NCC urges NSSB to create awareness about digital literacy - ITREALMS

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has urged the Nasarawa State Scholarship Board (NSSB) to support the NCC in creating awareness about the intervention projects of the Commission concerning research and digital literacy in order to provide more opportunities for the citizenry.

Director of Digital Economy at the Commission, Dr. Augustine Nwaulune, who hosted a delegation of the Board, led by the Board’s Executive Secretary, Hajia Saadatu Yahya, on behalf of the Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, recently, recalled that Nasarawa State is one of the beneficiaries of NCC’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) intervention projects such as the Digital Awareness Programme (DAP) for secondary schools, the Advanced Digital Appreciation Programme for Tertiary Institutions (ADAPTI), the Wireless Cloud, as well as the E-Health programme.

Kuda's N6bn loss: Need to reinvent the model - ITREALMS

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Universal access to financial services is today widely regarded as a fundamental human right. Firms helping to drive access to financial services are highly regarded as enablers of financial inclusion.

“Financial inclusion," according to the World Bank, "means that individuals and businesses have access to useful and affordable financial products and services that meet their needs – transactions, payments, savings, credit and insurance – delivered responsibly and sustainably.” It is viewed as a key enabler in reducing poverty and boosting prosperity.

Infobip shines @Tech Innovation awards 2022, receives double honours - ITREALMS

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Leading cloud communications platform, Infobip, has received two top recognitions at the Tech Innovation Awards 2022, which celebrates excellence and impacts in the Nigerian technology space.

At the event that held over the weekend in Lagos, Infobip shined by winning the Innovative Cloud Communication Provider of the Year Award as a corporate organization, while its Regional Manager, West Africa, Olatayo Oladipo-Ajayi, also clinched the ICT Personalities of the Year Award.

NIMC DG enjoins staff on professionalism, service delivery - ITREALMS

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Director-General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Engr. Aliyu Aziz has charged staff of the Corporate Communications Unit of the Commission to be professional in the discharge of their duties.

Engr. Aziz made the call while addressing participants at a 3-day retreat organised for staff of the Corporate Communications Unit of the commission, held at Global Village Hotel, Nasarawa State, from 20th -22nd September 2022. The Retreat was supported by the Nigeria Digital Identification for Development (ID4D) project.

Confirmed! INEC Chairman, Yakubu, to deliver GOCOP annual lecture, October 6 - ITREALMS

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It has been confirmed that the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, is ready to keynote the 2022 conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) on Thursday, October 6, 2022, at Sheraton Hotel, Lagos, reports ITREALMS.

His confirmation was conveyed via a letter dated September 19, 2022 and addressed to the President of GOCOP, Maureen Chigbo.

Akwa Ibom @35: Our road infrastructure, second to none says Ekuwem - ITREALMS

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The infrastructural development in Akwa Ibom State is gaining attention beyond the shores of the oil-rich state, reports ITREALMS.

This was the submissions of most participants in the facility of tour of the state as part of the 35th celebration across the state and has left Uyo, the state capital agog for some two weeks.

Beware! Naira Mastercard goes out of circulation - ITREALMS

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The First Bank Nigeria Plc has alerted Nigerian customers that their Naira Mastercard would no longer be used to access dollarised account, effective September 30, reports ITREALMS.

Information available to ITREALMS indicated that due to current market realities on foreign exchange, was why the bank is discontinuing the services of its other cards.

Allison+ acquires CMM Public Relations - ITREALMS

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Allison CEO, Scott Allison stated that Moore will work to expand Allison’s capabilities in African markets and oversee the firm’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts for clients.

Allison+Partners is one of the industry’s fastest growing agencies, and this acquisition expands their capabilities into African markets and allows all the clients to benefit from A+P’s global footprint and international network, which will now have a stronger African flavour.

Okowa in Uyo, inaugurates IBB 8.4km flood control project - ITREALMS

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The 18 communities across the three local government areas of Akwa Ibom State, Tuesday celebrated respite from the plague of perennial flooding of over 20 years, as the state government inaugurated the 8.4km IBB and Environs Flood Control Project as part of activities to mark the state’s 35th anniversary.

Inaugurating the project, Delta State Governor and Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, accompanied by the immediate past Governor of Cross River State Liyel Imoke, -applauded the courage and ingenuity of Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, in embarking on such a humongous project.

NEPAD, Afreximbank launch Energize Africa - ITREALMS

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The African Union Development Agency (NEPAD) in partnership with Afreximbank, co-launched the AUDA-NEPAD Energize Africa initiative on the margins of the 77th United Nations General Assembly in New York. 

The Energize Africa initiative recognises that Africa’s youth and women – making up more than half of the continent’s populations - must be at the core of Africa’s economic growth and inclusive development strategies.

Telecoms industry stakeholders honour Airtel’s Shola Adeyemi - ITREALMS

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The Chief Legal & Regulatory Officer and Company Secretary at the Airtel Nigeria, Mr. Shola Adeyemi, has been honoured by stakeholders in the tech and telecoms industry for his outstanding contributions to the development of the Nigeria’s telecoms space.

The industry stakeholders under the platforms of the Association of Telecoms Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) and the 6th Tech Innovation Awards, recognized Adeyemi at a colourful ceremony held last weekend Saturday, 17th of September 2022, at the Lagos Oriental Hotel.

@35: ‘Why Akwa-Ibom is Nigeria’s best kept secret’ - ITREALMS

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The oil-rich state of Akwa-Ibom has been described as the Nigeria’s best kept secret, just as the state celebrates 35th year after creation, reports ITREALMS.

Speaking to a cross section of senior journalists who were in the state on a facility tour, the Secretary to the Akwa-Ibom State Government, Dr. Emmanuel Ekuwem in the company of the Honourable Commissioner for Information, Comrade Ini Ememobong Essien, Special Adviser on Publicity, Prince Chris Abasieyo and Chief Press Secretary, Comrade Ekerete Udoh, declared that “Akwa-Ibom is the Nigeria’s best kept secret.”

NCC deploys 84 IT projects to support PwDs - ITREALMS

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has deployed 84 assistive Information Technology projects at different locations in Nigeria to support people with special needs while supporting policies that enable disadvantaged members of the society to live a more qualitative life.

"The E-Accessibility project seeks to meet the ICT needs of persons living with disabilities in Nigeria by providing ICT tools, assistive technologies, training, and Internet provision in the identified locations. Between 2012 to 2020, the NCC has deployed the E-Accessibility Projects in, at least, 84 locations nationwide."

Harmonic, Hitron Tech partner on sustainable fiber solution - ITREALMS

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Harmonic has announced that its offering a powerful new fiber solution for cable operators in collaboration with Hitron Technologies, the fastest-growing DOCSIS customer premise equipment manufacturer in North America.

The joint offering combines Harmonic's CableOS FTTx solution with Hitron's NOVA-2002 and NOVA-2004 optical network units (ONUs), creating a flexible, cloud-native infrastructure for sustainable delivery of 10G symmetrical services.

PPC supports local production of smart meters, electricity access - ITREALMS

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The PPC Limited, Nigeria’s leading engineering and infrastructure development company, is supporting the local production of smart meters through the supply of accessories in the drive to ensure widespread access to electricity in Nigeria.

PPC through its partnership with prepaid meter producers in the country, has facilitated the installation of about 3,000 smart meters to households and electricity consumers.

Akwa-Ibom to generate own power for ICT, infrastructure development - ITREALMS

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The Akwa Ibom State Government has advanced plans to boost the use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) tools for innovation with the intention to commence the generation of own electricity, reports ITREALMS.

This was disclosed by the Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel on Monday during a media parley with the State council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) including visiting practitioners at Banquet Hall, Uyo, state capital.

Price Vs Quality: The Nigerian e-commerce shopper’s dilemma - ITREALMS

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By nature, Nigerians are predominantly traditional in their approach to shopping.

This is hardly surprising when you consider that online shopping or e-commerce, as it is more popularly known, is a fairly recent phenomenon, one that is still catching on here in Nigeria but undoubtedly growing in leaps and bounds. Indeed, e-commerce, or at the very least, the structured version of it that we experience today, is barely a decade old in Nigeria. More on this later.

SNEPCo harps on safety ahead of Bonga turnaround maintenance - ITREALMS

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Nigeria’s premier deep-water oil and gas exploration and production company, Shell Nigeria Exploration, and production Company Limited (SNEPCo), says the scheduled turnaround maintenance of its offshore Bonga asset would be defined by safety as top priority.

SNEPCo’s Managing Director, Elohor Aiboni, gave this charge recently at a session with the chief executive officers of contractor companies participating in the Bonga TAM scheduled for October.

Danbatta applauds four retiring NCC staff - ITREALMS

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Four retiring staff of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) have received encomiums from the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, for their dedication to duties and rising to be counted as committed members of the team that is making the nation proud with their individual contributions to the development of telecommunications in Nigeria.

The four staff, Mallam Aliyu Ibrahim, Deputy Director/Head, Administration Department; Okechukwu Christian Aninweke, an Assistant Director/Head, Risk Management; Patience Ante, Principal Manager, Lagos Zonal Office (LZO); and Daniel Agbi, Deputy Manager, also of the LZO, reached their mandatory retirement ages of 60 years and have embarked on their pre-retirement leaves, after their respective valedictory sessions that took place at the Commission.

FIFAfrica22: Biker to ride to Zambia across six countries - ITREALMS

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The distance between Kampala, Uganda and Lusaka, Zambia is approximately 3,300 kilometres by road. As part of a road trip to the Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa 2022 (FIFAfrica22), Ugandan digital security expert Andrew Gole will travel between the two countries over 28 days on his motorbike, making multiple stops to impart tips and advice on digital security.

Gole’s trip will take him through Uganda, before crossing into Rwanda, Tanzania, Malawi, and finally to the FIFAfrica22 host country Zambia. The return trip will include stops in Tanzania, Zanzibar and Kenya. Along the way, Gole will interact with human rights organisations and communities along the way in addition to human rights organisations on the value of securing devices and communications as a means of protecting their digital rights.

Two winners emerge @The Nigeria Prize for Science, 2022 - ITREALMS

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The 2022 edition of The Nigeria Prize for Science today, announced two most outstanding works on “Gains in Grain Yield of Released Maize (Zea Mays L.) Cultivars under Drought and Well-Watered Conditions” by Muhydideen Oyekunle and Shehu Ado; and “Development of Process Plant for Plantain Flour” by Sesan Peter Ayodeji and Emmanuel Olatunji Olatomilola, as winners of the $100,000 prize money.

The Prize’s Advisory Board, led by Professor Barth Nnaji, announced the judges’ verdict based on the 2022 theme “Innovations in Sustainable Food Security” at a press conference in Lagos. This is coming after the 2021 cycle, which was based on the same theme, ended without a winner.