" ITREALMS: 2022-12-18

Saturday, December 24, 2022

Christmas Rice wahala: NAN mgt re-commits to workers’ welfare, to set up joint c’ttee - ITREALMS

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The Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Mr Buki Ponle, has said the management of the Agency is conscious of the reality of the prevailing times and is ever determined to give succour to its members of staff where possible.

PONLE OF NAN
Ponle said this in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja while reacting to a letter from the Joint Union of the Agency giving the management a seven-day ultimatum to provide rice as Christmas gift for workers, among others.

Thursday, December 22, 2022

NITDA bill: Controversy looms over NASS secret public hearing - ITREALMS

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The Joint Senate and House Committee on Information Communications Technology (ICT) has been accused of clandestine move to pass a controversial bill concerning the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), reports 
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This move by NASS, 
ITREALMS gathered has been decried by industry watchers with suspicious.

NCDMB trains journalists on 'Enhancing Media Competencies to Support Nigerian Content in a Gas Economy' - ITREALMS

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The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) hosted some journalists in Lagos to a capacity building workshop with the theme: Enhancing Media Competencies to Support Nigerian Content in a Gas Economy, reports ITREALMS.
Dr Ginah of NCDmB
The event organized annually by the board for media practitioners to enhance their capacity and competence in the field of journalism.

NLNG's Nwokedi emerges president-elect @Nigerian Gas Association - ITREALMS

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The General Counsel/ Company Secretary of Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) and former MD of NLNG Ship Management Limited (NSML), Mr. Akachukwu Nwokedi, has emerged the President-elect of the Nigerian Gas Association (NGA), reports 
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General Counsel/ Company Secretary of Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) and former MD of NLNG Ship Management Limited (NSML), Mr. Akachukwu Nwokedi
This, ITREALMS gathered, would see Nwokedi leading the Executive Council to pilot and steer the affairs of the gas industry association for the next two years.

LASHMA harps on HIS in achieving universal healthcare coverage - ITREALMS

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The Lagos State Health Management Agency (LASHMA), has advocated for importance of  residents to enroll in Healthcare Insurance Scheme (HIS), reports ITREALMS.
This, they said, would help to achieve universal healthcare coverage and reduce
out of pocket payments.

Göran Marby resigns as ICANN President, board accepts - ITREALMS

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The Board of Directors has accepted the resignation of Mr. Göran Marby, the immediate President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) with immediate effect, reports 
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ICANN Board Chair, Tripti Sinha
Confirming this development, ICANN Board Chair, Tripti Sinha, thanked Goran for his service to the community in the past six and half year.

Revealed! Satellite phone service providers fingered on Nigeria’s Californium scam - ITREALMS

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Satellite telecommunications service providers have been accused of aiding and abetting the unending insecurity situation in the Nigeria’s North-East due to vested interest in their offering, reports ITREALMS.
These satellite telecoms service providers, according to a retired military intelligence officer, offer services to some fraudulent californium precious stone explorers under the guise of international Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) who deploy their services without regulatory stress from any sovereign country.

Making these accusation, the Action Alliance (AA) Presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, retired Major Hamza Al-Mustapha alleged that some international NGOs have been illegally exploring californium, a precious stone found in Borno State-Nigeria.

Speaking as the guest of Brekete Family recently in Abuja, Al-Mustapha accused satellite telecoms service providers of conniving with the some state actors, especially at the Federal and state levels to exploit the californium precious stones in Nigeria under pretense of international NGO.

These NGOs, he said, came with satellite telephones and personal computers that connect via the satellite too.

Al-Mustapha, insisted that these NGOs, leave late in the night to go to the Californium sites and where soldiers and police dread to go during the day time, wondering who is providing cover for them during this period.

He called on the Federal Ministry of Health to take a critical look on why there is increase in cancer and kidney cases in the North-East and Borno State precisely.

Al-Mustapha also accused the Federal Government of ineptitude and international satellite companies of high-level complacency on the issue of insecurity in the North East.

ITREALMS gathered that globally, these NGOs use the services of international companies offering satellite telecommunications services such as Thuraya satellite phones to name a few.

Also, ITREALMS gathered that Californium is worth $27 million per gram, about N12,040,920,000.00 billion.

Satellite phone systems could be classified into two types, namely the systems that use satellites in a high geostationary orbit, 35,786 kilometres (22,236 mi) above the earth's surface, and systems that use satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO), 640 to 1,120 kilometers (400 to 700 miles) above the earth.

Traditionally, cell phones rely on cell towers, unlike satellite phones that work anywhere on earth. Once you leave the city, satellite networks are the only networks offering reliable communication. So, there are satellite phones that work anywhere, even in the most remote areas of the world.

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Wednesday, December 21, 2022

TestNigeria 1.0: Quality software'll give Nigeria’s Digital Economy competitive advantage - ITREALMS

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Effective software quality assurance in the Nigerian Digital Economy will greatly impact the digital economy's accelerated growth, says Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy.

Mr. Hakeem Fahm, Honourable Commissioner of Science and Technology, Lagos State, speaking at TestNigeria Conference 1.0
He remarked in the lead address at the first-ever Software Testing Conference in Nigeria with the theme “Impact of Software Quality Assurance in the Nigerian Digital Economy”, organized by Nigeria Software Testing Qualification Board (NGSTQB) on Wednesday, November 23, 2022, at Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, Lagos State.

50 MDAs back Nigeria Digital ID4D project - ITREALMS

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At least, no fewer than 50 public institutions in Nigeria, on Tuesday, pledged their support for the implementation of the Nigeria Digital Identification for Development (ID4D) Project, reports ITREALMS.
Revealing this, the Manager, Communications, Nigeria Digital ID4D Project, Dr. Walter Duru, informed ITREALMS that rising from a 1-day Roundtable for Desk Officers of Ecosystem Implementing partners of the Nigeria Digital ID4D project, held at Peniel Apartments, Abuja, the stakeholders described the project as timely, reiterating their willingness to participate in its implementation.

Okupe: More facts emerge on judgment, resignation - ITREALMS

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More explicit reasons have been adduced for the sentencing and eventual voluntary resignation of the elsewhile Director-General of the Labour Party Presidential Council, Dr. Doyin Okupe, reports ITREALMS.
Dr Doyin Okupe
Reacting on the development, Tolu Babaleye Esq, one of the members of the Okupe Legal Team since 2018 and who was present in court during the judgment that sentenced Dr. Doyin Okupe, from the Chambers of Tolu Babaleye & Co. alluded that the judgment was largely misrepresented in the media.

Help save my life with N20m, kidney patient James Molehin cries out - ITREALMS

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The greatest wish of James Oloruntosin Molehin at this time is to have his life back and live a normal life. For that to happen, he needs you, kind hearted Nigerians and other well meaning members of the society to make it happen. He needs urgently the sum of N20 million to do a kidney transplant, in the next three months, else he becomes history.
Help save my life with N20m, kidney patient James Molehin cries out - ITREALMS
Molehin, should be a man of means; in his late 50s, Molehin, who hailed from Ode-Erinje in Okitipupa LG Area of Ondo State, was a graduate of Accounting, from the University of Lagos, Unilag, and Fellow, Institute of Chartered Institute of Accountancy, ICAN, (FCA). He was a management staff of MDS, the logistics arm of UAC Plc, Lagos.

CBN revisits withdrawal limits, fixes .5m & 5m for individuals, corporates - ITREALMS

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In obvious surrender to the public pressure and outcry over the recent proclamations by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the apex bank, has increased the weekly limit for cash withdrawals across all channels by individuals and corporate organisations to N500,000 and N5 million, in that order, reports ITREALMS.
A letter to financial institutions on Thursday, dated December 21, 2022, and signed by the Director, Banking Supervision at CBN, Haruna B. Mustafa, alluded to the fact that they are a listening organisation by increasing withdrawals against earlier announced.

Terrorism: Group sues Southwest, Edo, Kogi, Kwara Governors - ITREALMS

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A Pan-Yoruba group, Yoruba Koya Leadership and Training Foundation (YKLTF), has dragged the governors of Yoruba speaking Southwest States to a Federal High Court the worsening insecurity conditions in the region.

The suit filed at the Ibadan division of the Federal High Court is marked: IB/CS/189/22.

Unubiko Foundation hands over renovated court, advances plans on school, others - ITREALMS

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In line with its objective of promoting infrastructure development in communities as well as justice and peace, the Unubiko Foundation has handed over the renovated Amaelu-Abam Customary Court to the community.
Unubiko Foundation
In addition, on December 25, 2022, the St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Atan-Abam; the Atan-Abam Women Development Centre and the renovated Ovukwu Abam Secondary School, Atan-Abam, would all be dedicated and handed over.

Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Shoppers surge for Konga Jara deals, all eyes knowledge weekend with Zinox boss - ITREALMS

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A keen battle is ongoing among customers of Konga, Nigeria’s leading composite e-commerce giant as the competition for places for the free Knowledge Weekend programme with Chairman, Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh intensifies among Konga Jara shoppers.
An annual festive season sale, Konga Jara offers massive deals, mouthwatering discounts and huge savings for all categories of shoppers but with a difference this year.

Exposed! Al-Mustapha accuses NGOs, western countries of exploiting Nigeria's californium - ITREALMS

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The Action Alliance (AA) Presidential candidate in the forthcoming general elections, retired Major Hamza Al-Mustapha has accused some international Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) of conniving with some state actors to exploit the californium precious stones in Nigeria, reports ITREALMS.
retired Major Hamza Al-Mustapha
Californium is reportedly worth $27 million, one thousand, per gram, about N12,040,920,000.00 billion.

Mbelede charges KSM members: Look beyond Nigeria’s situation, provide poor with succour @Christmas - ITREALMS

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The Supreme Knight of the Order of Knights of St. Mulumba (KSM) Nigeria, Sir Charles Mbelede, has charged members to look beyond the situation of the country and ensure they provide succour for the poor in the society, reports 
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Supreme Knight of the Order of Knights of St. Mulumba (KSM) Nigeria, Sir Charles Mbelede
Sir Mbelede in his 2022 Christmas message available to ITREALMS, noted that as Christians and knights of the church, KSM members should look beyond the very stressful and frustrating situations in the country.

Monday, December 19, 2022

Group applauds NBA President over bar ceremony boycott - ITREALMS

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Foremost civic society organisation on anti-corruption and transparency in governance, the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has commended the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Yakubu Maikyau, for boycotting the recent Bar ceremony over the refusal of the Chairman of the Body of Benchers, Chief Wole Olanipekun, from presiding over the ceremony on moral and ethical ground.

The Civil group in a letter signed by its Chairman, Olanrewaju Suraju, titled ‘Solidarity with the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Boycott of the Call to Bar Ceremony’, described Mr Yakubu Maikyau’s action as standing for the truth and defending the professional integrity of the association, therefore raised concerns over the legal profession's gradually loss of respect and prestige for which it was renowned over the years.
President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Yakubu Maikyau
In the letter addressed to the NBA President, HEDA argues that, “We cannot agree any less with you that the legal profession is gradually losing its respect and prestige earned over the years. 

Tinubu to organised Labour: I’m one of you in fight for good governance - ITREALMS

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The All Progressives Congress Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has urged Organised Labour to pitch its tent with him in the 2023 presidential election, saying he has the track record for good governance.
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu
Tinubu stated this during a Townhall meeting with Organised Labour at Chida Hotel Conference Centre in Abuja on Monday where he also said he is the most qualified to lead Nigeria among the presidential candidates.

The Hack: 9mobile takes entrepreneurship mentoring to Port Harcourt - ITREALMS

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Acclaimed Nigeria's innovative and SME-friendly telecommunications company, 9mobile, has taken its third edition of the The Hack to the city of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, reports 
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L-R: Regional Head, Enterprise Sales, South-South Region, 9mobile, Nneka Owolabi; Manager, Enterprise Sales, 9mobile, Christian Kanu; Business Growth Expert, Tricia Olufemi-Olumide (TriciaBiz); and Head, Corporate Risk and Compliance, 9mobile, Anthonia Attoh, at The Hack, an entrepreneurship and business mentorship event organised by 9mobile for SMEs held in Port Harcourt
The Hack, ITREALMS gathered is an initiative to spur growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria.

CNF debuts to drive advocacy, development - ITREALMS

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Some ICT media practitioners and pioneers in Nigeria have launched a foundation known as Cloud Network Foundation (CNF), to drive advocacy for skills acquisition and capacity building among youths and push for policy that encourages local content in ICT development in Nigeria.
Chairman, CNF, Mr. Abimbola Tooki @ITREALMS
The foundation, made of the first eleven in ICT journalism in Nigeria, is worried that, among others, policy direction and implementation in the country has primarily neglected local content development and the creation of the requisite skills and enablement for Nigeria’s teeming youth to excel in the ICT ecosystem.

Prosper Africa to boost investment with $170m - ITREALMS

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At the U.S.-Africa Business Forum’s Deal Room, the White House’s Prosper Africa initiative announced today an ambitious set of multimillion-dollar investments to boost African exports and infrastructure and mobilize private investment to accelerate African innovation.
Prosper Africa is the U.S. Government initiative to increase two-way trade and investment between African nations and the United States.

Sagacity of a digital revolution - ITREALMS

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Taking a look at the digital revolution in Nigeria, REMMY NWEKE gave a pointer to a sagacious president under who the Global System for Mobile (GSM) communication thrived.
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Often sagacity is ascribed to the quality of being sagacious, especially of the political class and with all the historical perspectives to the entrance and realisation of the Global System for Mobile (GSM) Communications in Nigeria, its obvious that the then elected president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo was sagacious enough in his approach to the adoption of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) and precisely telecommunications following his resolve to liberalise the nation’s telecoms sector in year 2000.

Sunday, December 18, 2022

Sygen Pharmaceutical promises to improve lives of Nigerians – ITREALMS

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One of the Nigeria's healthcare manufacturing companies, Sygen Pharmaceuticals, has promised to improve lives of citizens through innovative sciences, especially in the communities where they operate, reports 
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Speaking at the formal brand launch, held in Onikan, Lagos, the Chief Executive Officer, Sygen, Charles Ogunwuyi, said Sygen manufactures and markets a wide range of products including anti-malaria, anti-hypertensive and antidiabetics, drugs among other products.

Acting DG, NAFDAC cautions against using bleaching products - ITREALMS

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The Acting Director-General (DG), National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Dr. Monica Eimunjeze, has cautioned Nigerians on demerit of bleaching cosmetic products with the aim to have lightening skin and be acceptable to others in the society as this act is dangerous to the health, reports 
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members of Association of Nigerian Health Journalists (ANHJ)
She explained that the use of skin bleaching products cause skin redness, skin ulcers, cancer, blisters, swellings, and itchings among others in the body, therefore, people should avoid these products for their own good.

USALF'22: Pantami meets with Space X, World Bank, Google to strengthen Nigeria’s Digital Economy - ITREALMS

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The Federal Minister of Communications and Digital Economy of Nigeria, Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, had meetings at Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (Space X) headquarters in Hawthorne, California, as well as a meeting at the World Bank Headquarters and another meeting with Google Corporation in a bid to strengthen partnerships for the development of Nigeria’s digital economy.
The meetings with the World Bank and Google were held on the sidelines of the US-Africa Leaders’ Forum (USALF), which took place in Washington DC, United States of America, while the visit to Space X was a follow up to the events at the USALF.

Igbo culture and diaspora: The AASDU Lagos philosophy - ITREALMS

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Ndi Igbo worldwide are members of the Jewish race, according to historical facts. They trace their origin and network to the destruction of the hominid by flood, and the eventual covenants God had with Noah and the Patriarchs. 
Chidi Abajue, the Publicity Secretary of the Association of Anambra State Development Unions (AASDU Lagos).
Global cultural mappings have consistently identified unique trends and patterns of culture that are now classified as Igbo cultural heritage. As a distinctive group of the human race, Ndi Igbo have a peculiar worldview through which they tame and subdue whatever socio-economic and political environment they find themselves, time and space notwithstanding.