Leo Stan Ekeh Foundation activates 1,000 Tech University Scholarships for indigent whizkids - ITREALMS

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The much-anticipated 1,000 Tech University Scholarships for Nigerian Indigent Whizkids has officially gone live, reports ITREALMS. 

Powered by the Leo Stan Ekeh Foundation and backed by a formidable corporate coalition including TD Africa, Konga Group, Zinox Technologies, and Task Systems, the initiative opens a highly competitive, transformative pathway for brilliant but economically disadvantaged young Nigerians aspiring to spearhead the continent's digital knowledge economy.

Leo Stan Ekeh foundation opens portal for 1,000 tech scholarships - ITREALMS Online

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The Leo Stan Ekeh Foundation is set to activate its landmark scholarship portal on Monday, April 27, 2026, reports ITREALMS. 

The initiative, a coordinated national framework supported by TD Africa, Konga Group, Zinox Technologies, and Task Systems, will provide 1,000 indigent but exceptional "whiz-kids" with full university scholarships to study Computer Science in federal institutions.

Leo Stan Ekeh @70: Zinox Group to invest ₦10B on 1,000 tech scholarships for indigent Nigeria wiz-kids by Eunice Omokaro - ITREALMS

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Africa's foremost tech icon and Chairman of Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh, who turns 70 on February 22, this year, has explained why he is not celebrating his 70th birthday with a mega party, preferring to offer University scholarships to additional 1000 Nigerian indigent wiz-kids to study Computer Science in Federal Universities so that the country’s private and public sectors could have a new generation of tech wiz-kids to support the growth of the economy.

He anticipates that these students who will not be bonded, shall disrupt global wealth equation in favour of Nigeria and defend our tech independence. Selection shall be based on a minimum Intelligent Quotient and age nationwide, and they shall be schooled and exposed beyond tech to become global Tech Citizens.

NCS inducts 1,289 new members @2025 confab, signifies growth in Nigeria's tech sector - ITREALMS

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The Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) has officially welcomed some 1,289 new members at a recent induction ceremony in Kano, as part of the NCS's 2025 International Conference, reports ITREALMS.

This event, ITREALMS gathered was a significant expansion of Nigeria's professional IT community, with the largest group of inductees being the 800 ordinary members, a category that includes a wide range of professionals, students, and enthusiasts.

Road safety: 1,500 Dangote cement truck drivers undergo screening exercise - ITREALMS

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Over 1,500 Dangote Cement truck drivers have undergone intensive screening exercises to ascertain their mental, psychological and physical fitness for safe driving.

Group Managing Director of Dangote Cement Plc, Arvind Pathak disclosed this to journalists after his presentation at the 2025 Annual Drivers Retreat held at Ilaro, Ogun state.

Computer Society to induct over 1,000 @ConNovate 2025 in Kano - ITREALMS

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The Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) is gearing up to induct over 1,000 new members at its upcoming annual international conference, ConNovate 2025, slated for Kano, reported by ITREALMS.

NCS President Dr. Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu disclosed this to ITREALMS during a press conference held at the society's national secretariat, is coming with theme: "Intelligent, Secure, and Sustainable Innovations for a Connected World," is scheduled to run from August 11th to 14th, 2025, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily.

Centre LSD holds 16th graduation today, trains 1,672 - ITREALMS

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The African Centre for Leadership, Strategy & Development (Centre LSD) today, graduated 35 thereby bringing to 1,672 trainees at the 16th annual lecture from her leadership school, reports ITREALMS.

Organized in partnership with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), ITREALMS gathered would be presided over by the chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu.

MTN Foundation puts smiles on 1,500 kids

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The MTN Foundation has put smiles on the faces of about 1,500 kids in 36 institutions across the country. Each establishment was gifted foodstuff and baby care products, reports ITRealms.

According to Dennis Okoro, Director, MTN Foundation, “the provision of basic living amenities and consumables to the less privileged is critical to the growth and development of our country. We are passionate about this and that is what these initiatives are about, making life better for the children of this great nation”.

The management of the homes visited expressed their gratitude for MTN Foundation’s care, which they described as timely and uplifting.

MTN Foundation Director, Mrs Mosun Bello-Olusoga noted that “Children’s homessuch as these typically have a hard time sourcing funds. We all need to do our part, we all need to do more. Moments like these give us the opportunity to step out, reach out and show love.”

During each visit, MTN staff and representatives of the Foundation spent time with the children, talking about life, interests and inspirations as well as playing with the kids.

“These are very special places with very special children. Bursting with ideas, kids are such great dreamers not bound by perceived limitations. They are so full of love, children are an inspiration to us all! I am grateful and honoured to have been part of this,” said Adekemi Adisa, a General Manager in MTN’s Human Resources Division.

Places visited include Kids with a vision Foundation, Jos; Katsina children’s home; Al Ansar home, Abuja; Bethesda Home for the Blind, Lagos; Grace Orphan Rescue Foundation,Rivers; Eruobodo Centre for Special needs children Ogun; Ancilla motherless babies home, Imo and Save the child motherless and abandoned babies home, Owerri, Imo state.

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Anambra Yuletide: FRSC to deploy over 1,000 personnel

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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said it would deploy over 1,000 personnel to ensure free-flow of traffic during the 2017 yuletide in Anambra State, reports ITRealms.

The corps’ Commander in the state, Sunday Ajayi, made this known recently in Onitsha and said that the command was prepared to work with other security agencies to increase enforcement during the period and has concluded plans to deploy some 1,000 personnel and 400 Special Marshals to various traffic flash-points.

“We are going to use road safety club members to assist in traffic control in addition to personnel from the Red Cross, Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra and the state’s Traffic Management Agency.

“We will be thick on the road. I urge motorists to exhibit good attitudes, obey traffic rules and must be willing to assist others while using the road. Besides ensuring hitch-free traffic during the period, our target enforcement is on seat belt violation, use of phone while driving, overload, speeding and one way drive, among others.

In addition, he said, FRSC presence will be at flash points where they are expected have road blocks, including Tarzan junction, Onitsha; old Onitsha-Awka road, Nnobi, Ekwulobia and Bridgehead.

The command, he also said, had commenced the removal of broken-down vehicles and other obstructions causing encumbrances and deaths on major highways in the state.

*Ozo Nweke Ozo with additional report from NAN/GEE

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Over 1,000 civilians killed by Boko Haram in Nigeria since January - HRW

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The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said that attacks by the Islamist armed group known as Boko Haram has led to the killing of over 1,000 civilians since January 2015, reports ITRealms.

HRW also said that its claims were based on witness accounts and an analysis of media reports, even as Boko Haram fighters had deliberately attacked villages and committed mass killings and abductions as their attacks have spread from northeast Nigeria into Cameroon, Chad, and Niger since February.

ITRealms equally reports that Human Rights Watch said it conducted interviews in late January with people who fled Yobe, Adamawa, and Borno states in northeastern Nigeria, which revealed horrific levels of brutality. 

“Since mid-2014, Boko Haram fighters have seized control of scores of towns and villages covering 17 local government areas in these northeastern states, some of which were recaptured by Nigerian and Chadian forces in March 2015,” HRW said in a press statement made available to ITRealms

“Each week that passes we learn of more brutal Boko Haram abuses against civilians,” said Mausi Segun, Nigeria researcher at Human Rights Watch. “The Nigerian government needs to make protecting civilians a priority in military operations against Boko Haram.”

The findings underscore the human toll of the conflict between Boko Haram and forces from from Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, and Niger. Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency says that nearly one million people have been forced to flee since the Islamist rebel group began its violent uprising in July 2009. 

During 2014, Human Rights Watch estimates that at least 3,750 civilians died during Boko Haram attacks in these areas. Attacks in the first quarter of 2015 have increased compared to the same period in 2014, including seven suicide bombings allegedly using women and children.

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1,800 participants took part @ ICANN 45 meeting

A total of 1,800 participants may have taken part in the just concluded public meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

Director of Global Media Affairs, Mr. Brad White, disclosed this to ITRealms, saying that people from around the world registered for the meeting, making it the second largest in ICANN history.

Over the years, ICANN has established market competition for generic domain name (gTLD) registrations resulting in a lowering of domain name costs by 80 per cent and saving consumers and businesses over US$1 billion annually in domain registration fees.

 ICANN implemented an efficient and cost-effective Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP), which has been used to resolve thousands of disputes over the rights to domain names.

 Working in coordination with the appropriate technical communities and stakeholders, ICANN adopted guidelines for the deployment of Internationalized Domain Names (IDN), opening the way for registration of domains in hundreds of the world's languages.

    Verisign, ICANN and NTIA jointly completed deployment of Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) for the root zone in July 2010. These extensions make certain kinds of cyberfraud much more difficult to perpetrate. As of 30 June 2011, 70 TLDs had adopted DNSSEC, including two of the largest TLDs -- .com and .de.

    ICANN created the New gTLD Program, so that any established entity in the world can apply to operate its own top-level domain. Many of these new gTLDs will go online in 2013.

    The world broadly accepts ICANN as the place to work out Internet governance policies. As 2011 ended, the Governmental Advisory Committee represented 109 nations (plus the European Union and the Vatican). The Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) represented more than 120 country code domains. The At-Large Advisory Committee represented 134 At-Large Structures (ALSes) from all geographic regions.

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