The NCC’s latest board resolutions signal a paradigm shift for Nigeria’s digital economy. In this week's Telecoms Clinic@ITREALMS, REMMY NWEKE explores how a landmark Quality of Service directive has secured compensation for 75 million subscribers, setting a new benchmark for consumer protection and network resilience.
WeekendDigits@ITREALMS: With four generals targeted in 36 months, REMMY NWEKE reveals how asymmetric actors shifted from random highway ambushes to digital profiling; proving Nigeria cannot protect its military command without replacing obsolete, analogue security spending with scalable digital infrastructure.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a detailed, firsthand response to our recent editorial on academic standards. The author, a distinguished veteran journalist and former Managing Editor at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), argues that the practice of forcing doctoral students to write exams, combined with systemic bribery, is undermining the integrity of Nigerian academic laurels.
In the digital age, data is the ultimate equalizer. At WeekendDigits, we often discuss "Interoperability," the ability of different systems, devices, and applications to connect, communicate, and exchange data seamlessly.In this edition of WeekendDigits@ITREALMS, REMMY NWEKE performs a data-audit on the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) crisis. From "Packet Loss" of talent to the "Legacy Bugs" of exclusion, we reveal why tribalism is the ultimate system crash.
In 'Why Governor Fintiri holds the key to Sunday Jackson’s Freedom,' WeekendDigits@ITREALMS by REMMY NWEKE unpacks the powerful intersection of justice, mercy, and political will, exploring how one governor’s decision could redefine redemption, governance, and humanity across Adamawa State and beyond.
Nigeria’s telecom sector is running on fumes, literally. In this Telecoms Clinic@ITREALMS feature, REMMY NWEKE, warns that chronic power shortages and dependence on generators threaten broadband goals, competitiveness, and digital transformation unless energy and telecom policies align urgently for sustainability.
Unplugging chargers isn’t just about saving electricity—it’s about saving lives, property, and gadgets from fire and surges. Telecoms Clinic@ITREALMS by Remmy Nweke urges safety over convenience: unplug chargers when not in use.
Why is Nigeria recording more malnutrition deaths than war-torn Palestine? by Elvis Eromosele - ITREALMS
At the end of July 2025, the world was shocked to learn that 169 people, including 93 children, had died of malnutrition in Palestine since the outbreak of the devastating war with Israel. For context, the war has gone on actively for close to two years. Tragic and painful as this figure is, it is utterly dwarfed by a chilling statistic from Nigeria: over 652 children have died from malnutrition in Katsina State alone, and that’s just in the first half of 2025.
This jarring incongruity provokes a bleak and sobering question: How can a nation not technically in war end up outpacing a war zone in deaths due to hunger and malnutrition?
"It’s a truth that many are afraid to say—but saying it may be what starts the healing" - ChatGPT
One exceptionally commendable fact about
the Bola Tinubu presidency is that it is not lacking in ambition and audacity.
Courage defines the leader and Tinubu has it in good measure. Think about this:
Tinubu wants to grow Nigeria’s net worth to a $1 trillion economy by 2030.
While this shows ambition, it is much more a demonstration of audacity in
leadership.
To achieve this, Tinubu says Nigeria must lean on and encourage local production. He believes that achieving food security is the sine qua non for advancing the nation’s economy through heavy investments in the agriculture value chain. He is pushing a Nigeria First, Buy-Nigeria policy. Some of his ministers and appointees are also singing the same local production hymn.
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