GOCOP felicitates Horatius Egua on appointment as Director, Special Duties @NCAA - ITREALMS

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The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has felicitated Mr. Horatius Egua over his appointment as Director, Special Duties at the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), reports ITREALMS.

Mr. Egua, a pioneer member and Zonal Coordinator, North-East of GOCOP, was among some 46 directors of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) appointed few days ago by the presidency including the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Nigeria Metrological Agency (NiMET), Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the Nigeria Safety and Investigation Bureau (NSIB). NCAA is the regulatory body of the aviation industry in Nigeria under the Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development.

UNESCO unveils data sharing for public good - ITREALMS

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The The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has unveiled its latest compendium on data sharing to foster information as a public good, reports ITREALMS.

The 17-page policy brief, ITREALMS gathered speaks to the case of media viability and safety of journalists in the digital ecosystem, stressing that trends in access to data are mixed, but allows for progress in data-sharing by digital platforms.

Echiche Jehovah, new single by Elizabeth Ndubisi Eromosele, debuts - ITREALMS

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An emerging gospel act, Dr. Elizabeth Ndubisi Eromosele, has unveiled her latest single, 'Echiche Jehovah' reports ITREALMS.

This vibrant track, ITREALMS gathered was based on Jeremiah 29: 11 which is a spiritual revelation in celebrating God's goodness, peace, and the divine promise of an expected end. 

Ndigbo resourcefulness, ingenuity traced to Jewish DNA says Dr. Anakwenze - ITREALMS

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The Igbo race in the South-Eastern geographical zone of Nigeria have been described as one of the most enterprising and populous people in Africa and boast a sizable percentage of the world population, reports ITREALMS.

An internationally acclaimed physician and founder of the famous Anambra State Association in the United States of American (ASA-USA), Dr. Nwachukwu Anakwenze made this known in a keynote lecture themed ''Culture: Catalyst for Igbo Unity, Collective Advancement and Global Resurgence'' delivered during the NUJ 2023 Cultural Festival organized by the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Anambra State Council in collaboration with Kasie Communications, a PR and Event company, at the Godwin Ezeemo International Press Centre, Awka, the state capital.

Hyperspace secures 2nd patent for blockchain technology, cipherCHIP tap2verify - ITREALMS

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Hyperspace Technologies Limited has secured its second patent and trademarks for cipher CHIP tap2verify: A blockchain-integrated contactless product authentication & verification system.

 The Lagos-based Web3 startup specializes in next-level smart security infrastructure and key management systems.

Stepping down the document: Fiducia Supplicans - ITREALMS

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The internet has been awash with sensational journalists writing high and low about the new documents released in Rome. Indeed, I felt the gravity of the problem yesterday evening when, within an hour, I got four calls from priest friends and religious asking if I have seen the new document and what sense do I make of it. I was lucky to have glanced through it before their calls came, so I responded to them and, like the document, advised them to bypass journalists and go read the document itself. Now, in catechism format, I attempt to simplify the document.

1. Is the Document Entirely about Gays & Lesbians?
No, it is about pastoral closeness to those in irregular union in general.

CBN warns banks, PoS operators over alleged Naira hoarding - ITREALMS

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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has cautioned commercial banks and Point of Sale (POS) operators in the country over the alleged scarcity of Naira, reports ITREALMS.

CBN in a press statement available to ITREALMS and signed by the Acting Director, Corporate Communications, CBN, Mrs Sidi-Ali, Hakama alleged cases of collusion between some Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) and Point-Of-Sale (PoS) operators which have affected the availability of cash and disrupting the seamless circulation of the Naira.

Ensuring seamless network transitions in MTN Nigeria's tower transfer by Elvis Eromosele - ITREALMS

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Telecommunications is infrastructure. And infrastructure is not cheap. The firm that has made the most astute investment in infrastructure leads the pack. In Nigeria, MTN is generally regarded as the foremost operator, with close to 90 million subscribers on its network.

It was from Dr. Emmanuel Ekuwem, who as President of ATCON, I first heard the phrase "telecommunications is the infrastructure of infrastructure." It is the platform on which all other platforms ride. Telecommunications provide the connections that connect the economy, spurring socio-economic growth.

2023 ITREALMS E-Waste Dialogue: Maida calls for conscious measures to reduce waste - ITREALMS

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The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Aminu Maida has canvassed for conscious measures to reduce the electronic waste generated by the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) tools in the country.

Maida made this call at the 2023 ITREALMS E-Waste Dialogue which held at the prestigious Welcome Center Hotels, International Airport Road, Lagos recently with the theme: You can recycle anything with a plug, battery, and cable.

Lasekan, Ogunniran headline book fiesta - ITREALMS

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The Ibadan Book Club has announced that two eminent Ibadan-based published authors, Obasola Lasekan and Olatunde Lawuyi Ogunniran, will be headlining the much-anticipated Ibadan Book Fiesta scheduled for Saturday, December 23rd, 2023, at the prestigious Oyo State Library Board premises. The event, known as the Ibadan Book Feast, will commence at 12:00 PM.

Wole Adedoyin, the founder of the Ibadan Book Club, revealed that the Ibadan Book Feast will not only showcase the literary prowess of the two distinguished authors but will also incorporate a mini novel writing and publishing workshop. Both invited guest writers will lend their expertise to this workshop, aligning with its theme.

Inaolaji Foundation reaches out to Ogun community on healthcare - ITREALMS

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A non-governmental organisation, the Inaolaji Humane Foundation, has reached out to Ogun State community, Oke Ijeun, through free eye test, sugar level test, BP checks and distribution of free drugs to improve the health status of less-privileges, reports ITREALMS.

The one-day free medical outreach, ITREALMS gathered, took place at Oke Ijeun Community Hall, Abeokuta with a lot of people thronging in to know their health status and benefits from the NGO"s initiatives.

Promise fulfilled: NNPC Ltd delivers Port Harcourt refinery - ITREALMS

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… Achieves mechanical completion, flare start-up of refinery’s Area 5 Plant

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd has fulfilled its pledge of achieving the mechanical completion of rehabilitation work on Area 5 Plant of the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC), reports ITREALMS.

The rehabilitation work, according to the Chief Corporate Communications Officer, NNPC Ltd, Mr. Olufemi Soneye in a press statement available to ITREALMS, has been ongoing at the Refinery for over two years and the NNPC Ltd. had pledged to complete Phase One of the project (mechanical completion and flare start-up) of Old Port Harcourt Refinery (Area 5) by 31st December 2023.

Dangote refinery receives second one million barrels of crude - ITREALMS

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Dangote Refinery has made a further move towards the commencement of production of refined petroleum products with the receipt of an additional one million barrels of bonny light crude supplied by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL).

The fresh one million barrels of crude from the Shell terminal via the MT Otis owned by Trafigural is the second consignment to be delivered to the Dangote facility out of the six million barrels of crude being expected by the world's largest single-train refinery.

Onne Customs generates N301bn revenue, may surpass 2023 target - ITREALMS

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The Nigeria Customs Service Onne, Area 11 Command says it has so far generated the sum 301 billion Naira representing 90 per cent of its revenue target for the year 2023.

The Command's Area Controller, Comptroller Baba Imam disclosed this to journalists Tuesday in Onne, Rivers state during an end of year Recognition/Award of Excellence presentation to officers, consignees and stakeholders.

‘No NIN, no calls’ gets deadlines says NCC, ALTON - ITREALMS

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The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has proclaimed deadlines to bar any mobile phone subscriber without fully linked to the National Identity Numbers (NINs) from the mobile networks in the country, reports ITREALMS.

In a notice of disconnection of subscribers for non-compliance with the registration of communication subscribers' regulations 2022 on SIM-NIN Linkage) made available to 
ITREALMS by ALTON chairman, Engr. Gbenga Adebayo and Executive Secretary, Mr. Gbolahan Awonuga, this notice was sequel to directive by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) dated December 15, 2023.

ANLCA boss charges agents on policy compliance, says proper classification is key - ITREALMS

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The National President, Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Mr Emenike Nwokeoji has charged agents on compliance to the Nigeria Customs Service Act 2023 to ensure smooth operations at the ports, reports ITREALMS.

Addressing members of the Abia Freight Forwarders Association who paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Port Harcourt the Rivers state capital, Monday, Nwokeoji said for agents to enjoy freight Forwarding business, they should stop taking risks for importers by engaging in wrong valuation, classification and declaration of imported goods insisting that such practices have put agents in a great risks.

Methane Detection Technology: NNPC, TotalEnergies seal deal on adoption - ITREALMS

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPC Ltd.) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with TotalEnergies for the adoption and deployment of a methane detection technology known as Airborne Ultralight Spectrometer for Environmental Application (AUSEA) in all its upstream operations.

With the agreement, which is a direct benefit from the company’s participation at the recently concluded United Nations Climate Change Conference (also known as COP28) in Dubai, UAE, NNPC Ltd. will be able to deploy the TotalEnergies AUSEA technology on its upstream operations sites to ascertain the level of methane emissions from them, with a view to working out emission curtailment measures to help in combating global warming and climate change.

2024 budget: Transport Ministry proposes groundbreaking investments for infrastructure - ITREALMS

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Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Transportation,  has unveiled a bold and transformative budget proposal for 2024, reports ITREALMS.

This was made during a recent Senate and House of Representatives Joint Committee meeting on Land Transport, led by the Honourable Minister Sa’idu Ahmed Alkali.

Airtel wins partnership of the year award @2023 SERAS - ITREALMS

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Airtel Nigeria, a leading telecommunications services provider, has won the coveted Partnership of the Year award at the 17th edition of the prestigious Sustainability, Enterprise, and Responsibility Awards (SERAS) held at Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Friday, December 15, 2023. The accolade was in recognition of Airtel’s the Re-imagine Education initiative, a consequential collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

According to the SERAS organizers, the jury’s selection of Airtel is in recognition of the benchmark set by the telecom giant in synergy, impact, and innovation through its visionary collaborations, noting that Airtel's partnership with UNICEF has delivered commendable improvement to the education system of Nigeria.

Sustainability & professionalism: NGE to launch media trust fund - ITREALMS

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In fulfillment of the resolution of the All Nigeria Editors Conference (ANEC), recently held in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) plans to launch Nigerian Editors Trust Fund, which is designed to address the professional/welfare needs of media houses and editors in Nigeria.

At the ANEC in Akwa Ibom State, publishers, media executives and editors harped on the urgent need by the Guild to initiate strategic move that will focus on the professional cum welfare needs of media houses and editors in Nigeria - as part of several efforts to help them to continue to discharge their constitutional and social responsibility to the society without necessarily compromising their ethical standards.

Viral spousal abuse video: Ekere Ebong arrested, to face court charges soon - ITREALMS+video

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The culprit in the viral spousal abuse video, identified as Mr. Ekere Ebong suspected to be a lawyer, has been arrested and would soon be charged to court for gender violence, reports ITREALMS.

Confirming this, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Akwa-Ibom State, Ekerete Udoh in a press statement available to ITREALMS on Monday said that Pastor Umo Eno, the Governor, Akwa Ibom State, has seen the video currently circulating on the social media platforms of a despicable act of violence and spousal abuse inflicted by a certain Ekere Ebong on his wife in Uyo, the state capital.

PR industry losses Mike Meze, Abdul Imoyo to death - ITREALMS

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The nation's Public Relations industry at the weekend, lost the duo of Mike Obiajulu Meze (MOM) and Abdul Kolawole Imoyo, to the cold hands of death, reports ITREALMS.

Mike Obiajulu Meze, aka 'MOM' until his death on Friday, December 15, was the owner of Winning Concepts Public Relations Limited, Brand Aristotle and Creative Director at Kairos Treats and had over three decades experience in management and executive positions spanning public relations, advertising, and marketing.

NNPC Ltd wins The Whistler's Transparency, Innovation Award - ITREALMS

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPC Limited) has won this year's The Whistler Newspaper's Award for Transparency and Innovation, reports ITREALMS.

The Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Company, Mr. Mele Kyari received the award from the Executive Governor of Abia State, His Excellency, Alex Otti, on behalf of the company during the Newspaper's 2023 award night, held yesterday in Abuja, Nigeria.