Dangote: 'Tinubu's policies are reviving private sector' - ITREALMS

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The President/Chief Executive of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a listening president whose policies are restoring private investors confidence in Nigeria’s economy.

Dangote made the remarks over the weekend during a visit by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Jumoke Oduwole, to the $20 billion Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals and Dangote Fertiliser Limited in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos.

NOG: VivaJets underscores private aviation’s role in Africa’s Oil and Gas Industry - ITREALMS

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Innovative private aviation firm, VivaJets, has underscored the crucial role of private aviation in Africa’s oil and gas industry. 

The start-up aviation firm was a sponsor and exhibitor at the recently-concluded Nigerian Oil and Gas (NOG) Energy Week in Abuja, where its executives made a case for why private aviation must be viewed as an important enabler in Africa’s ongoing energy transformation.

CBN hosts NESG, OPS to dialogue on economy - ITREALMS

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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has hosted a dialogue between the Organised Private Sector (OPS) and the Bank’s leadership to explore strategies for enhancing Nigeria’s financial sector.

The meeting held at the bank's Lagos office last Wednesday, focused on exploring how broad-based monetary policy communication and guidance can positively influence the global investment community's perception of Nigeria and on determining the right bundle of monetary policies and interventions to increase the productive sector’s growth.

Trend Micro to secure AI-enabled private data centres worldwide - ITREALMS

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… New security solution using NVIDIA NIM revealed at COMPUTEX


Global cybersecurity leader, Trend Micro Incorporated, has announced plans to demo a new data centre solution, using NVIDIA technology, for security-conscious business and government customers harnessing the power of AI. 

This is just one of multiple AI security solutions being shown for the first time at COMPUTEX 2024.

Public and Private Power in Internet Content Regulation: ICANN and Registry 'Voluntary' Commitments - ITREALMS

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Is censorship something that only happens when state actors do it, or can private actors engage in it as well? 

That crucial Internet governance debate is taking place in two venues: The U.S. Supreme Court, which will rule on two state laws that try to regulate the way platforms moderate content, and ICANN, which is meeting in Puerto Rico and is debating the meaning of ICANN’s fundamental bylaw that says “ICANN shall not regulate content.”

Tinubu private trip: Ohaneze Ndigbo refutes media reports - ITREALMS

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The Ohaneze Ndigbo worldwide, has refuted media reports of its being angry over President Bola Tinubu’s 'private trip' to France, reports ITREALMS.

The National Publicity Secretary, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chiedozie Alex Ogbonnia, made the rebuttal on Friday, February 2 in a press statement available to ITREALMS.

Lagos CBOs extend outreach to private schools on ATM - ITREALMS

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Some Community-Based Organisations (CBOs) have started to extend their advocacy outreach for improved health sector to private schools in Lagos on AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (ATM)-related, reports ITREALMS.

Confirming this to ITREALMS, after the October Coordinating Meeting of ATM in Lagos, the Lagos State Advocacy Team (SAT) lead, Mrs. Bunmi Tejumola said that some members of the team have in recently extended in the Isheri part of the state.

Buhari heads to London for private visit after Saudi Arabia forum - ITREALMS

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The President, Muhammadu Buhari has left the country on an official trip to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to attend Economic Forum of the Future Investment Initiative (FII) in Riyadh, reports ITREALMS.

On the sideline of the event, President Buhari will hold bilateral talks with His Majesty King Salman and His Majesty King Abdullah ll of Jordan.

On Wednesday, 30th October, 2019, the President will participate in the High Level Event titled “What is Next for Africa: How will Investment and Trade Transform the Continent into the Next Great Economic Success Story?” with Presidents of Kenya, Congo-Brazzaville and Burkina Faso.

At the end of the summit, President Buhari will on Saturday 2nd November, 2019, proceed to the United Kingdom on a private visit. He is expected to return to Nigeria on 17th November, 2019.

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FirstBank emerges Best Private Bank, Retail Bank in Nigeria - ITREALMS

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For commitment and leadership at providing bespoke financial services to customers, the First Bank of Nigeria Limited has been awarded the Best Private Bank and Best Retail Bank in Nigeria Awards respectively by World Finance Magazine and Global Banking and Finance Review, reports ITREALMS.

Speaking on the Bank's recognition for the Best Retail Bank in Nigeria award, Wanda Rich, Editor, Global Banking & Finance Review said “With 125 years of continuous banking operations, First Bank of Nigeria Limited is a pioneer in retail banking development in Nigeria. The bank is dedicated to providing customers with value added products and services and as well as efficient and accessible banking services. Their commitment to retail banking is reflected in their strategic vision, organizational structure and strong risk management which contributed to their outstanding performance We look forward to seeing more from them for years to come.”

In a statement from the World Finance official website, the 2019 World Finance Banking Awards is organised to identify the banks across the world that have excelled across a number of areas, including corporate governance, sustainability and innovation, and have played a key role in the industry’s growth.

Appreciating the awards on behalf of the Bank, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, Chief Executive Officer, FirstBank said “these awards are dedicated to Nigerians, especially our customers for their patronage and trust in our services over the last 125 years. Indeed, the confidence reposed in us has spurred us to continually deliver the best wealth and financial management services to strengthen everyone’s contribution to national development. We are pleased to be the financial services gateway of first choice to everyone."

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Pix: Idowu Thompson, Group Head, Private Banking, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, receiving the Best Private Bank in Nigeria award on behalf of FirstBank from Paul Richardson of World Finance at the London Stock Exchange Studios...recently. 

Private conversation comes to Skype via Signal, Microsoft collaboration

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A San Francisco-based software entity, Signal and Microsoft Corporation, have advanced plans to introduce a Private Conversations feature in Skype, powered by Signal Protocol, reports ITRealms.

The collaboration, ITRealms gathered, would see Signal and Microsoft bring onboard end-to-end encryption to Skype, to make private communication simple and ubiquitous.

With hundreds of millions of active users, ITRealms gathered that Skype is one of the most popular applications in the world.

This, the partnership disclosed they were excited that ‘Private Conversations’ in Skype will allow more users to take advantage of Signal Protocol’s strong encryption properties for secure communication.

ITRealms also reports that the Private Conversations feature is now available in preview for Skype Insiders.

“There’s still more to come,” the partnership to ITRealms in a press statement made available at the weekend.

ITRealms recalls that with this development, Microsoft has joined a growing list of organizations including WhatsApp, Google, Facebook, and Signal itself that have integrated the open source Signal Protocol into their messaging platform.

Officials, told ITRealms, “We’re going to continue our efforts to advance the state of the art for frictionless private communication, in our own app and in others. We’re excited about the future of Signal Protocol and the places it is going.”

Further, they said, “Signal is making private communication simple. We design open protocols, develop Open Source software, and give it away for free.

Though they noted it has been challenging work, “… We started this project because we think making things is fun, privacy is valuable, and cryptography is remarkable.”

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IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group conference calls @ close doors

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The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is hosting the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) conference call 7 which unfortunately is tagged - PRIVATE - today,. Wednesday, 12 November at 20:00-21:00 UTC, reports ITRealms.

The ICG, ITRealms gathered decided to close this conference call to observers: in the context of the Request for Proposals for the secretariat function, the Selection Team thus requested that the discussion be held in private to discuss details.

ITRealms, however gathered, there would be other conference calls scheduled for Wednesday, 26 November at 02:00-03:00 UTC and - Wednesday, 10 December at 11:00-12:00 UTC.

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