Future-Proofing Nigeria: IXPN boss urges 'Green Procurement' for Digital Infrastructure - ITREALMS

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As Nigeria’s digital ecosystem experiences explosive growth, the Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) has issued a critical warning to the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector: the rush to expand connectivity is creating a "sustainability paradox" that could bury the nation in toxic electronic waste if not immediately addressed.

In a presentation delivered on behalf of the MD/CEO of IXPN, Mr. Muhammed Rudman, by Mr. Uchechukwu Ugwuanyi, Assistant General Manager Network, the IXPN revealed startling data regarding the hidden environmental cost of Nigeria’s digital revolution.

MAKEMS Jewelry Exhibition Set to Dazzle Abuja - Fashion@ITREALMS

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The highly-anticipated MAKEMS Jewelry Exhibition is set to dazzle enthusiasts this year, promising an unforgettable showcase of handmade and meticulously selected treasures, reports ITREALMS

The main exhibition will take place on Saturday, December 29, 2025, at the prestigious W O Kilaso Hall, Glowing Ages Academy, Games Village road, Kaura District, Abuja, bringing together the finest custom creations.

Moniepoint dominates African Fintech: Bags triple awards - ITREALMS

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Moniepoint Inc., Africa's leading financial services innovator, has solidified its dominance by securing three of the continent's most prestigious industry awards, reports ITREALMS.

The accolades celebrate the company's innovation, massive scale, and transformative impact on financial inclusion, resulting in a remarkable triple victory.

Quality of Service (QoS): Using FOI to demand fairer connectivity by Remmy Nweke - Telecoms Clinic@ITREALMS

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In this episode of Telecoms Clinic@ITREALMS by REMMY NWEKE, he unpacks citizens’ right to know who accesses their identity data, linking Nigeria’s FOI Act with data protection and digital accountability.

For millions of Nigerians, the quality of service (QoS) delivered by mobile network operators remains an everyday frustration. Dropped calls, delayed SMS messages, buffering video streams, and unreliable data connectivity have become a near-normal part of life across the country. 

Yet behind these inconveniences lie questions of accountability, transparency, and regulatory will, questions that the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act is uniquely positioned to help answer.

At the heart of Nigeria’s digital revolution stands an uncomfortable paradox: while mobile penetration continues to soar beyond 210 million active lines, the actual quality of those connections often leaves much to be desired. Consumers pay increasingly higher tariffs for services that frequently underperform, and yet there is limited public access to the data that could expose why these gaps persist. 

It is this information gap, between what operators promise, what regulators publish, and what citizens experience, that makes the FOI framework a potential game changer for digital fairness.

NITMA 2025: AhA emerges IT Personality of the Year, NCS inducts 48 fellows – ITREALMS

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The foremost professional body for Information Technology (IT) practitioners, the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), staged its signature event, the National Information Technology Merit Awards (NITMA) 2025, marking a night of high recognition and professional excellence, reports ITREALMS.

The prestigious ceremony saw the official induction of 48 new fellows into the Society's highest rank, even as the Chief Executive Officer of Consultancy Support Services (CSS), Alhaji Abdul-Hakeem Bolade Dirisu Ajijola (AhA), was celebrated as the coveted IT Personality of the Year.

PIN opens call for session proposals for DRIF 2026 @Abidjan - ITREALMS

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Paradigm Initiative (PIN) has opened calls for session proposal submissions for the 2026 edition of the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF26), scheduled to take place from April 14 to 16, 2026, in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, reports ITREALMS.

The organisation disclosed this through an official communication to stakeholders across Africa and beyond, encouraging experts, advocates, policymakers, researchers, technologists, and community leaders to take advantage of the opportunity to influence the continent’s digital future.

Energy Security & Digital Agenda: Renaissance Africa partners EU to fast-track industrialisation - ITREALMS

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The Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited and the delegation of the European Union (EU) to Nigeria and ECOWAS have formally committed to a strategic dialogue aimed at strengthening energy security, driving sustainability, and fostering industrialisation across the region, reports ITREALMS.

The commitment was the highlight of a meeting in Abuja on Tuesday, where Mr. Tony Attah, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Renaissance, met with Mr. Gautier Mignot, Ambassador and Head of the EU Delegation.

Major Expansion: Dangote Refinery partners Honeywell Int'l, targets 1.4m BPD capacity - ITREALMS

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Strategic collaboration includes significant expansion across refining, petrochemicals, and fertilizer production, strengthening Nigeria's industrial footprint.

The Dangote Group is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Honeywell International Inc. to support the next phase of expansion for the Dangote Petroleum Refinery, advancing its vision to create the world’s largest integrated petroleum refining and petrochemical complex, reports ITREALMS.

The collaboration is set to utilize Honeywell’s advanced technology and services to boost the refinery’s processing capacity to 1.4 million barrels per day (BPD) by 2028. This monumental increase marks a major milestone in strengthening Nigeria’s energy security and industrial self-sufficiency.

E-Waste Dialogue: Ugbechie warns against Nigeria’s ‘disposal culture’, demands bigger NESREA enlightenment budget - ITREALMS

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The publisher of Political Economy and immediate past Vice President of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), Mr Ken Ugbechie, has warned that Nigeria’s rising “disposal culture” is accelerating the nation’s electronic waste burden, even as he urged the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) to significantly increase its budget for public enlightenment and media outreach.

Speaking at the 2025 ITREALMS E-Waste Dialogue organised by ITREALMS Media group, with the theme "Nigeria: Recycle Your E-Waste It's Critical" Ugbechie described e-waste as a “crucial national emergency,” stressing that Nigerians must be made to understand the economic value hidden in discarded electronic devices.

AI-powered digital transformation: AVEVA bags 2025 Microsoft Manufacturing Partner of the Year award - ITREALMS

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AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software driving digital transformation and sustainability, has been recognised by tech giant Microsoft as the winner of the 2025 Microsoft Manufacturing Partner of the Year Award, reports ITREALMS.

The award, announced ahead of the Microsoft Ignite conference in San Francisco, honours a partner organization that demonstrates exceptional innovation and implementation of customer solutions using Microsoft Cloud technologies, particularly within the industrial and manufacturing sectors.

Renaissance Energy takes industrialisation advocacy to Ibadan varsity, pledges end to energy poverty - ITREALMS

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The Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited has escalated its advocacy for energy security and industrialisation, committing to education, youth empowerment, and community development during a visit to the University of Ibadan (UI), reports ITREALMS.

Speaking at the university’s alumni homecoming event, Tony Attah, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Renaissance, stated that the key to Nigeria’s economic emancipation and growth lies in the eradication of energy poverty and the strategic embrace of sustainability, leveraging the country’s vast oil and gas resources.

NNPC Limited reports historic ₦5.4trn profit, unveils $60bn growth strategy - ITREALMS

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NNPC Limited has announced a landmark financial performance for the full year ended 2024, reporting a record Profit After Tax (PAT) of ₦5.4 trillion on a massive revenue of ₦45.1 trillion, reports ITREALMS.

These results, shared during the company's recent earnings call, underscore a period of robust operational delivery and efficiency following its commercial transition. 

Ibru varsity pro-chancellor, Anthony Kila, to chair Business Journal annual lecture 2025 - ITREALMS

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Professor Anthony Kila, Pro-Chancellor, Michael & Cecilia Ibru University, will Chair the Business Journal Annual Lecture 2025 scheduled for Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at Oriental Hotel, Lekki Road, Victoria Island, Lagos. Time is 10.00 am prompt, reports ITREALMS.

The theme of the lecture is: AI & Digital Economy: Projecting the Future of Economic Growth in Nigeria.

Paystack Co-founder, Ezra Olubi, sacked amid dispute over investigation process - ITREALMS

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Paystack co-founder and former Chief Technology Officer, Ezra Olubi, has been sacked binge company board of directors, effective Saturday November 22, 2025, reports ITREALMS.

Confirming this in a follow up Tweet on Sunday, Olubi said his employment was terminated by the company’s Board of Directors under circumstances he describes as premature, unfair, and inconsistent with internal policy.

BREAKING: U.S. Capitol rally to demand end to christian genocide in Nigeria - ITREALMS

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A major rally calling for urgent U.S. action to stop what organizers describe as the genocide of Christians in Nigeria will take place on December 1, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol Grounds in Washington, D.C, reports ITREALMS.

The event, organized by Save Nigeria Group USA, follows President Donald J. Trump’s recent redesignation of Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern,” along with his warning that the United States may consider military intervention if mass killings persist.

QSI ’95 Class to hold landmark 30th anniversary reunion, pledges major giveback to alma mater - ITREALMS

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The 1990-1995 old students of Queen's School Ibadan (QSI), Apata, are set to gather for their maiden reunion and a major give-back initiative at the school premises this weekend, commencing on Friday, November 28, reports ITREALMS.

Barrister Toyin Sonoiki-Adedokun, Chairman of the 30th Anniversary Committee, disclosed the details of the two-day event yesterday, emphasizing that the reunion is designed to honour the alma mater that shaped them into adulthood. 

NMF: Nigerian journalism mourns Dan Agbese, a voice of satire, style and elegance - ITREALMS

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The Northern Media Forum (NMF) has profoundly mourned the death of its chairman and co-founder of Newswatch magazine, veteran journalist Mr. Dan Agbese, describing his passing as a monumental and irreplaceable loss to Nigerian journalism, reports ITREALMS.

In a statement issued by its Assistant Secretary, Zainab Suleiman Okino, the Forum said news of Agbese's death sent shockwaves across newsrooms nationwide, marking the silencing of a voice that championed courage, refinement, and integrity for decades.

Furnace of failure: iTel A50C overheating scandal and regulatory imperative - by Remmy Nweke, Telecoms Clinic@ITREALMS

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Telecoms Clinic@ITREALMS by REMMY NWEKE analyzes the itel A50C overheating crisis, revealing a profound public safety failure in an NCC Type-Approved device. The column exposes the failure of safety assurance and demands that the NCC immediately suspends the device's approval status due to the clear and present hazard.

The discovery of a dangerous thermal defect in the popular itel A50C (Model A669L) smartphone as a device that becomes "too hot to hold" immediately after activation, is far more than a simple product malfunction; it represents a profound, systemic failure of public safety assurance that challenges the very core foundation of Nigeria’s regulatory framework.

The recent investigative analysis available to Telecoms Clinic@ITREALMS elevates this incident beyond a consumer complaint to a full-blown crisis of regulatory integrity, demanding immediate and drastic intervention by the nation’s telecommunications authority.

WES 2025: EFCC vows heavy investment in digital forensics, capacity building to combat cybercrime - ITREALMS

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has announced a significant investment drive in digital forensics, capacity building, and public education as part of its strategy to aggressively tackle emerging financial crime challenges, including cybercrime, cryptocurrency fraud, and illicit trade financing, reports ITREALMS.

EFCC Executive Chairman, Mr. Olanipekun Olukoyede, confirmed the initiative while addressing the World Stage Economic Summit 2025 (WES 2025) in Lagos on Friday. The summit was themed 'Tackling The Issue of Low Productivity in Nigeria,' and Mr. Olukoyede's address focused on "Anti-Corruption Efforts of the EFCC to Boost the Ease of Doing Business in Nigeria."

NLNG deepens local content commitment, hosts NCDMB, industry leaders @stakeholders’ retreat - ITREALMS

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The Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has reaffirmed its commitment to advancing indigenous capacity and deepening Nigerian Content beyond regulatory compliance, reports ITREALMS.

This pledge was the highlight of the company's week-long 2025 Nigerian Content Stakeholders’ Retreat, which gathered the leadership of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and other key industry leaders at its facility in Finima, Bonny Island, Rivers State.

Catholic Archbishop of Lagos: Nigeria 'Descending into Chaos,' FG Must Stop Treating Bandits with 'Kid Gloves' - ITREALMS

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The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Dr. Alfred Adewale Martins, has issued a dire warning, stating that Nigeria is "descending into chaos" and called for more urgent and decisive official measures to curb the alarming rate of insecurity across the country, reports ITREALMS.

In a strongly-worded statement, Archbishop Martins condemned the recent wave of terrorist attacks and mass killings, demanding that the Federal Government and security agencies "identify and deal decisively with the terrorists and their sponsors" without delay.