications development.

Econet set to launch 5G - ITREALMS

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Econet Wireless has advanced plans to launch 5G services in Harare, Zimbabwe, in a significant milestone for the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed mobile network operator and in light of Econet’s digital transformation journey.

Ericsson will support Econet with its latest energy-efficient and high-performing Radio Access Network (RAN) and 5G Evolved Packet Core (EPC) solutions for 5G deployment in the capital Harare. The solutions will boost Econet’s capacity and user experience with significantly faster network speeds, which are up to 10 times the speed of 4G technology.

iTouch 3Wheelers debut in Enugu, Asaba - ITREALMS

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Simba TVS, the leading tricycle (Keke) distributor in Nigeria, has unveiled the TVS King Deluxe Plus iTouch, the latest version of its innovative three-wheeler vehicles at two impressive launch ceremonies in Enugu and Asaba.

These latest launches come on the heels of a very successful national launch held in Lagos in December last year and is in furtherance of the organisation’s efforts to enhance last-mile commute for Nigerians and boost earnings of keke operators.

Shell, Dangote enter deal to power Nigeria’s biggest fertiliser company

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Leading energy company, The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) and its joint venture partners – Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPC), Totalenergies EP Nigeria Limited, and Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) – on Wednesday signed an agreement for a daily supply of 70 million standard cubic feet of gas to Dangote Fertiliser Company to boost production and for local and export purposes.

SPDC’s Managing Director, and Country Chair, Shell companies in Nigeria, Osagie Okunbor, described the agreement as  a significant step in supporting the Nigerian government’s agriculture policy for food security. 

Details emerge on owner of Toyota Sienna @NASFAT viral video - ITREALMS

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Details have started to emerge about the identity of the owner of the Toyota Sienna discovered at NASFAT ground along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, who purportedly died while having sex with his partner in the car, reports ITREALMS.

Suspected late Adekunle Oladimeji Kazeem

ITREALMS showed some digital footprints of the car as belonging to one Mr. Adekunle Oladimeji Kazeem, a Senior Technical Officer at a Lagos-based "GUGU BUILDERS AND CO" and had worked previously with the Lagos State Physical Planning and Development according to his LinkedIn and Facebook profiles respectively.

Ukraine invasion: Nigeria denies 'readiness to sanction Russia' - ITREALMS

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The Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama has denied reports making rounds that the Federal Government of Nigeria was ready to impose sanctions on Russia over its latest invasion of Ukraine, reports ITREALMS.

Onyeama, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Special Assistant on Media to the Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sarah Sanda in a press statement available to ITREALMS, informed that their attention has been drawn to an online publication which quoted Onyeama expressing readiness of the country to impose sanction on Russia.

IVED technology: Electoral Institute DG charges INEC officers - ITREALMS

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The Director-General of the Electoral Institute, Dr. Sa'ad Umar Idris, has charged Supervisory Registration Officers (SROs) at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the mastery of the operations of the Voter Enrolment Device (IVED) technology, reports ITREALMS.

Dr. Idris, DG, TEI @INEC

The DG gave this charge in a goodwill message to weeklong training of registration officers for the forthcoming Ekiti and Osun Governorship Elections in Ado-Ekiti, pointing out that this technology would be deployed for the electoral purposes.

9.8m children benefitting from school feeding in Nigeria - ITREALMS

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The total number of children enrolled in the national home-grown school feeding programme in Nigeria now stood at 9,881,773 million across some 53,000 schools, reports ITREALMS.

Hon. Sadiya Farouq

The Nigeria’s National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme, ITREALMS gathered is a government-led cost-effective school feeding programme that uses locally grown farm produce to feed pupils.

2022 Elections: INEC commences training of SRO in Ado-Ekiti - ITREALMS

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced the training of Supervisory Registration Officers (SROs) in preparation for the forthcoming governorship elections in both Ekiti and Osun States, has kicked off in Ado-Ekiti, capital of Ekiti State, reports ITREALMS.

INEC sources confirmed to ITREALMS that the training which commenced on Tuesday, March 1 is a two-day session for the SROs and is expected to end on 2nd March.

Senate denies diaspora Nigerians voting rights, rejects Affirmative Action for women - ITREALMS

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The Nigerian Senate has rejected the 68 amendment clauses of the 1999 constitution denying Affirmative Action for women, which sought to create special seats for the female gender, reports ITREALMS..

This is coming on Tuesday in Abuja, as they denied Nigerians in diaspora the right to vote during elections and also denied support for the 35 per cent for appointed positions for women.

Shell Nigeria is 2021 Upstream company of the year - ITREALMS

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The Shell Energy Nigeria has been pronounced the 2021 Upstream company of the year, reports ITREALMS.

According to the organisers of the Gala Dinner and Award Night of the 2022 Nigeria International Energy Summit in Abuja on Monday, Shell Energy Nigeria is the new company to watch based on performance.

9mobile Health Talk Series canvasses fact-based approach to mental health issues - ITREALMS

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Acclaimed Nigeria’s caring telecom brand, 9mobile, has held the fifth edition of its health talk series with theme focused on "Mental health; the myth, the challenge & recovery."



The session which was live streamed on the @healthertainer Instagram handle, and featured Africa’s leading mental health advocate and coach, Dr. Maymunah Yusuf Kadiri as facilitator. 

In her presentation, she highlighted the myths around mental health challenges and more importantly, what the recovery process entails, describing mental health is the ability to be productive, fruitful and be able to give back to the society.



While dispelling some of the myths, she remarked that mental illness does not have any spiritual undertone as people are made to believe particularly in our clime. In her submission, mental health belongs to the category of non-communicable diseases.



She noted that 1 in every 5 persons in Nigeria has mental illness, with data showing that mental illness starts before the age of 14 in some instances. “Everybody has mental health but not everybody has mental illness which is a medical condition as it were. It will therefore be correct to conclude that nobody has immunity against mental health disorder,” she stated.

Enumerating some of the stress factors that could trigger mental illness, she said, “Some of the risk vulnerability factors include; death of one’s parent or loved ones, divorce in families, domestic violence, positive history of mental illness and of course, societal pressure, which can be attributed to the harsh socio-economic realities in the country.”

Aiboni wins 2021 Women in Energy award – ITREALMS

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The Managing Director, Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company, Mrs. Elohor Aiboni has won the 2021 Women in Energy Award reports ITREALMS.

Her emergence came at the Gala Dinner and Award Night of the 2022 edition of the Nigeria International Energy Summit in Abuja on Monday.

Olori Janet Afolabi unveils a new book titled 'The Masters who Trained Me' - ITREALMS

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Olori Janet Afolabi, CNN award winning journalist, Publisher and Queen of Apomu Kingdom in Osun state, has joined the league of authors.

Her authorial debut entitled "The Masters Who Trained Me" was unveiled on February 24, at the Alapomu Palace Hall in Apomu, headquarters of Isokan local government area of Osun state,as part of the activities to mark the second coronation anniversary of HRM Oba Kayode Adenekan Afolabi the Alapomu of Apomu.

‘Lagos State should compensate Ladipo traders over fire incident’ - ITREALMS

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The Lagos State government has been called out to compensate traders at the Ladipo Auto Parts Market in Mushin Local Government Area of the state over the fire incident of Friday, 25 February, 2022, reports ITREALMS.

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State

This call was made by a public analyst, Ozo (Engr) Patric Uwaezuoke Mba at the weekend, saying that as the bonafide Nigerians who pay their taxes and levies to the government especially of Lagos State, that they deserve some compensation including fire-fighting vehicles or facilities.

NCC reiterates commitment on AOL administration - ITREALMS

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is unwavering in its commitment to deploy a Revenue Assurance Solution (RAS) in the telecommunication sector to ensure a more robust Annual Operating Levy (AOL) administration in the telecom industry.

This subject matter was the focus of an industry stakeholder consultative engagement organized by the Commission at its Head Office in Abuja on Friday, February 25, 2022, which is in congruence with the NCC’s renowned commitment to inclusive participation and consultative stakeholder engagement as part of its regulatory practice.

Electoral Act 2022: EiE applauds citizens resilience - ITREALMS

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Enough Is Enough (EiE) has applauded Nigerians for their resilience to get the Electoral Amendment Bill 2022 signed into law by President of Nigeria, General Mohammadu Buhari, reports ITREALMS.

'Yemi Adamolekun, Executive Director, EiE Nigeria and Mary Ikoku,
#FixPolitics member at the CSO Protest last Tuesday.

The bill, ITREALMS reports was signed into law on Friday, February 25, EiE said, showed that voices of Nigerians do count.

ITU Secretary-General receives GSMA award - ITREALMS

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​​The Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Houlin Zhao, has accepted an award for his role in promoting mobile telecommunications as a key driver for sustainable development and improving people's lives.

Zhao received the GLOMO (Global Mobile) award from the GSMA – representing the worldwide mobile communications industry – at the opening of the association's prestigious Ministerial Programme at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.

Complete Sports founder, Sunny Ojeagbase is dead @71 - ITREALMS

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Famous journalist, founder and publisher of popular sports newspaper, Complete Sports newspaper, Dr. Emmanuel Sunny Ojeagbase, is dead at the age of 71, reports ITREALMS. 

Sunny Ojeagbase

Ojeagbase, ITREALMS died on Saturday, 26 February, 2022 in Atlanta, United States of America (USA) after a brief illness.

3rd CAADP Biennial Review Report for launch in March – ITREALMS

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A date has been proclaimed for the formal launch of the much awaited 3rd CAADP Biennial Review (BR) Report to be virtually held on 10th March 2022, at 15h00 East Africa Time (EAT), reports ITREALMS.

The Biennial Review Report, ITREALMS gathered, is a powerful instrument for advocacy at the continental, regional and national levels for triggering the necessary policy actions for agricultural transformation in Africa by 2025.

ITU publishes new specifications radio interface technology - ITREALMS

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The United Nations agency entrusted with coordinating radio-frequency spectrum worldwide, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has  published the specifications for the new technology as Recommendation ITU-R M.2150-1, reports ITREALMS.

The technology is designed to provide a slim but strong technical foundation for wireless applications deployed in a range of use cases, from cordless telephony to audio streaming, and from professional audio applications to the industrial Internet of Things (IoT) applications, such as building automation and monitoring.

SpeedChecker: Airtel is 'Fastest Network Provider in Nigeria' - ITREALMS

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Telecommunications service provider, Airtel Nigeria, has been rated the fastest network provider in Nigeria according to Crowdsourcing firm, SpeedChecker.

In its 2021 report for Africa’s Mobile Network Champions, SpeedChecker said Airtel Nigeria recorded an average country mobile download speed of 11.55Mbit/s.

3SC gets Sole Administrator - ITREALMS

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The Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has approved the appointment of Rt. Hon. Olaniyan Babatunde David, a former Deputy Speaker of the State’s House of Assembly, as the Sole Administrator of the Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC), Ibadan.

Makinde, in an appointment letter signed on his behalf by the Secretary to the State Government, Mrs. Olubamiwo Adeosun, congratulated Hon. Olaniyan, urging him to discharge his duties with “absolute loyalty, dedication, and diligence.”

5G standards adds fourth radio interface technology - ITREALMS

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The m​​​​​​​embers of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have approved a fourth technology as part of ongoing standards development for 5G mobile services, reports ITREALMS.

Known as “DECT 5G-SRIT", the new technology supports a range of uses, from wireless telephony and audio streaming to industrial Internet of Things (IoT) applications, particularly in smart cities.

Dark Saturday @Ebenebe as suspected cultists kill mourners - ITREALMS [viewers discretion pls]

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Some 20 mourners were killed by suspected cultists at Umuogbuefi Village Ebenebe with many others left critically injured during the burial rites of late Ozo Chibuike Joseph Chukwuka on Saturday, February 26, reports ITREALMS.

Late Ozo Chibuike Joseph Chukwuka

Late Ozo Chibuike, a suspected cultist died at the age of 34 after a gun shot at the Amansea Produce Checkpoint, Anambra State on December 30, 2021 by suspected rival gang.