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.

Anambra shines @11th NCCIDE in Kano - ITREALMS

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The Anambra State Government shined at the 2024 National Council on Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy (NCCIDE) in Kano, reports ITREALMS.

The session which is 11th General Meeting of the council saw Anambra delegation led the Managing Director and Chief ExecutiveOfficer (MD/CEO) of the State ICT Agency, Mr. Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata, participated actively.

Why Shoprite shuts Kano store in Nigeria - ITREALMS

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The Retail Supermarket Nigeria Limited (RSNL), operating as Shoprite Nigeria has closed its Ado Bayero Store in Kano effective, January 14, 2024, reports ITREALMS.

This is coming as the company hinted on its five-year bullish growth plan for the Nigerian market.

INEC deploys extra 209 machines @South East, Lagos, Kano - ITREALMS

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In response to the recent surges on registration of voters nationwide, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has deployed extra 209 voter enrolment machines mainly to the five South Eastern States, Lagos and Kano where the pressure is most acute, reports ITREALMS.

The Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee at INEC, Barrister Festus Okoye, disclosed this to ITREALMS on Friday, saying that they received reports from various states, most of which indicated an unprecedented surge in the number of citizens that wish to register as voters and the challenges they face across the country.

9mobile trains 100 Kano teachers on innovative skills - ITREALMS

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Following a successful maiden edition in Lagos, Nigeria’s caring telecom brand, 9mobile, has organized a one-day train-the-trainer workshop for teachers in Kano in partnership with the Kano State Ministry of Education. The workshop had in attendance teachers across the state drawn from both the Junior and Senior secondary schools.

The workshop is one of 9mobile’s effort to strengthen education, improve child school enrolment and ensure that teachers are abreast of current information to manage and influence the upcoming generation of students to be future agents of positive change.

Danbatta commissions e-library @Mumbayya House - ITREALMS

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The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has commissioned an e-library at Mumbayya House in Kano, reports ITREALMS.

Confirming this development, the Director, Public Affairs at NCC, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde said that commissioned the e-library of the Aminu Kano Centre for Democratic Studies, an arm of Bayero University, which was donated by the NCC in line with the Federal Government’s commitment to the promotion of digital economy programmes.

Official: Aminu Ado Bayero is new emir of Kano - ITREALMS

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The son of former Emir of Kano and immediate past Emir of Bichi, Aminu Ado Bayero, has been pronounced as the 15th Emir of Kano, reports ITREALMS.

His emergence follows the dethronement of Muhammad Sanusi II on Monday by the state government led by Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, reports ITREALMS.

ITREALMS recollects that the Kano State Government at special sitting of the State Executive Council on Monday, dethroned Emir Muhammad Sanusi II after a long battle between him and the state governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.

This is coming in less than a year after Ganduje’s government last May 15, installed Aminu Ado Bayero as Emir of newly created emirate, Bichi.

Aminu Ado Bayero, was widely believed to have succeeded his father, but then state government installed Muhammadu Sanusi instead.

Kano political observers confided in ITREALMS that the creation and eventual installation of Aminu Ado Bayero as Emir of Bichi was at the centre of the crisis between Sanusi II and Gov. Ganduje until current developments.
ITREALMS gathered that the appointment of Aminu Ado Bayero as Emir of Kano was heralded by the Secretary to the State Government, Usman Alhaji, barely a few hours after the removal of Muhammadu Sanusi II.

According to Alhaji, the appointment takes immediate effect.

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Finally, Ganduje dethrones Emir of Kano, Sanusi II - ITREALMS

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Finally, the Kano State Government has dethroned Emir Muhammad Sanusi II after an elongated battle between Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and the Sanusi, reports ITREALMS.

Announcing this development, the Director-General, Media and Communications, Kano State Government, Malam Salihu Yakasai, revealed this to ITREALMS via his official Twitter handle @Dawisu, on Monday.

“The Kano State Executive Council has unanimously approved the dethronement of the Emir of Kamo Mallam Muhammad Sanusi II at a special sitting held today by the council,” he said.

Kano State House of Assembly had earlier in the day engaged in a free-for-all fight when Hamisu Ibrahim Chidari, Deputy Speaker and chairman of the Public Complaints and Petition Committee, raised observation over the ongoing investigation of petitions of the alleged violation of the culture, tradition and religious values by Emir Sanusi II.

Trouble started when Chidari, in his attempt to make observation known to members, was instantly opposed by members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Assembly.

ITREALMS gathered that in the process, a heated debate ensued and resulted in fisticuff with the opposition members struggling to take control of the mace.

However, ITREALMS also gathered the mace was rescued by security men and the Sergeant of Arm attached to the Assembly, while the fight lasted for some 25 minutes before normalcy could return and the house immediately went on a 30-minute break.

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Pix: Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and Sanusi II.

Danbatta, NCC boss, secures MTN N221m waiver in Kano

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The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Garba Danbatta, has intervened in a case between MTN Nigeria and the Kano State government, resulting in a waiver of N221m, ITRealms reports.

Lately, Danbatta, ITRealms recalls had in Ogun State last year, intervened which resulted in unsealing of 47 base stations  under lock and key,  while the state governor, Mr Ibikunle Amosun,  also reduced ground rent fee owed by IHS Towers from N370 million to N120 million.

ITRealms gathered that some staff of Huawei, working on telecommunication infrastructure expansion in Kano state on behalf of the MTN Nigeria, were arrested by the officials of government’s agency, Kano State Urban Planning and Development Authority (KANUPDA), a development which put a full stop to the project.

In addition, ITRealms reports that the situation could have adverse effects on Quality of Service experience among millions of service subscribers in the state and beyond before it was swiftly nipped in the bud.

ITRealms further gathered that Danbatta’s unscheduled visit to the state governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje led to the government generously waiving the permit fee of Two Hundred and Twenty One Million Naira (N221,000,000) for deployment of fibre infrastructure in that state.

Danbatta, was said to have convinced the governor about the economic advantages that the state stands to gain from deployment of more telecommunication infrastructure as well the potential quality of service concern that millions of service subscribers would face if the work was further delayed.

In a letter signed by its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Arch Bashir Mudi Adamu, and addressed to MTN, the agency, however, said the waiver of permit fees was granted in respect of two federal roads, Zaria Road and Maiduguri Road in the state.

ITRealms reports that the intervention was a strategic collaboration and partnership with other relevant agencies and stakeholders form key component of the 8-point agenda of the NCC boss unveiled last year.

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Etisalat lauds partnership with Kano State

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The Vice President, Regulatory and Corporate Affairs, Etisalat Nigeria, Ibrahim Dikko, has lauded the partnership between the company and Kano State in critical areas like education, ITRealms reports.

Etisalat, Nigeria’s youth-centric and most innovative telecommunications company, recently donated 30 pieces of desk top computers to the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) centre of Girls’ Government College, Dala, Kano State. The project was part of its Adopt-A-School programme aimed at ensuring quality education through the creation of conducive learning environment for primary and secondary school students.

Dikko, who was represented by the company’s Head, Government and Community Relations, Mohammed Suley-Yusuf, also emphasized the company’s commitment to partnering with the Kano State government in achieving its developmental goals, ITRealms gathered.

“The whole aim is to drive the delivery of quality education. What we have done is to create an enabling environment for conducive learning which in turn drives improvement in learning. As an innovative company, we are about driving sustainable development using education as one of the key platforms, “he added.

“Etisalat is proud to be able to contribute positively to achieving the government’s objective of improving Kano State especially in the area of Education. We will continue to collaborate to move the state and indeed the nation forward, even as we work towards being the telecommunications partner of choice for Nigeria. We laud Kano State government, for recognising the potential of and encouraging public private partnership, “he said.

According to  Thisday, Kano State deputy Governor, Prof. Hafiz Abubakar thanked Etisalat for providing quality telecoms services with strategic contributions to the development of the society through laudable initiatives like the Adopt-A-School programme.

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ISON to set up ultramodern facilities in four cities

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The Global Chief Executive Officer (GCEO), ISON, a business process outsourcing, Pravin Kumar, has said the company plans to establish four state-of the-art facilities in Ibadan, Abeokuta, Ilorin, and Kano, reports ITRealms.

ISON BPO, he said, has excellent Call Centre facilities around the globe including the one in Ibadan and plans to replicate same standards all over Nigeria with plans to deploy an additional $20 million about N3.97billion investment with about 4,000 workers to be engaged in Nigeria before end of this year.

The CEO while speaking Tuesday in Lagos at ProTea Hotel during a press conference said ISON, which has about 7,000 employees across 12 countries, in which 4,500 are in 10 countries in the Sub-Saharan Africa, noted that in Nigeria,they have about 1,300 workers since it commenced operation in Nigeria in 2011 of which 99 per cent of the workers are Nigerians, adding that Airtel and AIICO are the company’s key clients in the country.

He also stated that the company targets to employ about 25,000 workers in Nigeria in the next four years, ITRealms reports.

Mr. Kumar also said the company’s business expansion activities in Nigeria, is focusing in the call centre segment of the telecommunication sector.

He itemized infrastructure like power, good roads, location, language and security among others as ISON’s primary considerations in the establishment of offices in the cities, adding that ISON BPO has presence in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda with plans to add nine more centres with additional 5000 employees in the region. 

ITRealms gathered that Mr. Kumar,an industry veteran with over 35 years of experience is credited with the creation of three large business empires in the BPO, is regarded as a pioneer in call center services.

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