PRCAN mourns passage of NIPR council member, Mallam Bashir Chedi - ITREALMS

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The Public Relations Consultants Association of Nigeria (PRCAN) has received with profound sadness the news of the passing of Mallam Bashir Chedi, a distinguished member of the Council of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), at the age of 65, reports ITREALMS.

A press statement signed by Dr. Monday Ashibogwu, Public Relations Officer of PRCAN and available to ITREALMS, described the late Mallam Chedi as an accomplished professional, a consummate communicator, and a pillar of integrity whose contributions to the growth of public relations in Nigeria will remain indelible.

GOCOP congratulates member, Femi Soneye over NIPR spokesperson of the year 2025 award - ITREALMS

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The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has extended its warmest congratulations to Mr. Femi Soneye, Chief Corporate Communications Officer at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), on his prestigious win as the Spokesperson in the Oil and Gas Sector Award for 2025.

The award was given to him on Thursday, April 17 by the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR).

APGA appoints Wole Adedoyin member of National Publicity Committee - ITREALMS

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The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has appointed Wole Adedoyin, as a member of its prestigious National Publicity Committee, reports ITREALMS.

Adedoyin is currently the chairman of the Osun State Chapter of the party.

Dele Alake lacks knowledge of NADECO says Ralph Obioha, insists Soyinka never a member, Lloyd Ukwu legitmate - ITREALMS

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Former head of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), North America, Chief Ralph Obioha has refuted claims that Prof. Wole Soyinka was a member of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) and called out Dele Alake for lack of factual knowledge of the pro-democracy body, reports ITREALMS.

Chief Obioha was reacting to the diatribe by Dele Alake who claimed to be a special adviser to Bola Ahmed Tinubu, describing him as a johnny-just come on the batter of NADECO.

Nigeria re-elected ITU's Council member - ITREALMS

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In clear recognition of the critical role Nigeria is playing on the global telecom stage, the country was re-elected earlier today as a Council member of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations specialised agency that oversees global telecommunication operations. Nigeria will serve on the Council again from 2023-2026.

Director, Public Affairs, NCC, Reuben Muoka in a press statement available to ITREALMS, informed that the election of Nigeria and other countries, on Monday, October 3, 2022, into different regional groups that constitute ITU Council, was the highpoint of the Plenipotentiary Conference 2022 (PP-22) ongoing in Bucharest, the capital city of the Republic of Romania.

IXPN's network surpasses 100-member milestone - ITREALMS

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The Internet eXchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) has surpassed a 100-member milestone, just as its peak traffic exceeds 300Gbps, reports ITREALMS.

Disclosing this in Lagos, the Chief Executive Officer of IXPN, Mr. Muhammed Rudman, informed ITREALMS that this milestone is worth celebrating.

Minister receives, inaugurates new NCC’s board member, Bindawa - ITREALMS

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The Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has formally inaugurated Prof. Mansur Bindawa, as a non-executive commissioner on the Board of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) by administering the oath of office on the new appointee.

Speaking at the official induction of Bindawa into the NCC Board, Pantami said Bindawa’s journey into the Commission followed the laid-down laws establishing the Commission.

OPC scribe on Okota killing:Ademola not our member - ITREALMS

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The Publicity Secretary of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) Barrister Yinka Oguntimehin, has confirmed that the man killed by the mob on Saturday at Okota, Lagos, is not a member of the Aare Gani Adams-led OPC, reports ITREALMS.

In a statement made available to journalists, Oguntimehin dismissed the report that a member of the group was lyched to death following an attempt by some hoodlums to truncate the election process in Okota, Lagos. 

He said the report at his disposal indicates that a member of the late Faseun's group was killed by an irate mob, following an attempt by some thugs to disrupt election process at the Okota area of Lagos state. 

He, however, reaffirmed the commitment of the group to a peaceful, free, fair and credible elections, saying  OPC of today is totally different from that of the past. 


"I need to say it clearly that Ademola is not a member of our group. Ours is a group of professionals,and well educated members.We have our structure  across the country, and everybody can attest to the fact that the Aare Gani Adams- led members of the OPC are not vagabonds or thugs. 

For a very long time now, we have transited into a brand new OPC, with a clear-cut ideology. And part of our ideologies is to ensure peace, across the country,most especially, in the south west." 

Oguntimehin, urged Nigerians to remain peaceful till the end of the election process. 

"From the turnouts of people across the country, I think Nigerians are committed to this democracy. We have started well, and I will urge all the electorate to remain peaceful,by cooperating with the police, so as to ensure a free, fair and credible election." he said. 

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Hyundai is latest member of ITU

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The Hyundai Motor Company is the latest member of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU's) standardization arm (ITU-T), underscoring the importance of increased collaboration between the automotive and information and communication technology (ICT) industries in an era of rapid convergence, reports ITRealms.

Hyundai's participation in ITU, ITRealms gathered, will support the company in building its "hyper-connected intelligent cars" platform, which includes smart remote-maintenance services, autonomous driving, smart traffic flow, and a connected "mobility hub" to provide security and data management for connected cars.

Director, Hyundai, Eon Youl Shin, said "Hyundai Motors is looking forward to participating in ITU and will bring important momentum from the automotive industry to advance the future of connected car technology.”

Shin also noted that Hyundai's membership comes as ITU ramps up efforts to provide a unique, global platform for automotive-ICT collaboration – which has already sparked the development of a range of ITU standards tailored to the automotive industry.

In furtherance to accelerating ITU standardization work in this arena has led to fresh interest from other major carmakers as they, too, see the strong business case to join ITU to influence the development of connected-car standards.

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Samoa now full member of CTO

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The Pacific island and Commonwealth country, Samoa has become a full-member of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO), reports ITRealms.

The country’s decision, ITRealms gathered was conveyed to Secretary-General, Mr. Shola Taylor by the country’s Minister of Communications & Information Technology, Honourable Afamasaga Lepuiai Rico Tupa’i.

ITRealms also reports that in recent years, Samoa has increased efforts to integrate Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) in its socio-economic development.

Samoa’s Internet penetration has grown nearly five-fold to 30 per cent over the past 10 years, just as its fixed broadband access remains a key challenge at a much lower two per cent. But the country remains committed to affordable, reliable and secure communications services for all Samoans and sees its membership of the CTO as one means to achieve this goal.

“We have the potential to turn Samoa into one good example of an inclusive e-society and drawing from the experiences from other countries will contribute to achieving this goal,” Tupa’i said.

ITRealms gathered that full Member Countries are Commonwealth countries that make an annual financial contribution to the CTO.

Reacting to Samoa’s decision, Mr Taylor said that “although it may be too soon to say, this announcement shows that our drive to address the needs of small island nations is increasingly well received.”

“With their limited economies of scale and the higher roll-out costs associated with island countries, most of them face much bigger challenges in achieving universal access to ICT infrastructure, products and services. One of our strategic objectives is to work with the rest of our membership and the wider ICT sector to find solutions to the challenges faced by this specific group,” Mr Taylor had also said earlier this year.

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Pix: Third from left: The Honourable Afamasaga Lepuiai Rico Tupa’i taking part in discussions during the Forum.

e-Business, catalyst to 21st century economic growth – NIG boss

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President of the Nigeria Internet Group (NIG), a stakeholder member of NiRA, Engr. Bayo George Banjo has said it that electronic business, also known as e-Business accelerates economic growth in many countries globally, reports ITRealms.

Addressing participants at the two-day 2013 e-Business Conference, in Lagos, Banjo said that with so many developments in the Nigeria information and communication technology sector (ICT) sector, Nigeria is set and has already joined the rest of the world in driving its economy with e-Business.

E-business, he said, is simply an internet technology driven business which has continued to catalyse to accelerated economic growth in many countries globally. 

Most significant developments in the sector which include the African mobile phone personal computers and liquid crystal display (LCD) manufacturing plant set up by RLG, a $10 million factory that will be sited in Osun State, and would be opened before 2013 closes.

Also major achievements previously recorded in the sector include the sale of 2.3 GHz spectrum by NCC, re-delegation of .ng TLD, the budding e-payment services, emerging international fiber cables from MainOne and Globacom to name a few.

These achievements again are what ignited the strong desire in NIG to organize the important annual e-business conference 2013 in collaboration with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).

This conference examined critical success factors to e-business adoption in Nigeria such as improved broadband penetration, pervasive e-payment services, skilled manpower, appropriate legal and regulatory framework and the political will of government to implement the right policies among others.  

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Pix; right, NIG president, Banjo & Prof Kaleb Osuntokun, chair, day 1