EDITORIAL: The 3MTT Cape Verde gaffe: When government policy undermines national sovereignty - ITREALMS

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The core mandate of progressive governance is consistency. When a government speaks with a divided tongue, enforcing rigid local-content laws on the private sector while flagrantly bypassing them in its own high-profile procurement deals, it does more than just breach its own rules, it erodes public trust.

The recent $10 million partnership between the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy (FMCIDE) and Hello.cv under the flagship 3 Million Technical Talent (3MTT) programme is a textbook example of this institutional contradiction. 

WTISD 2026: NACAN debuts, tackles broadband affordability and policy reforms for Nigerian SMEs - ITREALMS

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Marking the 2026 ITU World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD), a new non-profit advocacy initiative, the National Affordable Connectivity Advocacy Network (NACAN), has officially debuted to bridge the critical digital access gap confronting small and medium-sized enterprises across Nigeria, reports ITREALMS.

Aligning with the global WTISD theme, “Digital lifelines: Strengthening resilience in a connected world,” NACAN enters the tech ecosystem with a clear mandate to lower the high entry barriers of broadband costs, champion key regulatory adjustments, and empower small businesses with functional digital capacity building.

DBI Insight: Policy and regulation shaping market direction - ITREALMS

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Evolving regulatory frameworks are playing a defining role in shaping Nigeria’s digital ecosystem.

According to DBI analysis, policy clarity, enforcement, and coordination will significantly influence investment flows and long-term sector growth.

— DBI Intelligence Report (Q1 2026)

Power woes threaten Nigeria’s telecoms future, why policy must step in by Remmy Nweke - Telecoms Clinic@ITREALMS

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Nigeria’s telecom sector is running on fumes, literally. In this Telecoms Clinic@ITREALMS feature, REMMY NWEKE, warns that chronic power shortages and dependence on generators threaten broadband goals, competitiveness, and digital transformation unless energy and telecom policies align urgently for sustainability.

The Nigeria’s chronic electricity shortages have moved beyond households and factories to become a direct bottleneck for the nation’s telecommunications sector with operators now being forced to run thousands of generators daily to keep base stations and data centres functional.

RMRDC Targets 30% value addition policy on export of local raw materials - ITREALMS

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The Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) has unveiled a new policy framework aimed at achieving a minimum of 30% value addition on all exports of local raw materials. 

The initiative is designed to boost the competitiveness of Nigeria’s Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and enhance the nation’s industrial base.

Praia conference adopts policy framework and action plan on Information Integrity - ITREALMS

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The three-day regional conference on Information Integrity in West Africa and the Sahel, which ended recently in Praia, Cabo Verde, adopted the new instruments designed to strengthen information ecosystems across the region known as the Policy Framework and Action Plan, reports ITREALMS Online.

Organized by the UNESCO Regional Office in Dakar in partnership with the Government of Cabo Verde, the conference, held from 3 to 5 September 2025, brought together more than 400 stakeholders to deliberate on practical ways of addressing the rising threats of disinformation, misinformation, hate speech, and misuse of digital technologies. 

Nigeria Blue Economy Policy: 1.5trn plus GDP opportunity by Soji Adeleye - ITREALMS

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Advocacy for the green economy was seen as discriminatory and condescending - the rich countries telling the poor South how to manage their affairs for the benefit of human kind. 

It was considered a call for sacrifice by the poor countries to mitigate projected risk to the global climate, while the present state of the earth climate was to a considerable extent the consequence of uninhibited industrialization by the wealthy countries.

Cyber Security Levy controversy: CBN clarifies on monetary policy guidelines'24-25 - ITREALMS

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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has made some clarifications on the monetary, credit, foreign trade and exchange policy guidelines for the fiscal years 2024 and 2025, with regards to the Policy circular No. 45, which dwelt on Cyber Security Levy, reports ITREALMS.

This is coming as CBN has temporarily withdrawn the said circular No. 45 to minimise further risk of misinterpretation.

Monetary Policy Committee explains rate hike to 26.25% - ITREALMS

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The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has hiked the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) to 26.25 per cent, reports ITREALMS.

The Committee arising from its 295th meeting on the 20th and 21st of May 2024 to review recent economic and financial developments and assess risks to the outlook decided that to raise the MPR by 150 basis points to 26.25 per cent from 24.75 per cent; retain the asymmetric corridor around the MPR to +100/-300 basis points; retain the Cash Reserve Ratio of Deposit Money Banks at 45.00 per cent; and retain the Liquidity Ratio at 30.00 per cent.

ICTLOCA: Championing Local Content and Supporting CBN's Forex Policy - ITREALMS

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The Association for Information and Communication Technology on Local Content (ICTLOCA) has emerged as a prominent voice in Nigeria's digital landscape, advocating for the promotion and development of indigenous ICT solutions and supporting the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) recent forex policies. This article delves into ICTLOCA's mission, its initiatives in line with the CBN's forex policy, and its potential impact on the Nigerian economy.

Understanding ICTLOCA's Mission:

Out-of-School-Children: Don tasks FG to implement education policy - ITREALMS

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The Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Transportation, Daura (FUTD), Prof. Umar Adam Katsayal has tasked the Federal Government (FG) to implement education policy so as curb the number out-of-school children in the country, reports ITREALMS.

He made this call while delivering a keynote address at the fundraising organised by AI-foundation, a UK and Nigeria registered charity organisations with the theme "Panacea to a Menace" held in Lagos recently.

MPC retains liquidity at 30% - ITREALMS

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The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has retained the Liquidity Ratio at 30 per cent., reports ITREALMS.

MPC in its February monthly meeting took this decision alongside three other items.

Host communities, part of NCDMB’s CSR policy - ITREALMS

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The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has revealed that its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policy ensures good relationship with communities as part of its original masterplan, reports ITREALMS.

This was revealed by the General Manager, Corporate Communications at NCDMB, Dr Ginah O. Ginah, during a media tour of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Park Scheme (NOGaPS), at Emeyah 1 Community in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State at the weekend.

Revised Naira redesign policy: CBN says you’re entitled to N20,000 per day - ITREALMS

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The latest policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on the redesigned Naira notes has indicated that Nigerians are only entitled to N20,000 per day cash and N100,000 per week, reports ITREALMS.

CBN, in a circular BSD/DIR/PUB/LAB/015/069 sighted by ITREALMS addressed to “All Deposit Money Banks (DMBS) and Other Financial Institutions (OFIs) namely the Payment Service Banks (PSBs), Primary Mortgage Banks (PMBs) and Microfinance Banks (MFBs)” directed that this new policy takes effect from January 9, 2023.

FG sets December deadline to unveil National Dig Once Policy - ITREALMS

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·Says Policy to Accelerate Broadband Infrastructure Roll-Out

Professor Isa Pantami, Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has disclosed that Nigeria is giving the final touches to its proposed National Dig Once Policy, hinting that there is a plan to unveil the policy before the end of 2022.

Pantami made the disclosure in Lagos at the just concluded fourth edition of Policy Implementation Assisted Forum (PIAFo) on Dig Once Policy and Fibre Strategy in Nigeria with the theme: Laying the Foundation for Ubiquitous Broadband for Nigeria’s Economic Breakthrough.

Our pledge on cable Equiano is enabling policy environment - ITREALMS

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The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), and the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, have promised to continue to drive policy initiatives that promote investment in infrastructure in the Nigerian telecom industry in order to deepen connectivity to enhance the nation's growth and development.

The duo stated this on the sideline of the reception marking the landing of the Equiano undersea Cable System in Nigeria at the Open Access Data Centre at Lekki in Lagos.

NIN-SIM policy: FG bars outgoing calls on unlinked lines - ITREALMS

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The Federal Government (FG) has directed telecommunications operators in the country to bar outgoing calls on unlinked lines from April 4, 2022, reports ITREALMS.

According to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, the President, General Muhammadu Buhari, retired, has approved the implementation of the policy with effect from Monday, 4th of April, 2022.

Establishing Rules and Laws for Effective Implementation of Local Content Promotion Policy in Telecoms Sector - ITREALMS

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ESTABLISHING RULES AND LAWS FOR THE EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF LOCAL CONTENT PROMOTION POLICY IN THE NATIONAL TELECOMS SECTOR. AN ADDRESS BY PROF. UMAR GARBA DANBATTA, THE EXECUTIVE VICE CHAIRMAN/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, NIGERIAN COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (NCC) FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 2021 VIRTUALLY.

Prof. Umar Danbatta of EVC.

Protocol

The Nigerian Communications Commission is pleased to collaborate with Messrs. Business Metrics and their partners to deliver this great maiden initiative of its Policy Implementation Assisted Forum on the National Policy for Promotion of Indigenous Content in the Nigerian Telecommunications Sector (aka PIAFo-001).

Preserving Wesleyan heritage and implications of same-sex marriage policy - ITREALMS

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1.00   BACKGROUND

The Conference of the British Methodist Church announced Wednesday 30th June 2021 that same-sex couples will be allowed to get married on its premises. This followed debates on the topic at the Methodist Conference where the proposals to allow same-sex marriages were passed with 254 votes in favour and 46 against.

This follows in the footsteps of the Church of England which in Britain allows Same Sex Marriage in accordance with their statutory environment. It is instructive to note that for some Provinces of the Church of England this is not the case, as exemplified by the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) which stoutly rejected Same Sex Marriages and has rejected communion with mother church on these grounds exemplified in their non attendance of Lambeth Conferences to date.

Oyewole: Lack of information governance, bane of national digital economy policy - ITREALMS

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Lack of effective data and information governance has been identified as potential bane of any national digital economy policy implementation in the country, reports ITREALMS.

The President and Chairman, Governing Council, Institute of Information Management (IIM), Amb. (Dr) Oyedokun Ayodeji Oyewole, made this observation in Lagos at the weekend, during the media presentation of the National Information Management Stakeholders’ Forum (NIMSF).

He decried that both government and a good number of organizations were yet to regard data and information as essential corporate assets, with a clear understanding of the difference between Information Technology (IT) and Information Management (IM).

Oyewole, who also is the founder, Records and Information Management Awareness (RIMA) Foundation, noted that the need for information management professionals in the country to be charged with managing the information life-cycle to evolve and assume their rightful position, as Information Management is gross misconceived in Nigeria cannot be over emphasized.

Stressing that for an effective National Digital Economy Policy implementation, there is a need for the industry to effectively and consistently engage the Ministry of Information and Culture, “as effective data and information governance will go a long way in ensuring the success of the initiative.”

ITREALMS recalls that stakeholders in Nigeria may be gearing up for a revolution in the Information Management (IM) industry with their strong demand for the creation of National Information Management Development Agency (NIMDA), reports ITREALMS.

NIMSF also called for the breakout of Information and Archives departments from the current Ministry of Information and Culture by creating NIMDA to enable transformation and repositioning, especially on data and information governance in the country.

In addition, NIMDA, he said, for instance, will be setting the standards and ensuring that qualified and certified personnel are assigned to the management of government data and information.

Also, he said, developing and promoting best practices in government business processes and providing adequate training and monitoring for data and information management personnel in government, will be part of the proposed agency mandate.

NIMDA, he noted that when set up will ensure all government’s Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) comply with standards, processes, procedures, and specifications as it applies to data, information, records, content, and archives use, classification, storage, collaboration, retention, and disposition.

Further, NIMDA, he told ITREALMS, will work with other relevant government agencies in ensuring appropriate information management and technology tools are deployed at all government MDAs for effective information security and governance and so on.

He insisted that for an effective National Digital Economy Policy implementation, there is a need for the industry to effectively and consistently engage the Ministry of Information and Culture, stressing that “effective data and information governance will go a long way in ensuring the success of the initiative.”

NIMDA, he said, will be tasked with managing the “Information Lifecycle of data, information, documents, contents and archives generated by all government agencies, ensuring enabling standards, specifications, processes, laws, and policies are in place for a good data and information governance regime in the country.”

NIMSF, he told ITREALMS was developed by the RIMA Foundation to advance sustainable development at all levels in the information management industry.

“Our activity aims to enhance open, accountable and participatory decision-making and governance on sustainable development through enhancing the involvement of all industry stakeholders. We focus particularly on the effective engagement of stakeholders on information management related policy processes,” he said.

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Pix: L-r: Protocol Officer, Kitiya James; Member, Governing Council and Director of Training, Dr. Kolawole Oseni; President/Chairman, Governing Council, Dr. Oyedokun Ayodeji Oyewole and Head of HR, Merit Endurance, all members of Institute of Information Management (IIM-Africa) during the press conference by National Information Management Stakeholders’ forum held at IIM-Africa’s secretariat on Friday in Lagos State, Nigeria.