" ITREALMS: 2023-07-09

Friday, July 14, 2023

Meta Ads unleashed! Scaling your brand to new heights by Reuben Kalu - ITREALMS

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Introduction
In the fast-paced world of digital advertising, staying ahead of the competition and effectively scaling your brand is crucial for long-term success. With the emergence of meta ads, a powerful advertising strategy that combines the strengths of traditional advertising with the targeting capabilities of digital platforms, brands have found a new avenue to reach their target audience and drive significant growth. In this essay, we will explore the concept of meta ads, their benefits, and how they can be effectively utilized to scale your brand.
Meta Ads unleashed! Scaling your brand to new heights by Reuben Kalu - ITREALMS

Understanding Meta Ads
Meta ads, also known as meta advertising or meta-marketing, refer to advertisements that promote advertising itself. Instead of directly promoting a product or service, meta ads focus on creating awareness and generating interest in the advertising campaign itself. This approach allows brands to generate buzz, engage their audience, and ultimately drive brand recognition and loyalty.

Thursday, July 13, 2023

Google's Bard showcases more features, languages and countries - ITREALMS

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Google recently developed conversational generative artificial intelligence chatbot, the Bard is showcasing some more features, languages and countries, reports 
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Bard, 
ITREALMS gathered, is a conversational generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Google, based initially on the LaMDA family of large language models and later the PaLM LLM.

The duo of Jack Krawczyk, Product Lead, Bard and Amarnag Subramanya, the Vice President, Engineering, Bard, disclosed that users could not access new languages and countries, customised responses add images to your prompts and more.
Google's Bard showcases more features, languages and countries - ITREALMS
According to them, curiosity and imagination are the driving forces behind human creativity, be it a child inventing a game, friends dreaming up their next adventure, or an entrepreneur coming up with a new business idea, our ability to imagine new possibilities is one of our most innate human qualities.

Confab on anti-corruption sets agenda for Tinubu - ITREALMS

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The President, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has been tasked on the immediate need to decisively fight corruption to halt the country’s possible drift into a major economic crisis amidst reports that Nigeria loses about $60billion every year to corruption.
Confab on anti-corruption sets agenda for Tinubu - ITREALMS
The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre), local and international partners set the anti-corruption agenda for the new administration at the two-day National Anti-Corruption conference held in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.

Working remotely @Summer 2023: Five steps to protect yourself from cyberattacks - ITREALMS

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With the arrival of summer, teleworking becomes the priority option for many workers, but it is necessary to take into account the risks and threats involved in moving the workspace to a new location.
Working remotely @Summer 2023: Five steps to protect yourself from cyberattacks - ITREALMS
Before the pandemic, cybersecurity started to be considered as a fundamental area in a company. But it’s really after the implementation of teleworking during confinement and the cyberattacks that many companies suffered, due to the exposure of their devices, that IT teams are increasingly focused on raising awareness among their workers. The objective is clear, shield each access point to the business network and monitor it to avoid active threats, making remote work a secure and flexible option.

Diversifying critical material supply chains minimises geopolitical risks - ITREALMS

The energy transition requires a dramatic increase in the supply of critical materials, yet their supplies chains remain vulnerable to a range of geopolitical risks. 
Diversifying critical material supply chains minimises geopolitical risks - ITREALMS
While there is no scarcity of reserves for energy transition minerals, global capabilities for mining and refining them are limited.

NITRA demands technocrat as FMoCDE Minister, sets agenda - ITREALMS

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The Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association (NITRA), has demanded for a technocrat to be nominated and appointed eventually as a competent Minister of Communications and Digital Economy by President Ahmed Bola Tinubu, reports 
ITREALMS.
NITRA demands technocrat as FMoCDE Minister, sets agenda - ITREALMS
NITRA is a body of journalists in the Information and Communications Technology sector, made up of reporters and editors in broadcast, print and online media.

Palliatives underway says Tinubu to Nigerians - ITREALMS

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday in Abuja assured Nigerians that the framework for palliatives to remedy the effects of fuel subsidy removal is being worked out, explaining that the decision to phase out the subsidy was taken in the best interest of the country.
Palliatives underway says Tinubu to Nigerians - ITREALMS
He said the decision would guarantee future prosperity.

Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Porter Novelli unveils ‘borderless’ network model - ITREALMS

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Porter Novelli, one of the biggest PR consultancies in the world, has introduced a new global network model in response to evolving client needs – The Connected Core.
Porter Novelli unveils ‘borderless’ network model - ITREALMS
The model enables the agency to cherry pick talent across the world, creating a centre of excellence for each of their clients into which they can plug in additional expertise when relevant and as required.

Lessons from JAMBFun controversy - ITREALMS

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The girl amidst technology-generated JAMBFun controversy, Miss Joy Mmesoma Ejikeme, may have gotten to her height of adolescence, but earnestly needs serious counselling, correction and guidance with conclusion by the Committee of Inquiry by Anambra State government, reports ITREALMS' REMMY NWEKE.

Preface:
Lately, the social media has been extremely active with the many pontifications on the misdemeanor occasioned by the electronic prank (e-prank) by Ms Joy Mmesoma Ejikeme, who despite her passing overwhelmingly with 249 score went on to prank the populace with 362.
Lessons from JAMBFun controversy - ITREALMS
Born on March 2, 2004, Joy Mmesoma Ejikeme, according to her records hails from Enugu State but schooling at the Anglican Girls Secondary School, Nnewi, Anambra State. She purportedly took her 2023 JAMB Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) with the examination number C05502116 at the Thomas Chidoka Centre for Human Development, near Shepherd County, Obosi, also in Anambra State. The false UTME result notification she printed on May 14, 2023 had registration number as 202330639047FF. While she claimed to have passed "Use of English - 98; Biology 94; Physics 89 and Chemistry 81 = total score of 362.”

Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Ademiluyi urges global embrace for optimal employment processes - ITREALMS

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The Managing Director of HumanManager Limited (HML), a leading HR and Payroll solutions firm and a subsidiary of SystemSpecs Holdings Limited (SHL), Adekunbi Ademiluyi, has called for global embrace for optimisation of employment processes, reports 
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Ademiluyi urges global embrace for optimal employment processes - ITREALMS
Delivering a keynote at the 2023 Digital PayExpo conference held recently in Lagos, on the theme ‘The Future is Contactless’, she told stakeholders in the financial sector and others to explore the potential of contactless payments technology in fostering the adoption of cashless transactions in Africa.

EdTech Innovations: HP, Cambridge turn to Africa, 25 fellows emerge - ITREALMS

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This September, 25 of Africa’s most influential education technology (EdTech) leaders will head to Cambridge on a new fellowship programme from Cambridge Partnership for Education and HP.
EdTech Innovations: HP, Cambridge turn to Africa, 25 fellows emerge - ITREALMS
The HP Cambridge Partnership for Education EdTech Fellowship is a seven-month programme that aims to grow participants’ knowledge and skills to lead impactful EdTech transformations in their education systems.

Ecma Int'l appoints Samina Husain to Secretary General - ITREALMS

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Leading industry standards developing organization dedicated to the open standardization of information and communication systems, Ecma International, has appointed Samina Husain its secretary general, reports ITREALMS.
Ecma Int'l appoints Samina Husain to Secretary General - ITREALMS
Samina Husain, ITREALMS gathered brings over 25 yeas of experience in business, engineering and partnership development to the standard organisation.

Insecurity: South East Govs, lawmakers, Ohanaeze Ndigbo to meet Tinubu - ITREALMS

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The five governors and federal lawmakers from the South East plus the Igbo sociocultural organization, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, have advanced plans to send a delegation to President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the lingering insecurity in the region, reports 
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Insecurity: South East Govs, lawmakers, Ohanaeze Ndigbo to meet Tinubu - ITREALMS
This position was taken at an emergency meeting held on Monday evening at the Imo state Governor’s Lodge, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.

Omituntun 2.0: Makinde urges support from Oyo residents - ITREALMS

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The Governor of Oyo State, ‘Seyi Makinde, has urged residents of the state to support his administration to have a successful tenure, noting that once the governor records success, the impact will be felt by all the residents.
Omituntun 2.0: Makinde urges support from Oyo residents - ITREALMS
Governor Makinde, who lauded the people of the state for their support for his administration in the first four years and their support during the election, said he would never take that support for granted.

Monday, July 10, 2023

HEDA, CEFTIW to host 2-day confab on anti-corruption - ITREALMS

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The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) and the Centre for Fiscal Transparency and Integrity Watch (CEFTIW) would on Wednesday host a 2-day National Conference on Anti-Corruption, reports 
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HEDA, CEFTIW to host 2-day confab on anti-corruption - ITREALMS

Supported by the MacArthur Foundation, the conference will be followed by an Anti-Corruption Champions’ Dinner.

Digital Encode @20: The House Adewale and Seyi built - ITREALMS

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"Celebrating 20 Years of Africa’s Trusted InfoSec Company"
Digital Encode Limited, a multi-award-winning consulting and integration firm based in Lagos, Nigeria, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month.


Founded in 2003, Digital Encode specializes in designing, managing, and securing business-critical telecommunications environments and IT infrastructures.
Digital Encode @20: The House Adewale and Seyi built - ITREALMS
Recognized in the industry for its vendor-independent perspective, the firm excels in solving multifaceted, complex enterprise network security and audit problems.

3rd term rejection: Tinubu applauds Senegalese Sall over decision - ITREALMS

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President Bola Tinubu has praised the decision of his Senegalese counterpart, President Macky Sall, not to seek a third term in office after the end of his tenure.
3rd term rejection: Tinubu applauds Senegalese Sall over decision - ITREALMS
There had been protests in Senegal in the past few weeks following speculations about a third-term ambition of President Sall, who is moving towards the end of his second term in office.

INEC lacks transparency in election technology - ITREALMS

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been accused of lacking in election technology transparency, reports ITREALMS.
Prof. Mahmood Yakubu - INEC lacks transparency in election technology - ITREALMS
This accusation was contained in the latest report by the European Union Election Observation Mission for the Nigeria 2023 elections held between 25 February and 18 March this year and available to ITREALMS.