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The news of the massacre in Benue State, Nigeria, shook the world with over 200 innocent lives brutally taken away in Yelwata, Benue State, Nigeria, reports ITREALMS.

This incident, ITREALMS gathered left families and communities in shock and grief, as the Catholic pontiff, Pope Leo offered special prayer for Nigeria over the killings in Benue.

Native doctor: Soludo refutes claims over consultation video - ITREALMS

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The Anambra State Government has developed a malicious and deliberately fabricated online publication and social media comments alleging that Governor Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo consulted a native doctor regarding his reelection prospects, reports ITREALMS.

The video clip being circulated was taken during a recent official government meeting with Anambra-based content creators. The session aimed to strengthen the partnership between the State Government and the creative industry. 

11-yrs after Chibok Girls: Lasisi makes case for remaining captives in his new poetry video - ITREALMS

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Performance poet and journalist, Akeem Lasisi, has called on the Federal Government and other stakeholders to intensify the search for the remaining Chibok Girls in the captivity of Boko Haram.

The award-winning poet does this in his newly released video of ‘Ẹyẹ Ìgbò: For Chibok Girls’, a track off his 2024 album titled ‘Òrèrè: A Gift of Poems’.

Night travel: Over 80 passengers robbed, vehicle set ablaze+video – ITREALMS

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Over 80 passengers on night travel to the Eastern part of Nigeria with Ifesinachi Motors for the Easter festival have been robbed and vehicle set ablaze at Ijebu Ode, reports ITREALMS.

According to one of the passengers, this incident occurred about 1.30am on Saturday morning after taking a night bus late on Friday.

Viral spousal abuse video: Ekere Ebong arrested, to face court charges soon - ITREALMS+video

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The culprit in the viral spousal abuse video, identified as Mr. Ekere Ebong suspected to be a lawyer, has been arrested and would soon be charged to court for gender violence, reports ITREALMS.

Confirming this, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Akwa-Ibom State, Ekerete Udoh in a press statement available to ITREALMS on Monday said that Pastor Umo Eno, the Governor, Akwa Ibom State, has seen the video currently circulating on the social media platforms of a despicable act of violence and spousal abuse inflicted by a certain Ekere Ebong on his wife in Uyo, the state capital.

LASPA denies wrong doing in viral clampdown video, plus original clip - ITREALMS

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The Lagos State Parking Authority (LASPA) has denied any wrong doing in a viral clamping video of a customer vehicle at Health Plus Pharmacy premises in Allen, Ikeja-Lagos, alleging the company was in default of parking permit, reports ITREALMS.

LASPA also claimed that the video in the imbroglio was a deliberate misrepresentation of facts to whip up public sentiments against against government officials on lawful duty.

12,000 Nigerians petition INEC to remove Olusegun Agbaje over bigotry+video - ITREALMS

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Over 12,000 Nigerians and largely Lagosians, have signed a petition for the removal of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Commissioner for Lagos State, Mr. Olusegun Agbaje for alleged incompetence and bigotry, reports ITREALMS.

As at the time of filing this report, barely 48 hours after the commencement of the petition, 
ITREALMS gathered that some 12,451 concerned Nigerians have signed the online petition at Change.org.

This petition is coming as a video showing largely Ndigbo residents in Lagos were being notified at the Oshodi/Isolo Local Government Area (LGA) INEC collection center that their PVCs were not found as at Friday, February 3, 2023.

MRA releases video to mark 2023 Data Privacy Day - ITREALMS

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The Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today released a sensitisation video to commemorate the global Data Privacy Day, which is celebrated yearly on January 28, and called on all Nigerians to educate themselves about the importance of data privacy while taking appropriate steps to safeguard their privacy.



The three and a half minute long animated video, which is available for viewing at https://youtu.be/PVQfo1ZfLdY, explains the origin of the Day, its importance, why it concerns everyone and appropriate measures that members of the public can take to protect their data and privacy.

In a statement issued in Lagos, Mr. John Gbadamosi, MRA’s Programme Officer, said: “We are pleased to join the rest of the world today to commemorate this year’s Data Privacy Day. We consider it to be a significant occasion because poor data privacy habits and practices can be catastrophic for individuals and their organizations as these can result in identity theft, enable fraud, cyberattacks, cause damage to personal and corporate reputations, among many other potential harms.”

Isuaniocha death toll rises, community fingers Supol Matthew Abu, Festus Onyeagolu (+video @viewers discretion) - ITREALMS

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There has been increase in killings, shootings and harassment and indiscriminate arrest of innocent citizens in the Isuaniocha community of Anambra State since early hours of Tuesday, April 12, reports ITREALMS.

This is coming as Isuaniocha community has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Usman Alkali Baba through the Commissioner of Police, Anambra State, Mr. Echeng Echeng, over the use of one Supol Matthew Abu Michael, to put the town under siege and harassment of citizens whilst underage male children are being arrested.

Confession: We specialize in abducting Lagos pupils for money rituals, see video - ITREALMS

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A notorious member of kidnappers and ritualists syndicate who gave his name as Temisayo Olafisoye was on Monday arrested in Omole Phase 1, new Alausa in Lagos, reports ITREALMS.

This followed a failed attempt, just as he confessed of having specialty in kidnapping pupils from Lagos and taking them to Ibadan, Oyo State.

EFCC leaked video on Obiano: We've punished officer - ITREALMS

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has purportedly fished out and punished the officer behind the recording and sharing of a video of the immediate past Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano in its custody, reports ITREALMS.

Obiano, ITREALMS recalled trended on social media on Sunday after a video footage of him on T-shirt and red short in an EFCC detention facility went viral.

Obiano video @EFCC: Anambra Professionals demand investigations - ITREALMS

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The League of Anambra Professionals (LAP) have called on the Federal Government to investigate the viral video of condemned the video of former Anambra State Governor Chief Willie Obiano in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) reports ITREALMS.

This is coming as LAP also condemned the treatment meted to Obiano.

Details emerge on owner of Toyota Sienna @NASFAT viral video - ITREALMS

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Details have started to emerge about the identity of the owner of the Toyota Sienna discovered at NASFAT ground along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, who purportedly died while having sex with his partner in the car, reports ITREALMS.

Suspected late Adekunle Oladimeji Kazeem

ITREALMS showed some digital footprints of the car as belonging to one Mr. Adekunle Oladimeji Kazeem, a Senior Technical Officer at a Lagos-based "GUGU BUILDERS AND CO" and had worked previously with the Lagos State Physical Planning and Development according to his LinkedIn and Facebook profiles respectively.

OELA music drops second single, video ‘It’s My Life’ - ITREALMS

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OELA, a Nigeria’s music brand is challenging the youths to take their rightful place in the present and the future with its new single titled It's My Life, reports ITREALMS.

The song written and composed by Segun Adeleye, the OELA brand promoter featured three amazing talents - Timmy Pumpin, Mirakul and Exceptional Dan.

The song, coming after first single of last year ‘Suffering No More’ was simultaneously dropped with its video which was shot in Lagos, Nigeria.

According to the brand, the idea of the song is to challenge our youth across the world on the need to be at the driver seat of their destiny.

“Things are tough, but it will be a tragedy if we allow the future to remain hopeless when we can in any little way add our voice to rescue the world from mental slavery,” the brand said in a statement.

“So passionate about the project because it was conceived to touch lives, for the youth to stop on their tracks and reflect on who they are, why they are here and to show belief that they can do it!”

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Embattled Ambode accepts BOS as APC candidate+video of address - ITREALMS

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The embattled Lagos State governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has surrendered to the Asiwaju Bola Tinubu's camp by accepting the outcome of the Tuesday primaries by the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Lagos, reports ITREALMS.

APC in Lagos, ITREALMS gathered, had earlier pronounced Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu (BOS) as the winner of the gubernatorial candidate for 2019 elections, with over 900 votes despite irregularities.

But Ambode in a U-Turn address in Lagos, Wednesday evening accept the result, citing supremacy of the interest of the state against any individual.

As said by Ambode in his address available to ITREALMS, "Fellow Lagosians, the last few days have witnessed intense political activities that have gripped the attention of the nation and created palpable tension in the polity. I strongly believe that the time has now come for the State to move forward in order that the gains of the last three and half years are not lost. 

"Dear Lagosians, APC is a great party and the interests of our beloved State must always supercede that of any person or group. It is in this regard that I wholeheartedly congratulate the winner of the Lagos State APC Primaries, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and urge all Lagosians to immediately support our party’s gubernatorial candidate in the 2019 elections and work for the success of our dear party. 

"As Governor, I will do everything possible to ensure a smooth transition in the remaining period of this administration and ultimately to the new Governor, come May 2019.

"I therefore appeal to all our party members that we remain one family and unite behind the candidate of the party, so that we can continue to move this state forward.

"The progress of Lagos state is non-negotiable. It is a project that I have passionately worked for in the last three and half years as your Governor and one to which I will forever be devoted.

"I wish to use this opportunity to thank our national leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and the leadership of our great party at state and national levels, all party faithfuls and all Lagosians," he said.

Further, he specifically expressed thank to "all Lagosians for their faith and trust in me. I urge you not to relent in your support for our party as we prepare for the General Elections."

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Pix: Gov. Ambode during his acceptance speech of the APC primaries.

Facebook rolls out video service globally - ITREALMS

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With the aim of giving people around the world a new way to discover great videos and interact with friends, content creators and other fans, Facebook has made its video-on-demand service, Facebook Watch available globally while also expanding its Ad Breaks program so more partners can make money from their videos.

According to social media giant’s management, taking Facebook Watch global also means new opportunities for creators and publishers around the world.

Facebook Watch enables users discover new videos spanning entertainment, sports, news and more in a personalized Watch feed, catch up with creators and publishers they love by keeping a watchlist, or a collection of recent videos from Pages they follow, save videos to watch later in Watch as well as participate in videos.

“Over time you'll be able to find new video experiences in your Watch feed, like watch parties, premieres, and videos focused on audience participation — like the new trivia game show, Confetti. And we'll make it easier to find live videos so you can discuss the big moments as they’re happening,” a statement from Facebook reads.

The service was launched in the US a year ago to give people a place on Facebook to find shows and video creators they love and to start conversations with friends, other fans, and even creators themselves. Over the past year, Facebook has made the experience more social — like making it easier to see which videos your friends have liked or shared, creating shows that have audience participation at their core, and opening Watch to videos from Pages.

“These updates have helped people discover and engage more deeply with videos they love — from Red Table Talk with Jada Pinkett Smith, to beauty mogul Huda Kattan’s behind-the-scenes show Huda Boss, to live Major League Baseball games. Every month, more than 50 million people in the US come to watch videos for at least a minute in Watch — and total time spent watching videos in Watch has increased by 14x since the start of 2018. We're excited to bring Watch to everyone around the world and invite you to join in the action in our new video destination,” the statement adds.

To access Watch on iOS and Android, users are urged to look for the Watch icon in their shortcuts bar or the “More” bookmark. Watch is also available on Apple TV, Samsung Smart TV, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Xbox One, and Oculus TV. 

Meanwhile, the company’s Ad Breaks service, which is designed to allow companies monetize their content, will roll out in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand on Thursday, August 30, and launch in another 21 countries including France, Germany, Spain and across Latin America and Asia on September 21.

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Orange selects Broadpeak for advanced video service delivery

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Leader in content delivery network (CDN) and video streaming solutions, Broadpeak has been selected Orange, the largest operator of mobile and internet services in France, reports ITRealms.

The choice of Broadpeak's solutions, ITRealms gathered was to power the delivery of advanced video services.

Using the BkS350 origin packager and recorder from Broadpeak, the operator will be able to benefit from the most advanced features related to video processing for delivery to any type of screen with a superior quality of experience (QoE).

Providing an uncompromised QoE and infinite scalability, Broadpeak's solutions will help Orange keep pace with growing consumer demand for high-quality content anytime, anywhere, on any screen and increase the operator's revenue streams.

ITRealms also reports that at the heart of the solution is Broadpeak's BkS350 origin and packaging server, is capability of recording linear services in one format and dynamically packaging the content in the requested ABR format.

“This capability will allow Orange to offer a great variety of services, which are highly desired by today's television viewers. Orange will also use Broadpeak's BkS400 HTTP video cache servers and BkM100 video delivery manager. The BkS400 server features a unique ability to cache content at the headend level, reducing the load at the origin level and offering high streaming capacity so that Orange can respond to the increasing demands of end users,” Jacques Le Mancq, CEO at Broadpeak said.

In addition, the CEO said, Orange has a track record for delivering world-class video services, and this partnership reflects that commitment.

"Our video delivery solutions are highly scalable and future-proof, making them perfect to a competitive operator like Orange that is continuously growing, launching new services, and enhancing QoE for subscribers," Le Mancq said.

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Electronic, video game festival opens

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The Electronic and Video Game Festival of Abidjan (FEJA) opened at the Palais de la Culture in Abidjan, Ivory Coast., reports ITRealms.

The festival which opened on November 11th, ITRealms gathered, brought together thousands of gaming enthusiasts from all over Africa, around the theme: Video Games in Africa, it is Possible.

ITRealms also reports that during the month of September, avid gamers participated in qualifying tournaments, with a total of 256 players from 6 African countries selected to compete and try to win rewards of more than 10.000 euros.

The event, ITRealms reports, has attracted participants from the entire eco-system of gaming in Africa including those working in animation, game design and sales of gaming technology.

The nascent gaming industry in Africa is experiencing a boom with ever more African themed games, local studios and rapid growth in mobile game revenues.

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GTBank populates 737 Moments music video

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Swarming with colorful scenes, groovy beats and a melody that cannot be easily forgotten, the video of GTBank’s 737 theme song 737 moments has remain a hit, reports ITRealms.

Although, ITRealms gathered that its purpose, is not to reach or be placed on the top of the charts but to highlight the simplicity of 737 and its availability to every Nigerian at every moment in time.

737 Moments, ITRealms also gathered, is a celebration of every moment be it at home, in the office or on the go; when the bank’s customers could easily dial *737# to buy airtime, transfer funds, pay bills or complete any of their transactions.

This, ITRealms reports, featured people from all walks of life in the 737 Moments video with emphasis on the simplicity and universality of 737 with its promise of Simple Banking for Every Nigerian.

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CSEAN kicks off 2017 video, poster competition

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The Cyber Security Experts Association of Nigeria (CSEAN) has kicked off the 2017 National Cyber Security Awareness Video and Poster Competition reports ITRealms.

Disclosing this to ITRealms, CSEAN President, Mr. Remi Afon, said the competition would run from July 10th to September 1, this year.

He explained that this was introduced in pursuit of CSEAN grassroots cyber security awareness campaign, which seeks creative and innovative videos and posters with local content to be used for National Cyber Security Awareness Campaigns (NCSAC).

Winners, he told ITRealms would be announced during October 2017 Cyber Security Awareness Month at CSEAN’s National Cyber Security Awareness Symposium slated for Lagos.

“Selection of the best videos and posters will be used for CSEAN’s national cyber security awareness campaign to compliment already existing Stop Think Connect materials,” he said.

On the Cyber Security Awareness Video Category, he said, must be original work and maximum of 60 seconds with local content, focusing on either cyber bullying or how to stay safe using social media with highlight on the associated risks and using hash tag #CyberAwareNG.

For the Poster Category, Afon explained that the poster must be A4 size original work with local content focusing on either phishing; malware, credential harvesting etc or need for strong password and two factor authentication using hash tag #CyberAwareNG.

Afon pointed out that the prizes for winners would include brand new Laptop, Android Tablets and Smartphones.

ITRealms recalled that CSEAN is a non-profit organisation made up of Information security professionals, centred on a collective purpose and vision of championing the cause and awareness of cyber security in Nigeria, acting as an agent of change to address cybercrime phenomena through engaging intellectual minds, business and political leaders.

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