Paystack Co-founder, Ezra Olubi, sacked amid dispute over investigation process - ITREALMS

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Paystack co-founder and former Chief Technology Officer, Ezra Olubi, has been sacked binge company board of directors, effective Saturday November 22, 2025, reports ITREALMS.

Confirming this in a follow up Tweet on Sunday, Olubi said his employment was terminated by the company’s Board of Directors under circumstances he describes as premature, unfair, and inconsistent with internal policy.

GOCOP, IPC sign MoU to advance inclusive reporting of gender issues in democratic process - ITREALMS

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The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) and the International Press Centre (IPC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote inclusive reporting of gender issues in Nigeria's democratic and electoral process, reports ITREALMS.

This partnership, signed on November 3, 2025, aims to ensure women and minority groups, such as Persons With Disabilities (PWDs), have a platform to participate in politics and governance.

NDSF 2025: Nigeria ICT stakeholders urged to engage in WSIS review process - ITREALMS

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The stakeholders in Nigeria's Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector have been tasked to actively engage in the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) review process, reports ITREALMS.

This call was made by Dr. Jimson Olufuye, Principal Consultant at Kontemporary Konsulting Ltd and Chairman of the 2025 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Africa Forum on Internet Governance for Development.

50% telecom tariff hike: Operators followed due process, says Adebayo – ITREALMS

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The Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) in the country have declared that they followed due process in achieving the 50 per cent telecoms tariff hike as approved by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) reports ITREALMS.

He also denied any atom of arbitrariness in the exercise which took over 12 years in coming since the last tariff upward adjustment was made in the sector.

IOC’s Divestment: We facilitate, not hinder process says NNPC - ITREALMS

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), as the largest partner to all the oil producing companies in Nigeria, has assured that its role in the divestment of the International Oil Companies from onshore and shallow water assets in the country is that of a facilitator, and not an obstacle.

The Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Mele Kyari, made the clarification at the opening ceremony of the 7th edition of the Nigerian International Energy Summit 2024 (NIES 2024), which held at the State House , Abuja, on Tuesday.

Chef Dammy ‘cooked for fun’ as GWR says 120hr cookathon lacks due process - ITREALMS

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The Oye-Ekiti-based Damilola Adeparusi also known as Chef Dammy, may have wasted her time and resources by cooking for fun for a 120-hour cook-a-thon, which lacked due process, according to the Guinness World Records (GWR), reports ITREALMS.

This follows disclosure by the GWR official that they never received any application from Chef Dammy for the cook-a-thon she embarked on since Friday, 9 June, 2023, as at the time of going to press.

FinTrak Credit 360 brings efficiency to risk management process - ITREALMS

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Fintrak Software Limited, Nigeria’s foremost indigenous financial technology (Fintech) solution provider with physical presence in some African countries recently brought the banking and financial industry stakeholders together to update them on their robust Credit Risk Management solution known as FinTrak Credit Risk 360. The industry experts applauded the software as a robust indigenous solution for banks in Africa.

Speaking during the presentation, the Group Managing Director, Bimbo Abioye stated that “FinTrak software delivers customized state of the art business transformation solutions that can intelligently combine efficiency with critical information needed for management decision-making process. FinTrak Credit 360 software has been able to improve user banks overall operational efficiency by over forty percent through automated strategic and digitized policy controls."

NDPB to NIMC: Scale-up data protection process to earn Nigerians trusts - ITREALMS

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The Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (NDPB) has urged the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to scale up its strategy towards the privacy of citizen’s data to earn their trust, reports ITREALMS.

The NDPB National Commissioner, Dr. Vincent Olatunji, made this known during a working visit to the Corporate Headquarters of NIMC at the weekend in Abuja, urging the commission which is the highest data controller in the country to be a model for other data controllers since data is the foundation of everything in the country’s digital economy.

Peter Obi faults Nigeria's leadership recruitment process - ITREALMS

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The former governor of Anambra State and 2019 vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has faulted the recruitment process of the Nigerian leadership structure, reports ITREALMS.

Speaking as a special guest at the fourth annual lecture by Freedom Online on the theme: Nigeria's Political Indices: Bright or Bleak future? Mr. Obi said that Nigeria, with a population of over 200 million has everything but poor leadership.

NCC yet to renew MTN's UAS license, says 'its under process' - ITREALMS

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The Nigerian Communications Commission has declared that the renewal of MTN's Universal Access Service (UAS) in the country is under process, reports ITREALMS.

NCC also confirmed that MTN has applied for the renewal, but yet to be granted.

3GPP unveils Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure process

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Under the guidance of our security group (SA3) and partner organization’s experts, the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) has unveiled its Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure (CVD) process, reports ITRealms.

According to 3GPP, the CVD is now up-and-running, while allowing suspected or proven vulnerability caused by errors, omissions or ambiguities in the Technical Specifications to be reported and quickly forwarded to the appropriate 3GPP Group, to analyse and resolve the problem.

ITRealms gathered that this is the first time that 3GPP has put a process in place for this activity, formalizing how individuals or organizations can provide information on vulnerabilities related to our deliverables.

The 3GPP is a collaborative project aimed at developing globally acceptable specifications for third generation (3G) mobile systems, thus catering for a large majority of the telecommunications networks in the world. 

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NITDA reorganises certification process for OEMs

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The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has reorganised the process of registering and certifying indigenous Information Technology (IT) Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), other government establishments, reports ITRealms.

Disclosing this to ITRealms, the Director-General cum chief executive officer (CEO), NITDA, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, said it has become imperative to bring this to the notice of all stakeholders including organised private sector and public at large.

Also, a press statement made available to ITRealms, Dr. Pantami was quoted as saying that this reorganisation became necessary considering the incessant complaints received from consumers of indigenous IT devices.

“It is also aimed at facilitating and ensuring adherence to world class standards. This will guarantee the quality and durability of locally assembled devices,” he said, stressing that NITDA will henceforth mandate quality after-sales-support as a significant part of the registration and certification process and as mandatory part of the operations of all indigenous OEMs.

For this, he said, all previously registered indigenous IT OEMs whose certifications have expired should note that continuance of sale of machines and equipment not tested and certified by NITDA is a violation of existing rules and procedures of the Agency. They are therefore advised to initiate the recertification process with immediate effect. We also call on all customers to demand current certification of NITDA before devices are purchased from indigenous OEMs.

As said by him, all other entities desirous of assembling and selling IT devices in Nigeria should also apply to the agency for registration and certification.

Pantami further said that interested entities should note that only NITDA registered indigenous OEMs are entitled to the reliefs and incentives as contained in the Regulatory Guidelines for Nigerian Content Development in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) 2013. The certification process of OEMs and the Regulatory Guidelines for Nigerian Content Development in ICT 2013 are issued and implemented pursuant to Section 6 of the National Information Technology Development Act 2007.

NITDA, ITRealms recalls was created in April 2001 to implement the Nigerian Information Technology Policy and co-ordinate general IT development and regulation in the country. Specifically, Section 6(a & c) of the Act mandates NITDA to create a framework for the planning, research, development, standardization, application, coordination, monitoring, evaluation and regulation of Information Technology practices, activities and systems in Nigeria; and render advisory services in all information technology matters to the public and private sectors.

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PACCI’13 to link up regional economies

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Taking front row at this year’s Pan African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PACCI’13) is the goal to link up the Regional Economic Communities (REC) across the continent of Africa, who are already actively engaged in the process of supporting investments at sub-regional levels.

ITRealms gathered that though the private sector supports the Continental Free Trade Area (C-FTA) initiative, PACCI lamented that the RECs are yet to take ‘ownership’ and ‘invest’ into the process as part of its own regional and continental agenda.

PACCI opined that until the aforementioned happen, the prospects for complete public-private sector participation in these continental liberalisation processes will be limited.

Also, PACCI plans to serve as a forum in which private sector positions are developed and presented to the various working groups, international conferences, and ministerial and heads of State sessions of the Africa Union (AU).

Meanwhile, ITRealms recalls that at the forthcoming 2013 Pan African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PACCI) conference top on its agenda is the implementing efficient trade policies.

Further investigations by ITRealms showed that PACCI’13 conference being organized by African Chambers of Commerce and Industry on November 28^th and 29^th 2013, and is also expected to advance the Continental Free Trade Area (C-FTA).

This, PACCI affirmed in a press statement made available to ITRealms that despite the unease with free trade in many corners of the world, just as PACCI considers free trade to be good for development.

“Free trade can increase income levels, jobs, and bring in growth and prosperity. In all likelihood, PACCI believes that the discomfort with free trade lies not in the notion of free trade itself but how trade liberalization is pursued worldwide, too often linked with hypocrisy, guilt by association, democratic deficit and disregard for inequality,” official told ITRealms.

In addition, the conference is expected to address relevant issues to a modern trade and investment environment, from ambitious new market access opportunities to clear rules for African businesses and investors.

These include mainstreaming and implementing coherent and efficient trade policies; reducing costs and time for moving goods to destinations; creating regional and continental value chains, increasing local production and trade in goods produced in Africa; developing innovative mechanisms for multi-country infrastructure projects, such as energy, transport, telecom etc; developing African Financial institutions/mechanisms to support intra-African trade and investment; and promoting intraregional harmonisation of regulations and factor mobility. 

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