2023 Gala/Awards Nite: NUJ recognises outstanding individuals, corporate organisations - ITREALMS

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The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Lagos State Council, has recognised some outstanding individuals and corporate organisations during the 2023 Gala/Awards Nite on Friday at the Combo Hall of Lagos Television (LTV), reports ITREALMS.

Welcoming guests made up of media entrepreneurs and journalists among the guests the council chairman, Mr. Adeleye Ajayi, noted that this year’s edition of Gala/Awards Nite, as one of the major events of its Annual Press Week.

CBN revisits withdrawal limits, fixes .5m & 5m for individuals, corporates - ITREALMS

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In obvious surrender to the public pressure and outcry over the recent proclamations by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the apex bank, has increased the weekly limit for cash withdrawals across all channels by individuals and corporate organisations to N500,000 and N5 million, in that order, reports ITREALMS.

A letter to financial institutions on Thursday, dated December 21, 2022, and signed by the Director, Banking Supervision at CBN, Haruna B. Mustafa, alluded to the fact that they are a listening organisation by increasing withdrawals against earlier announced.

Outstanding individuals, organisations line up for honour @AfriTech 2.0 - ITREALMS

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Outstanding individuals and organisations in Africa shall be honoured as part of the activities lined up for this year’s Africa Tech Alliance Forum (AfriTECH 2.0) in Lagos, Nigeria.

AfriTECH 2.0 is scheduled to be held on Wednesday, November 09, 2022 in Lagos, Nigeria; starting 9:00am under the theme: ‘Sustainability and The Company of the Future’.

NiRA honours institutions, individuals supporting .NG growth - ITREALMS

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… Winners emerge at 2022 .NG Awards

The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), the registry for .ng country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD), has again honoured private and public institutions, as well as individuals promoting the brand, reports ITREALMS.

The 2022 .ng Awards which is the fifth in the series, was held in Lagos recently with twenty-two (22) private entities and four (4) public institutions, as well as six (6) individual recognized.

NIN mandatory from September 1

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The National Identity Number (NIN) designed for the identification of Nigerians  in all transactions that require identification of individuals in the country shall become compulsory by September 1, reports ITRealms.

In keeping with this arrangement, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), in-charge of NIN issuance, has urged Nigerians to avail themselves the opportunity of enrolling in the national identity database to get their NIN on or the deadline.

NIMC General Manager, Corporate Communications, Abdulhamid Umar, said recently that the agency has advertised in some national dailies that the use of NIN shall become mandatory in all transactions offered by applicable government institutions from September1.

Transactions affected, pursuant to section 27 (1) and (2) of the NIMC Act, 2007, ITRealms learnt, include application for, and issuance of international passport, opening of individual and/or group bank accounts.

Also affected, according to reports, are all consumer credits, purchase of insurance policies, purchase, transfer and registration of land by any individual, National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), such transactions that have social security implications, registration of voters, payment of taxes and pensions, among others.

“Consequently, any government agency/institution, bank, insurance company and all other institutions offering services and/or involved in transactions requiring the identity of an individual must first demand for the NIN,” NIMC General Manager, Inspectorate, Regulatory and Compliance Services, Mrs. Hadiza Dagabana said.

“Any individual, institutions/body who fails to comply with the above has committed an offence punishable under section 28 of the NIMC Act.”

The commission urged citizens to appreciate the full import of the NIMC mandate and understand that the three-decades-old problem of identity management in Nigeria has been fixed since 2012 by NIMC’s unique identification infrastructure and the subsequent launch of the National e-ID Card scheme in 2014, ITRealms reports.

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Join Etisalat Innovation contest, urges Steven Evans

Brief: ‘Etisalat Prize for Innovation’ Award seeks to reward corporate organisations; small and growing businesses as well as individuals developing advanced mobile broadband solutions and platforms in Africa.
 

Highlights:

Here are some highlights of ‘Etisalat Prize for Innovation’ to reward the most innovative existing mobile broadband product or service in Africa, according to the chief executive officer, Mr. Steven Evans.

The award, according to the chief executive officer, Mr. Steven Evans, would be one of the

1. Holding @ 15^th annual AfricaCom Conference scheduled to take place in Cape Town, South Africa in November 2012.

2. Two categories, namely for driving or facilitating mobile broadband use on the continent of Africa.

3. The first prize of $25,000 is for the most innovative product or service launched in the last 12 months

4. Second prize of $10,000 for the most innovative idea

5. Entries opened Thursday 16^th of August till the 6^th of September 2012

 www.etisalat.com/innovation.

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