West African collaboration: NCC recommits to regional digital integration - ITREALMS

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reaffirmed its dedication to strengthening partnerships with sister regulatory bodies within the West African region, reports ITREALMS.

This commitment was highlighted at the weekend when the Commission hosted a high-level delegation from the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA) at the NCC Headquarters in Abuja.

HAI urges US: Nigeria needs collaboration, not confrontation over CPC classification - ITREALMS

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A civil society group, the Hope Alive Initiative (HAI), has called on the United States Government to immediately adopt a stance of collaboration instead of confrontation, following the US classification of Nigeria as a ‘Country of Particular Concern’ (CPC), reports ITREALMS.

In a statement, HAI Director of Media and Communications, Ernest Omoarelojie, warned that the accompanying threat of military intervention significantly undermines Nigeria’s intricate diplomatic and security efforts to manage its complex security challenges.

NNPC: Ogoni re-entry is beacon of reconciliation through collaboration - ITREALMS

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The re-entry into Ogoniland marks a historic turning point for Nigeria, not just in terms of oil production, but more broadly, this milestone reflects the spirit of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, which commits to building a stronger country, attracting responsible investment, and ensuring that community development is at the heart of national progress.

Speaking during the presentation of the Ogoni Consultations Report at the State House in Abuja on Wednesday, President Tinubu acknowledged that the Ogoni people have endured long years of pain, and that this re-entry reflects the government’s recognition of their sacrifices.

FinTech stakeholders seek collaboration to advance group in Nigeria - ITREALMS

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Stakeholders at the 2nd Business Journal Fintech & Financial Roundtable 2025 have emphasized the need for collaboration between regulators and operators to advance the sustainable growth of Nigeria's fintech ecosystem and financial inclusion.

Dr. Umaru Kwairanga, Group Chairman of the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX), noted that Nigeria has emerged as one of Africa's most vibrant fintech ecosystems.

Nigeria pursues ambitious digital inclusion goals, emphasizes collaboration - ITREALMS

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Nigeria is reaffirming its commitment to bringing digital opportunities to all its citizens, with the Honorable Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, outlining a comprehensive strategy at a stakeholder summit in Lagos, reports ITREALMS.

The Minister acknowledged the nation's progress in expanding connectivity but stressed the urgent need to address the digital divide that still leaves millions of Nigerians behind.

Local content: Pillars to African collaboration strategy by NCDMB boss - ITREALMS

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The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe, has outlined some collaboration strategies to aid sub-Saharan African nations to keep pace with unfolding trends in the global oil and gas industry, reports ITREALMS.

This is coming as he also outlined some steps at adopting a unified approach in strengthening local content development, advancing industrialisation and fostering sustainable continent-wide economic growth.

TeamApt CEO, Ajalie: Digital payments ecosystem needs robust collaboration - ITREALMS

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TeamApt Ltd’s Managing Director, Dennis Ajalie, has said that fintech companies and banks play very complimentary roles in deepening payment products and services for users while acknowledging that at certain times those roles might have been misunderstood.

A subsidiary of Moniepoint Inc, TeamApt Ltd, facilitates payment processing across many industries while enabling reliable payments for banks and their customers, while reducing operating costs.

2025: PIN plans expansion into six countries, dangles collaboration, training for digital inclusion – ITREALMS

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The Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN) has advanced plans to expand operations into some six African countries in the coming year, 2025, reports ITREALMS.

Disclosing this at a media end of year session in Lagos, the Executive Director, Paradigm Initiative Nigeria, Mr. Gbenga Sesan, said that their goal is to expand to 50 African countries by 2028, but for the 2025 short term goal, PIN will strive to focus on three targets, namely expansion, collaboration and training.

According to him, for the expansion in the next 12 months, PIN will dedicate time on having physical presence in at least six African countries, although he did not mention the names of the anticipated six countries but optimistic its achievable.

Sesan also said that PIN intends to work collaboratively with more Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) where they operate, stressing, for instance, they have advanced collaboration with the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to engage recruits at the Police Colleges nationwide on digital rights of citizens and how best to build that in their workload.

In addition, he said they are planning to engage prosecutors in the Ministry of Justice to better understand their roles in the defence or otherwise on relevant statutes, capable of advancing their work.

Further, PIN Executive Director, accompanied by the Chief Operating Officer, Mrs Nnenna Paul-Ugochukwu and Communications Officer, Kenneth Oyiniyi, pointed out that they would be conducting more media training in the coming year to underscore digital inclusion in the media space and enable them to enhance reportage of the industry.

Earlier, the COO, Mrs Nnenna Pual-Ugochukwu traced the humble beginning of PIN to a cyber cafe in Ajegunle as a non-profit organisation that thrives in shaping policies, defending rights and building capacity in the digital environment towards a digitally inclusive and rights-respecting world.

Till date, PIN, she said, has regional offices in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Zambia, Zimbabwe to name a few, stressing they are working to connect under-served African youth with improved livelihoods through digital inclusion and digital rights programmes.

Some of the programmes, ITREALMS gathered include the Life Skills, ICT, Financial Readiness, Entrepreneurship (LIFE) training initiatives to name a few.

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SAT @Oshodi-Isolo LGA, seeks collaboration on primary healthcare - ITREALMS

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The Lagos State Advocacy Team (SAT) Coordinators on network of AIDs Tuberculosis and Malaria (ATM) control, are seeking collaboration with the leaderships of Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Area (LGA) to strengthen the primary health care services in the area, reports ITREALMS.

This was evident during a advocacy visit to the Medical officer for Health at Oshodi-Isolo, Dr. Osinachi Ubani by SAT to fine tuned issues identified in Isolo PHC, Ayo Ni PHC, Ajibulu PHC and Shogunle PHCs at the weekend.

TECNO shines @TrendUpp awards with 'Prestigious Force of Collaboration' - ITREALMS

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TECNO illuminated brightly at the TrendUpp Awards at the Balmoral Convention Center on Sunday, July 7th, clinching the coveted Force of Collaboration Award. 

This annual ceremony, renowned for recognizing remarkable achievements within Nigeria's social media community, honored TECNO for its outstanding efforts in partnering with social media influencers and content creators to spark a technological renaissance.

PHCs, Lagos SAT urge stakeholders collaboration with govt - ITREALMS

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The Lagos State Advocacy Team of the coalition of civil societies in the health sector has called on stakeholders, philanthropists in the community to collaborate with the government in making the healthcare delivery in the state more accessible to the people, reports ITREALMS.

This the group said would be by supporting with needs identified in their domain as the government alone cannot achieve this.

NNPC Ltd, OPEC pledge collaboration to attract investments, grow production - ITREALMS

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) and the Organization of the Oil Exporting Countries (OPEC) have pledged to work closely together to achieve the nation’s aspirations to attract investments and grow production, reports ITREALMS.

The two organizations came to this accord when the Secretary General of OPEC, Haitham al-Ghais, paid a courtesy visit to the Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Ltd, Mr. Mele Kyari, at the NNPC Towers on Wednesday.

NLNG, LCCI seek business community collaboration on promoting respiratory technologies for newborns - ITREALMS

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Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) and the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on Wednesday called for increased collaboration between the business community and the science and research sector in Nigeria to close the gaps in meeting sustainable development goals, especially in reducing neonatal mortality.

The call was made to the business community at the public presentation of the winning work of The Nigeria Prize for Science (2023). 

Africa food bank confab ends in Ghana, seeks collaboration - ITREALMS

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The Global FoodBanking Network (GFN) in partnership with Ghanaian, Food for All Africa (FFAA), celebrated a growing, collaborative network of food banks across Africa at the conclusion of the 2nd Africa Food Bank Conference, reports ITREALMS.

Food banks from across Africa gathered in Accra to discuss common opportunities and challenges and to learn from the experience and expertise of peers.

Kyari advocates academia-industry collaboration for energy sufficiency, sustainability - ITREALMS

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The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.), Mr. Mele Kyari, has called for collaboration between the academia and the Oil & Gas Industry towards addressing the challenges of energy sufficiency and sustainability, reports ITREALMS.

The Chief Corporate Communications Officer, NNPC Ltd, Olufemi O. Soneye, informed ITREALMS that Kyari made this call while speaking as a Guest Lecturer during the 2024 Faculty Lecture titled, "Energy Security, Sustainability and Profitability in Nigeria: Advances, Challenges and Opportunities,” organized by the Faculty of Science of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, on Wednesday.

ES @NCDMB visits NUPRC, NIACOM, outlines collaboration opportunities - ITREALMS

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The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe on Tuesday visited the Chief Executive of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Engr. Gbenga Komolafe and the Commissioner for Insurance of the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), Mr. Sunday Olorundare Thomas at their respective offices in
Abuja.

The visit by the new NCDMB boss was aimed at familiarizing himself with chief executives of institutions that are represented on the NCDMB’s Governing Council as well as exploring areas of collaboration.

UNIDO seeks NASENI collaboration on renewable energy solutions of Nigeria

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The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is seeking the collaboration of National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) to reduce energy poverty in the country via domestication of renewable energy solutions and to fast-track industrial development of the country.

The Deputy Head, UNIDO Nigeria Office, Mr. Adekunle Olusile who led a delegation to visit the Management of NASENI on Monday, October 11, 2023 in Abuja, sought amongst others to facilitate German companies and research institutions’ collaborations with the Agency to reduce energy waste and support the present government’s food production agenda.

Moniepoint Boss: Fighting fraud related issues in financial ecosystem requires collaboration – ITREALMS

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Nigeria’s financial system has come under renewed scrutiny against the backdrop of the increase in the value of electronic payment transactions in Q1 2023 and the challenges posed by bad faith actors who exploit gaps in the payment systems even as Nigerian financial institutions have reported ₦159 billion ($201.5 million) lost to fraud since 2020. There is a need for all players in the financial services sector to come together in tackling these challenges.

Group CEO, Moniepoint Inc., Tosin Eniolorunda during a courtesy visit to the Chief Executive Officer, Fidelity Bank, Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe in Lagos. 

NEITI 2021 report: NNPC denies NGO allegations, reassures on collaboration with stakeholders - ITREALMS

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) would continue to collaborate with the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) and all relevant stakeholders in the reconciliation committee set up by President Bola Tinubu to investigate, review and reconcile the financial records on alleged indebtedness to the Federation by both NNPC Limited and Federation Accounts Allocation Committee, FAAC, reports ITREALMS.

This is coming on the heels of calls by a non-governmental organisation for a probe of several monies allegedly owed to the Federation by the national oil company.

NCC, NIMC in collaborative handshake - ITREALMS

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The leadership of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) received in audience its counterpart from the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), led by Engr. Abisoye Coker-Odusote for anticipated collaboration, reports ITREALMS.

The Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Aminu Maida was also at hand to welcome NIMC team.