Anambra shines with Nine prizes @2025 President’s Teachers and Schools Excellence Awards - ITREALMS

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Anambra State has reaffirmed its dominance in Nigeria’s education sector, clinching nine major honours at the 2025 President’s Teachers and Schools Excellence Awards held on Sunday in Abuja.

Leading the pack, Woliwo Primary School II, Onitsha, emerged as the Overall Best School in Nigeria, a feat that underscores the state’s tradition of academic excellence and innovation. The remarkable outing also saw Pinkberry International School, Odume, Obosi, named First Runner-up for Best Approved Private School, while Emmanuel Ndibe of St. Theresa’s Secondary School, Enugwu Ukwu, received recognition as First Runner-up in the Approved Private Senior Secondary School category.

Gov. Soludo's transparency shines @diaspora engagement - ITREALMS

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In a refreshing display of accountability and commitment to inclusive governance, Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo of Anambra State is set to engage with the Anambra Diaspora community in the US and North America, reports ITREALMS.

Scheduled for today, Sunday, July 6, 2025, at 3pm (EST), the town hall meeting in Maryland promises to be a platform for the Governor to showcase his administration's achievements over the past three years.

TECNO shines @TrendUpp awards with 'Prestigious Force of Collaboration' - ITREALMS

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TECNO illuminated brightly at the TrendUpp Awards at the Balmoral Convention Center on Sunday, July 7th, clinching the coveted Force of Collaboration Award. 

This annual ceremony, renowned for recognizing remarkable achievements within Nigeria's social media community, honored TECNO for its outstanding efforts in partnering with social media influencers and content creators to spark a technological renaissance.

Anambra shines @11th NCCIDE in Kano - ITREALMS

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The Anambra State Government shined at the 2024 National Council on Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy (NCCIDE) in Kano, reports ITREALMS.

The session which is 11th General Meeting of the council saw Anambra delegation led the Managing Director and Chief ExecutiveOfficer (MD/CEO) of the State ICT Agency, Mr. Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata, participated actively.

Infobip shines @Tech Innovation awards 2022, receives double honours - ITREALMS

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Leading cloud communications platform, Infobip, has received two top recognitions at the Tech Innovation Awards 2022, which celebrates excellence and impacts in the Nigerian technology space.

At the event that held over the weekend in Lagos, Infobip shined by winning the Innovative Cloud Communication Provider of the Year Award as a corporate organization, while its Regional Manager, West Africa, Olatayo Oladipo-Ajayi, also clinched the ICT Personalities of the Year Award.

Konga shines @TITANS of Tech Hall of Fame 2021 - ITREALMS

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Konga, Nigeria’s leading composite e-Commerce giant, has been named the most innovative company of the year.

The award was presented to the management of Konga at the 2021 Titans of Tech Hall of Fame Awards held on Friday, July 23, 2021 at the Oriental Hotel, Lekki, Lagos.

Shell shines @PETAN’s Industry Achievements award - ITREALMS

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Shell, at the weekend outshined others by winning the Industry Achievement award at the 2019 awards night of the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN), reports ITREALMS.

PETAN, ITREALMS gathered is the umbrella body of indigenous technical oilfield service companies in the upstream and downstream sectors of the Nigerian oil and gas industry.

Managing Director, The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), Osagie Okunbor, was also honoured at the event with the Aret Adams Award for Excellence for leading a formidable team in Shell to deliver value to its partners, stakeholders and particularly the country.

PETAN President, Bank-Anthony Okoroafor, said the Industry Achievement Award was in recognition of Shell’s consistent outstanding contributions to the development of local content in the Nigerian oil and gas industry over the years. Okoroafor acknowledged the leadership role of Shell companies in Nigeria and described the award was well-deserved. “Indigenous companies look up to Shell and other industry leaders to leverage growth opportunities in the industry,” he said.

Managing Director of Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo), Bayo Ojulari, received the Shell awards on behalf of Okunbor.

Speaking on the awards, Ojulari said, “At Shell, we see local content as a critical business enabler, not just a regulatory requirement, and that is why we take cogent steps to encourage community and Nigerian contractors even before the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act was enacted in 2010.”

According to Ojulari, the many ‘intentional steps have matured as contracts and funding and other capacity building initiatives as well as highly rewarding collaborative engagements with Nigerian oil and gas professionals in Scotland and suppliers in China. We are pleased that the milestones have been recognised by PETAN and other organisations.”

The PETAN awards came barely a week after Shell companies in Nigeria emerged the top companies to work for in Nigeria according to a survey by Jobberman, an international recruitment website with over 2 million job applicants and 40,000 employers in Nigeria.

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Pix: L-R: Chief Operating Officer for Gas and Power, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,Yusuf Usman; Chairman, Petroleum Technologies Association of Nigeria (PETAN), Bank-Anthony Okoroafor; General Manager, Business and Government Relations, The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), Bashir Bello; Managing Director, Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company, Bayo Ojulari; and Shell’s General Manager, Nigeria Content Development, Olanrewaju Olawuyi, at the 2019 PETAN Oil Industry Award Ceremony in Lagos last Friday where Shell won the Industry Achievements Prize, at the weekend.

NCC shines as African regulator award in Accra

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The apex telecommunications regulator in the country, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) at the weekend shined as the award for the African Regulator Award was handed over to the commission in the city of Accra, capital of Ghana, reports ITRealms.

According to the chief executive officer and publisher of London-based MobileWorld magazine and United Kingdom (UK) registered Instinct Wave Incorporate, Mr. Akin Naphtal, the Africa Information Technology and Telecoms Award (AITTA) happened at Kempinski Hotel, Gold Coast City, Accra, Ghana was the climax of a two-day 3rd West Africa Telecom Summit and Expo 2016.

He also disclosed that the Director, Public Affairs at NCC, Mr. Tony Ojobo who represented the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), Prof. Umar G. Danbatta received the award presented by Ghana’s Chief Regulator and Director-General, National Communications Authority (NCA), Mr. William Tevie.

The MobileWorld boss explained that the choice of NCC as the winner of the award based on the U.K. firm’s Intelligence Unit gathering of data across the African continent. Stressing, “NCC’s strong and committed effort to enhance competitiveness and innovation as factors of economic growth” made it the winner of the award.

He further said that NCC’s transparent regulatory activities, prudent management of spectrum and human resources made the Commission, a regulator of choice.

Besides these, the NCC remains the pathfinder and first among equals as far as telecommunications activities are concerned that is why it remains a shining example of how the sector should be regulated.

Today, Nigeria is the investors’ first choice for telecommunications investments in Africa.

The organisers also said, that Nigeria by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) assessment recorded the highest and fastest growth in numbers connected by five years consecutively and so got global nods for that and coming home to Africa, the continent has continued to benefit from NCC’s experience and expertise.

In addition, he said, the active subscriber base of Nigeria surpasses those of several countries combined in Africa and Africa’s largest networks reside in Nigeria, all thanks to the robust regulatory activities of Commission.

Responding, Ojobo dedicated the award to the Almighty God, asserting it is “a motivation for the Commission to do more, in protecting both the consumers and operators.”

Nigeria delegation to the award returned with National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) carting award for Local content promotion in Africa), President of Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), Prof. Adesola Aderounmu (for promoting advancement of IT professionalism in Africa), Main One Cable Company (for Africa wholesale Telecom Company of the year), IHS Towers (for Africa Telecom Infrastructure Company of the year) and Mr. Stanley Jegede of Phase 3 Telecom (for Africa Telecom Entrepreneur of the year).

Some of the Nigeria delegation to the award ceremony in Accra comprised the acting Director General of NITDA, Dr. Vincent Olatunji; Director, Public Affairs NCC, Tony Ojobo, President, Association of Telecom Companies of Nigeria, ATCON, Olusola Teniola, his NCS counterpart, Prof. Adesola Aderounmu, Cyber Security Expert, Alhaji Abdul-Hakeem Ajijola and Kazeem Oladepo among others.

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