Social Media mirage: Algorithm-driven anxiety & pressure to perform by Remmy Nweke - ITREALMS

WeekendDigits@ITREALMS, ... making leadership SENSE with digital news!

In this WeekendDigits@ITREALMS special for Men’s Mental Health Month, Remmy Nweke examines "The Social Media Mirage." Discover how algorithm-driven anxiety and performative success metrics distort reality, and learn data-driven strategies to reclaim your focus and mental wellbeing.

As we advance into Week 2 of our Silent Syncs series, WeekendDigits@ITREALMS examines the psychological architecture behind The Social Media Mirage—unmasking how algorithm-driven anxiety and the performance pressure to appear "successful" are quietly eroding men’s mental wellbeing.

In the digital era, success has a brand, and that brand requires constant, public maintenance. For the modern man, professional and financial validation are no longer quiet, private milestones achieved over a lifetime of career growth. Instead, they have been gamified, digitized, and broadcasted across a relentless, high-stakes 24-hour feed.

Digital Encode: Rising cybersecurity breaches in Nigeria driven by basic execution gaps — ITREALMS

ITREALMS ... making leadership SENSE with digital news!

​Following a disruptive surge in cybersecurity breaches across Nigeria's financial services, public sector agencies, and fintech ecosystems, premier information security and Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) advisory firm, Digital Encode Limited, has issued an urgent nationwide cybersecurity advisory, reports ITREALMS.

​The intervention follows recent aggressive data exposures by malicious threat actors targeting private and public sector infrastructure.

Maida: NCC's market-driven pricing sparks $1bn investment in telecom sector - ITREALMS

ITREALMS ... making leadership SENSE with digital news!

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC's) decision to adopt market-driven pricing in the telecom sector has led to a significant investment boost of over $1 billion in 2025, reports ITREALMS.

This policy shift, introduced in the first quarter of 2025, allowed mobile network operators to adjust tariffs by up to 50% after nearly a decade of stagnant pricing.

Adeleke pledges God-driven governance , vows increased democratic dividends - ITREALMS

ITREALMS ... making leadership SENSE with digital news!

The Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has reiterated his commitment to serve the people with all his strength just as he vowed never to stop worshipping God, reports ITREALMS.

The Governor disclosed this while participating at the 70th Anniversary Thanksgiving Service of the Gideon House of Prayer Church of the Sacred Order of Cherubim and Seraphim, Joseph Lambo Area, Ebute-Meta, Lagos State.

2020: Only technology driven exploration'll attract capital - ITREALMS

ITREALMS:

Technology driven exploration has been identified as one of the sustainable fiscal reforms expected to attract capital to the continent’s energy sector, according to African Energy Chamber in its latest outlook for 2020, reports ITREALMS.

The chamber, ITREALMS also reports that in African Energy Outlook 2020 that hundreds of blocks and acreages will be up for grab across Africa, from Senegal to Nigeria to Somalia. Competition will be fierce to attract capital from a diversifying basket of explorers now coming from North America, Europe, Russia, China, India, South East Asia and the Middle East.

In 2019, several African countries revised their legal and fiscal framework to incentivize exploration, as new world-class discoveries were yet again made on the continent. With the signing of no less than 9 PSCs in 2019 following the passing of its brand new Hydrocarbons Code, Gabon has shown that investors are ready to keep betting on Africa providing that the right legislation and framework are put in place.

In its Energy Outlook 2020, the Chamber notably stresses investors’ concerns over uncertain fiscal terms in sub-Saharan Africa, and calls on governments to find better ways to reconcile their expectations of short-term tax gains with the need for sustainable and long-term investment in exploration.

The importance of increasing exploration efforts cannot be under-estimated in Africa. The continent is the world’s hottest exploration frontier, with several discoveries made over the past few years. The world’s largest discovery this year was made off the coast of Mauritania by Kosmos Energy. It adds up to other large discoveries made this year by Noble Energy in Equatorial Guinea, or the Springfield Group in Ghana for instance.

“2020 needs to be a drilling year,” declared Nj Ayuk, Executive Chairman of the African Energy Chamber and CEO of the Centurion Law Group. “Africa has the highest exploration success rates in the world. In basins like the MSGBC, international explorers like Kosmos Energy have even had a 100 percent success rate from all their exploratory drilling,” he added. “It is up to African governments and legislators to provide the right framework to keep attracting these kind of players ready to take risks and bet on our continent’s potential.”



Promoting and supporting exploration efforts across the continent is a key goal of the Chamber in 2020, as stated in its latest outlook for the sector.

*JOIN our alert's group | Share stories with us | Advert placement: WhatsApp | SMS: +2348033592762 *Twitter: @ITREALMS *Email: itrealms.dsa@gmail.com*

Nigeria’s tax goals: Automation driven small businesses can help

ITREALMS:

To drive higher levels of payroll and accounting automation among businesses, especially small, micro and medium-sized enterprises, would help Nigeria to achieve its tax goals, says the Regional Director for Sage West Africa, Mr. Magnus Nmonwu, reports ITRealms.

Reacting to the recent comments accredited to International Monetary Fund (IMF) which warned that Nigerian governments’ ability to effectively finance infrastructure and services is constrained by low tax collection, said that despite recent tax reforms by the Federal Government, Nigeria needs to grow tax revenue by registering more tax payers and enhancing collections and compliance.

Initiatives such as the government’s Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS) - hich gives taxpayers an opportunity to voluntarily declare all previously undisclosed assets and income are steps in the right direction, he adds. Higher levels of automation and modernisation among tax authorities as well as increased use of digital filing and payment are also positive developments.

“Another way Nigeria’s Federal and State Governments could enhance compliance is by encouraging businesses of all sizes to use technology to streamline capturing of transactions and automate payroll calculations. These solutions can help minimize the risk of non-payment of tax or incorrect remittances of taxes to the relevant government agencies,” he said, stressing that the ability to generate financial statements, tax certificates, reports and electronic payslips with the click of a button is a major timesaver.

“An automated, cloud-based solution also means that businesses have an audit trail and reliable backups for all of their financial transactions, so that they can demonstrate their compliance with tax laws,” he said.

Such software, he said, could help address some of the complexity Nigerian businesses face in paying tax, as Nigeria aims to move from its current position of 181 out of 189 countries to top 50 on the Ease of Paying Taxes World Report, which means that we will see a lot of reform of the tax system in the years to come.

ITREALMS ... everything news digitally!

ICANN aspires to support core consensus driven policy - Olive

ITRealms:

The Senior Vice President, Policy Development Support and General Manager, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Regional Headquarters in Istanbul, Mr. David Olive has said that the global Internet Protocol (IP) coordinator aspires to support core consensus driven policy, reports ITRealms.

Olive also described ICANN56 Policy Forum held in Helsinki, Findland as largely successful in a thank you letter to the community made available to ITRealms.

Stressing that ICANN welcomes advice development work that enables efficient and effective bottom-up participation and engagement in the multistakeholder model, asserting “Again, we appreciate your contributions to a successful ICANN56 Policy Forum.”

ICANN, he said hopes the innovative format fostered collaboration and substantive policy and advice development work, promising they will continue to evaluate and improve the Policy Forum format in line with the recommendations of the community-led Meeting Strategy Working Group, adding stakeholders feedback is important.

Also, Olive said that the Post-ICANN56 Policy Forum Report highlights from the week including summaries of the cross-community sessions and updates from our Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees

“It was a busy four days of robust debate, discussion, disagreement, and compromise,” he said.

ICANN, he said, congratulates and thanks Chuck Gomes and Keith Davidson, this year’s recipients of the Multistakeholder Ethos Award, emphasizing that this award honors members of the community who demonstrate dedication to ICANN’s multistakeholder model of Internet governance through many years of active participation and leadership.

Remmy Nweke/ED, Ops 
ITREALMS ... everything news digitally!
Pix: Mr. David Olive