EROSION THREAT @2nd Niger Bridge: Critical infrastructure failure looms - ITREALMS

Urgent intervention is required to avert a major structural collapse and potential loss of lives at the Onitsha-Owerri Road interchange connecting the Second Niger Bridge, as severe gully erosion continues to undercut the main expressway, reports ITREALMS.

Field observations on Monday, August 17, 2026, revealed that persistent floodwaters have hollowed out the road's foundation by approximately 3 feet from the asphalt edge.

Furnace of failure: iTel A50C overheating scandal and regulatory imperative - by Remmy Nweke, Telecoms Clinic@ITREALMS

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Telecoms Clinic@ITREALMS by REMMY NWEKE analyzes the itel A50C overheating crisis, revealing a profound public safety failure in an NCC Type-Approved device. The column exposes the failure of safety assurance and demands that the NCC immediately suspends the device's approval status due to the clear and present hazard.

The discovery of a dangerous thermal defect in the popular itel A50C (Model A669L) smartphone as a device that becomes "too hot to hold" immediately after activation, is far more than a simple product malfunction; it represents a profound, systemic failure of public safety assurance that challenges the very core foundation of Nigeria’s regulatory framework.

The recent investigative analysis available to Telecoms Clinic@ITREALMS elevates this incident beyond a consumer complaint to a full-blown crisis of regulatory integrity, demanding immediate and drastic intervention by the nation’s telecommunications authority.

Court: MRA can sue NBC for failure to disclose unformation in 2 cases - ITREALMS

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A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted Media Rights Agenda (MRA) leave to sue the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) in two separate cases, reports ITREALMS.

This is coming over the Commission’s failure to grant the organization’s requests for information on the scope of independence reportedly granted it by President Muhammadu Buhari and details of the 302 broadcasting stations it said it sanctioned in four months after campaigns for the 2023 elections began in September 2022.