Fondant guru, Abimbola advises startups to develop healthy competition - ITREALMS

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Fondant guru and Chief Executive Officer of BbRoyale Confectionery, Lagos, Abimbola Babalola, told ITREALMS' GBEMI OMOTOSO that baking industry begets lots of talents and full of creativity, advising startup to develop healthy competition.

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What prompts you into the cake industry?

My passion and love for edibles 'no be from here.'

To Save Nigeria's N500trn insurance industry - ITREALMS

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Last week, I passed by the ever-busy Computer Village and saw shop after shop loaded floor to top with laptops. I thought to myself, what happens if there is an incident, say fire? Do they have insurance? I shuddered to think of the sheer loss.

Insurance, experts insist, has the potential to transform the economy. The bulk of Nigerians respectfully disagree. This is reflected in the number of people who do not have any form of insurance. To change the story, perhaps, it is time to reform the way insurance is managed in Nigeria.

How to handle finance in your relationship - ITREALMS

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The love of money right from time has always and will always be an issue. 

Ada who is a telecoms staff, was doing quite well financially and has been taking care of the bills for a few years, while her spouse Ken an engineer survives majorly on contracts, which has not been forthcoming for years apart from little jobs family and friends give him out of pity. Ken still has a bad habit of gambling and buying things on credit which always caused issues between himself and Ada.

Another scene is of Modupe and Alabi both well paid professionals earning good money but Alabi had several investments he has not told Modupe about and Modupe also has a habit of buying only designer clothes to wear which most times makes Alabi very upset as she has shown herself to be a heavy spender and never gets to save a penny.

Tinubu to CAN: I'm not religious bigot, won't run my administration on religious bias - ITREALMS

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The Presidential C⁵ndidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has assured the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) that he will not run his administration on the basis of religion if elected President of Nigeria.

Tinubu who met with the CAN leadership in Abuja on Wednesday at an interactive session assured them that the same way his administration did not discriminate against anyone either based on tribe, religion or gender when he was Lagos Governor, he would not start such in office as president.

GOCOP makes case against irresponsible online publishers @media roundtable - ITREALMS

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President of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), Ms. Maureen Chigbo, has admonished all genuine operators in the media industry to work together to wipe out charlatans masquerading as online publishers.

She made the appeal in Lagos, Monday, November 14, at the all-important one-day roundtable attended by chieftains of the media, including members of the Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria, NPAN; Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria , BON; Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) as well as media-based Non-governmental organisations.

Nigeria: Facts behind tobacco related deaths - ITREALMS

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Remmy Nweke in this report exposed what every adolescent in Nigeria should know about tobacco and its effects as users surge.

Introduction:

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Global Health Observatory in 2019, listed as one of the risk factors for oral diseases in Nigeria to include the prevalence of current tobacco use at 15 years and above, who use any tobacco product be it smoked and/or smokeless tobacco, on a daily or non-daily basis.

Tobacco smoke is defined as a sooty aerosol produced by the incomplete combustion of tobacco during the smoking of cigarettes and other tobacco products. Temperatures in burning cigarettes range from about 400 °C between puffs to about 900 °C during a puff, according to Wikipedia.

L'Oréal partners KongaHealth, set to launch in Nigeria - ITREALMS

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L’Oréal, the world’s leading beauty company, is set to finally launch in the Nigerian market after an exclusive distribution agreement was signed with KongaHealth, a leading health care distribution company early last week.

Headquartered in Paris, France, L’Oréal would be making a grand entry into Nigeria, with feelers indicating that the brand intends to take leadership of the budding Nigerian market through its newly signed exclusive distributorship deal with KongaHealth, one of the thriving subsidiaries in the Konga e-commerce group.

AfricaCom 2022: Huawei launches Fintech 2.0 to boost mobile money - ITREALMS

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Huawei has launched an innovative offering called Fintech 2.0, to revolutionize mobile money in Africa, reports ITREALMS.

This offering is also aimed at increasing financial inclusion and greatly improving the consumer’s digital user experience.

2023 loading: Atiku promises inclusive government of national unity, if elected - ITREALMS

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The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has revealed plans to run an inclusive government of national unity, if elected next year, reports ITREALMS.

Speaking at Editors' Forum hosted by the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) in Lagos on Wednesday, Atiku who commended the guild for making efforts at ensuring that the meeting held, noted that media roles in democratic restoration cannot be over-emphasised.

Pantami, Danbatta, Inuwa, Ikenna-Emeka, Oji and others receive 2022 AfriTECH awards

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The Africa Tech Alliance Forum (AfriTECH) has conferred special honours on Professor Isa Ibrahim Ali (Pantami), Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), reports ITREALMS.

Other special honourees at the award ceremony held during AfriTECH 2.0 are; Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, Director General, National Information Technology Agency (NITDA), Onyinye Ikenna-Emeka, General Manager, Fixed Broadband, MTN Nigeria, and Dr. Ruth Oji, Faculty Member, Institute of Humanities, Pan-Atlantic University (PAU), Lagos.

NCC reassures on transparent 3.5GHz auction in December – ITREALMS

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reassured on the transparency of the forthcoming 3.5Gega Hertz Spectrum Auction in December this year, reports ITREALMS.

Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, gave these assurances while speaking to 
ITREALMS on Tuesday, during the Stakeholders’ Consultative Forum on the Draft Information Memorandum for the 3.5GHz Spectrum Action, in Lagos.

UNWTO Confab: Minister hypes Nigeria as hub for global events - ITREALMS

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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the hosting of two international events in quick succession by the Nigerian government is a testament to the increasing readiness, safety and security of Nigerian cities to play host to global events.

The Minister said this on Tuesday at the opening of the UNWTO Global Conference on Linking Tourism, Culture and the Creative Industries, with the theme “Pathways To Recovery and Inclusive Development,” which held at the newly-renovated National Theatre in Lagos.

AfriTECH 2.0: Agada underline factors against startups - ITREALMS

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The immediate past Chief Executive Officer, CWG Plc and founder, Lxzdorelabs, an innovation hub and consultancy focused company, Mr. James Agada, has underlined some factors militating against startup and could lead to premature death, reports ITREALMS.

Agada, who spoke to the theme: Sustainability and the company of the future, at Africa Tech Alliance Forum (AfriTECH 2.0) held in Lagos on Wednesday, listed the factors to include non-reporting of sales figures, issues around corporate governance, Court or Government interference, and inability to create new business.

Newsdiary Online suffers again cyber attack - ITREALMS

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Newsdiaryonline, an Abuja-based newspaper has once again suffered a major cyber-attack.

The attack in the early hours of Sunday November 13, 2022 which rendered all posts on the site inaccessible was quickly reported by anxious readers across Nigeria.

Bluechip companies support hosting of Realnews 10th anniversary lecture - ITREALMS

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Bluechip companies and organisations are supporting the hosting of the Realnews 10th Anniversary Lecture holding at the Sheraton Hotel Lagos, on Thursday, November 17.

The organisations include Nigerian Content Development Monitoring Board, NCDMB, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas, NLNG, FirstBank Nigeria Limited, FBN, and Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA).

History! National theatre hosts UNWTO confab - ITREALMS

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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described as historic the hosting of the first United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Global Conference on Linking Tourism, Culture and the Creative Industries at the National Theatre in Lagos.

The Minister made the remarks in Lagos on Monday at the opening of the Experts’ Workshops of the global conference.

Realnews @10: Prominent Nigerians pay tribute - ITREALMS

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As Realnews prepares to mark its 10th anniversary with its lecture series on Thursday, November 17, prominent Nigerians and Africans have been sending goodwill messages to the online publication. 

The goodwill messengers, who have been reading Realnews over the years, have also prayed for its success and advised the pioneer online investigative magazine in Nigeria on how to sustain its good works for the future.

Between new currency, e-Naira & 2023 - ITREALMS

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REMMY NWEKE in this piece, examined the plans to introduce new redesigned notes, its impact on eNaira and funding of 2023 general elections.

Preamble:

Barely 24 hours after the commemoration of the first anniversary of the electronic Naira (eNaira), the Federal Government through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) proclaimed the decision to introduce new currency notes, effective from Thursday, December 15, 2022.

Danbatta: Credible journalism can influence credible elections - ITREALMS

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Less than four months into 2023 general elections, the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has said declared that the media holds the ace in making a difference in promoting credible elections in Nigeria, reports ITREALMS.

Danbatta told the gathering of the cream of Nigerian editors at the 18th All-Nigeria Editors Conference, organised by the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) at the Concord Hotels in Owerri, Imo State, with the Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma in attendance, reiterated the importance of the roles of the media and journalists specifically, before, during and after the 2023 elections.