NITDA chief warns of AI-driven cyber threats, set for new stakeholder dialogues - ITREALMS Online

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The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, has issued a call for urgent and coordinated national action against Artificial Intelligence-driven cybersecurity risks, reports ITREALMS.

Speaking ahead of the formal inauguration of a proposed cybersecurity advisory council, Inuwa revealed that the Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy will convene at least two additional stakeholder engagement sessions.

Tribute to ex-president, late Muhammadu Buhari by Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo - ITREALMS

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With a deeply saddened heart and total submission to the will of Almighty Allah (SWT), I pay tribute to a towering figure in our national history, our beloved father, leader and elder statesman, His Excellency Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR. His passing is not only a monumental loss to his immediate family, but to the entire Nigerian nation, which he served with unmatched devotion and dignity.

As a soldier, General Buhari stood tall with courage, unwavering discipline and an incorruptible spirit. As a statesman and former President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, he embodied the highest ideals of public service, personal sacrifice and national commitment. His journey through Nigeria’s turbulent political and security landscape remains a testament to his resilience, fortitude and selfless patriotism.

Butchered by security chief: Went to school alive, return in bags by Elochukwu Ohagi - ITREALMS

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"I am sending this here to let us know the type of person we would employ as a maid or security personnel. There are evil people everywhere." - Elochukwu

We have always said that all that glitters is not gold, and this story proves us right. He was the chief security officer at a school in Awada, Anambra State. Exceptional Kiddies Nursery and Primary School, to be precise. He was also a member of Anambra security personnel, but he was a serial killer. He kills silently, butchers his victim and has men in Sienna come to take them in black bags in disguise of fish and crayfish. 

Oh, I forgot to say he also sells dry fish and crayfish in bags. A nice and proper camouflage that allows him to run his human business undetected. Who will suspect an ever-cheerful security man who was so trusted that he was allowed to live inside the school compound? Who would have known? 

Gavi names Senator Nishtar next Chief Executive Officer - ITREALMS

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The board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance has approved the appointment of Dr Sania Nishtar as its next Chief Executive Officer (CEO), reports ITREALMS.

Dr Nishtar, ITREALMS gathered, is currently a member of the Pakistan Senate, will assume the role on 18 March 2024.

JAMB saga: Bitcoin chief awards Mmesoma Ejikeme full scholarship to master degree - ITREALMS

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The girl in the midst of the controversial highest mark scored at the 2023 Joint Admission and Matriculations Board (JAMB) examination, Miss Joy Mmesoma Ejikeme has been awarded a full scholarship upto masters degree, reports ITREALMS.

An Igbo businessman and philanthropist, Gaius Chibueze also known as Bitcoin chief on social media, has revealed that his company, Voice of the East, has offered Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme full scholarship upto Masters degree level.

Sanwo-Olu reappoints Akosile, CPS - ITREALMS

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The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has reappointed Mr. Gboyega Akosile, as his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), reports ITREALMS.

The appointment, according to the Head of Service, Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola in a press statement available to ITREALMS, takes immediate effect.

Rivers Chief of Staff, extols Wike, describes him as 'The King of Infrastructure' - ITREALMS

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The Chief of Staff to the Rivers Governor, Engr. Chukwuemeka Woke alongside The New Rivers Vision Team has joined other well-meaning Nigerians, and in particular, Rivers people to extol the leadership acumen, feats, and sagacity of the Governor of Rivers State, Barrister Nyesom Wike as well as congratulate him on the Award for Infrastructure Delivery.

Woke, in a congratulatory statement, circulated to media houses, and stated that the award could not have come at a better time, if not now, describing it as a well-deserved one, given the laudable infrastructural projects that dot the nooks and crannies of the State.

Day 2: DSS detains Ezimakor, Daily Independent’s Abuja Bureau Chief

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The Independent Newspapers' Abuja Bureau Chief, Tony Ezimakor, has been in detention of the Department of State Services (DSS) since Wednesday, reports ITRealms.

Ezimakor, according to the management of Independent had walked into DSS headquarters in Abuja about 10.30am on Wednesday to honour an invitation from the security agency, but has held on to him for the second day running.

He was shunted from one office to the other on Wednesday and was asked to wait for a particular officer who was said to have been away from his office.

The Independent management had made frantic efforts through its lawyer, Douglas Ekhator, since Wednesday to see the detained Ezimakor but with little result.

As at Thursday evening, the Independent management had received no news about Ezimakor, though Ekhator returned to the DSS office on Thursday morning.

The management in a statement said: “One thing is certain, Mr. Ezimakor was not given his medication though the lawyer who took it to him late Wednesday.

“We hereby alert the world to this real and present danger that Mr. Ezimakor is a high blood pressure patient and apart from taking his drugs, needs to see his doctors at very short notice.

“The implication is very clear; any outfit holding him for days is endangering his life.

“We reiterate that Mr. Ezimakor’s wife said the husband left home on Wednesday without medication and did not eat any food before leaving home Wednesday morning.

“She lamented that her husband’s health must be in grave danger, especially as DSS operatives have denied him access to his prescribed drugs.

“INDEPENDENT, therefore, is asking for its Abuja Bureau Chief’s immediate and unconditional release, otherwise his life is in serious danger.”

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ITRealms chief, Remmy Nweke is Best Online Media Personality of the Year 2017

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The international multiple-award winning editor-in-chief of ITRealms online, , Mr. Remmy Nweke has been proclaimed the Best Online Media Personality of the Year 2017 by the Centre for Cyber Awareness and Development (CeCAD) with endorsement from the Federal Ministry of Communications, reports ITRealms.

The honour which was bestowed on him at the 2017 Nigeria Mobile Economy Summit Awards (NIMES 2017) was held Thursday at the Oriental Hotels, Victoria Island in Lagos.

According to the Director, Special Project, CeCAD, Mr. Hilary Damissah, the award was in recognition of Mr. Nweke’s efforts in keeping the nation’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector abreast of issues as it happens and updated in the global sphere, via ITRealms Online where he is leading the team of editorial staff as the Editor-in-chief.

 ITRealms Online is a member of DigitalSENSE African Media group, which also publishes NaijaAgroNet, DigitalSENSE Business News; founded since 2004 and has distinguished itself with multiple awards internationally. 

These include ITRealms Online emerging the first runner-up at the inaugural Telkom-Highway Africa New Media awards for the deployment of new media technologies in dissemination of information on the continent in 2010; and in 2011, ITRealms won the first-ever joint prize by Free and Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA) and Deutsche Welle (DW) prize under FOSSWAY project as part of the fourth Idlelo conference in Accra-Ghana, among others. Nweke also was honoured with the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) Presidential awards 2016.

Presenting the award to Remmy Nweke [ITRealms], the Chairman, Digital Africa Group, and former Executive Director, Operations at Unity Bank plc, Dr. Evans Woherem, commended him for standing out among equals, especially as new media gradually takes its place in the Nigeria mediasphere and through ITRealms and other platforms that form part of DigitalSENSE Africa Media group.

Also recognized at the event include the Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta as ICT Personality of the Year and Medallion Communications as Broadband company of the year, as well as Olabisi Olaleye of The Sun, Adeyemi Adepokun of The Guardian newspapers, Chioma Ezike of Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) respectively and National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), among others.

Reacting, Nweke, who also is the author of ‘A Decade of ICT Reportage in Nigeria’ dedicated the award to God and the entire management and staff of DigitalSENSE Africa Media group for their support, just as he prayed for strength to contribute to the ICT industry.

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Pix: Remmy Nweke, editor-in-chief, ITRealms Online, (a member publication of DigitalSENSE African Media Ltd) receiving the Best Online Media Personality of the Year 2017 by the Centre for Cyber Awareness and Development (CeCAD) with endorsement from the Federal Ministry of Communications, for outstanding reportage of information and Communication Technology Sector in Nigeria. The award was presented by Dr Evans Woherem of Digital Africa Group during the 2017 Nigeria Mobile Economy Summit (NIMES) Award.

Pix 2; NIMES 2017 – Dr Bayero Agabi, president of CeCAD, Chioma Ezike of Radio Nigeria, Adeyemi Adepokun of The Guardian, Remmy Nweke of ITRealms Online and Dr Evans Woherem of Digital Africa Group during the the 2017 Nigeria Mobile Economy Summit (NIMES) Award.