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In the quiet hush of a carpentry workshop in Nazareth, the scent of cedar and sawdust once hung heavy in the air. There was no neon flickering, no hum of a high-speed server, and certainly no fiber-optic cables pulsing with the world’s data. Yet, in the rhythmic sweep of a plane over wood, St. Joseph was participating in a mystery that predates time itself.

For the readers of WeekendDigits@ITREALMS, where the world is often measured in bits, bytes, and bottom lines, the narrative of "work" can sometimes feel like a secular necessity; a means to an end. But if we look closer at the theology of labour, we find a startling truth: For God so loved the world, He gave us work to do.

Hygiene hypothesis in screen-filled world by Fortune Ekene Dibiah - Commentary@ITREALMS

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Modern health paradox
Over the past few decades, urbanized societies have witnessed a paradoxical trend: as our environments become cleaner and our technology more advanced, our bodies have become more reactive. The rise in allergic diseases, autoimmune conditions, and inflammatory disorders has led scientists to the “Hygiene Hypothesis.” 

First proposed by David P. Strachan in 1989, this theory suggests that reduced exposure to microorganisms in early life impairs immune development. In today’s screen-dominated world, where digital interaction often replaces physical exploration, this hypothesis takes on a critical new urgency.

World Leaders Unite for Global Health Security - ITREALMS

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With the world grappling with compounded crises from armed conflicts and mass displacement to climate emergencies and economic shocks, global leaders have sounded a clarion call to safeguard the health of the world’s most vulnerable.

Of particular concern is the sharp withdrawal of official development assistance (ODA), which has led to the collapse of many critical, lifesaving programmes. 

FG says 'Our Cancer Treatment Centre' @Enugu is world class - ITREALMS

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The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has described the Federal Government’s Oncology Centre in Enugu as world class, reports ITREALMS.

This, he also said, is a proof of the commitment of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to delivering life-changing health infrastructure to Nigerians.

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.

World Environment Day: Airtel promotes plastic reduction @employee session - ITREALMS

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Leading telecommunications network, Airtel Nigeria marked World Environment Day by hosting an insightful session aimed at educating employees on the practice of tackling plastic pollution. 

The event was held on Tuesday, 4th May, 2024, at Airtel Head office, Banana Island, Lagos.

2024 World Health Day: Lagos ACOMIN commemorates with walk for life, flier distributions - ITREALMS

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The Lagos chapter of the Association of Civil Society on Malaria Control, Immunization and Nutrition (ACOMIN) has commemorated the 2024 World Health Day with a number of activities, including walk for life, reports ITREALMS.

This year’s theme: ‘My Health, My Right’ took a walk for life within the State’s Secretariat from Adeyemi Bero Hall, Alausa Ikeja through distribution of fliers, enlightenment talks to people on prevention and controlling malaria in their various communities.

Healing Streams with Pastor Chris breaks world record, translates in 8,130 languages - ITREALMS

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Another world record feat was added to the growing list of phenomenal achievements of the Loveworld Incorporated organized largest online healing crusade, as the Healing Streams Live Healing Services with Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, was broadcasted in 8,130 unique languages to all the nations and territories of the world.

It was the first time such would be recorded in the history of mankind and it took place last weekend, at the just concluded three days programme of the Healing Streams Live Healing Services.

The world needs visionary, courageous leaders by Austin Okere - ITREALMS

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Today’s leaders must be effective communicators who embrace depolarization, paradox, and compassion—and who take action without fear.

• As society faces a range of global challenges, it looks for leaders who can create positive change and share responsibility across sectors.

Protecting assets in remote-first and potentially hostile world - ITREALMS

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I live in a city center and the lunch hour certainly isn’t like it once was. While some people have returned to working in an office, it seems that the majority have not. Looking back, the pandemic will have been a turning point for many things around the world, and the rhythms of office-centered worklife will be something that will never return to the old ways.

With this increased flexibility employees are not just working from home behind consumer-grade Wi-Fi routers; they are also spending part of the day at the park or coffee shop, or perhaps even having a “working holiday.” Those in charge of protecting enterprise assets have to assume these endpoints are always in hostile territory.

OPPO showcases latest innovative technologies @Mobile World Congress 2023 - ITREALMS

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At the 2023 Mobile World Congress 2023 (MWC2023), OPPO showcased a range of its latest innovative technologies, reports ITREALMS.

OPPO, ITREALMS gathered, not only showed a selection of flagship devices including the pocketable OPPO Find N2 Flip, but also introduces a number of industry-leading innovations based on its four Smart Initiatives - smart entertainment, smart productivity, smart health, and smart learning, such as OPPO Wi-Fi 6 Router AX5400, OPPO Zero-Power Tag, MariSilicon Y Bluetooth audio SoC, OHealth H1 family health monitor, OPPO Air Glass 2 and more. By delivering enhanced, connected experiences through these virtuous innovations, OPPO is reinforcing its position as a future-focused company that seeks to unlock new possibilities for smart living.

UN to host World Press Freedom Day'23 - ITREALMS

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The 2023 edition of the World Press Freedom Day Global Conference will be hosted at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York on 2 May, reports ITREALMS.

This, ITREALMS gathered, is a special anniversary edition of the conference as it marks the 30th anniversary since the proclamation of World Press Freedom Day by the UN General Assembly at its 48th session in 1993.

ITU-led Partner2Connect records about USD 30bn in global commitments to bring the world online

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A total commitments worth USD 29.92 billion, about N13,314,998,400,00 trillion, have been pledged since March to bring the world’s hardest-to-connect communities online, according to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies.

The total commitments, coming in 578 pledges from around the world, include cash funding as well as policy, programme and advocacy efforts mobilized since the launch of a dedicated pledging platform to extend Internet reach around the globe.

November edition: Billions world over prepare for healing crusade with Pastor Chris - ITREALMS

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Billions of people from around the world are getting set with faith and high expectations for the glorious manifestation of God’s powers in the healing of the sick and restoration of lives as the next edition of the live transmission of healing streams live services with Pastor Chris gears up.

The next edition of the power-packed programme would hold from Friday, 4th to Saturday, 5th November 2022 and would be streamed to a global audience on Healing Streams TV.

UN World Food Day 2022: Ghana loses GH₵ 762.32bn - ITREALMS

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A new research has indicated that Ghana lost some 762.32 billion in Ghanian Cedes on either lost or wasted along the supply chain, and climate change, reports ITREALMS.

This was disclosed by the Food for All Africa, Executive Director, Chef Elijah Addo at an event organized by Food for All Africa in Yeji,the Pru East district of Bono East region to commemorate World Food day 2022 in Ghana.

Gov. Sule, Ezekwe lead guest @GSSA world convention in Ebonyi - ITREALMS

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The Governor of Nasarawa State, Engr. Abdullahi Sule will be a guest speaker at the 2022 Home Coming and World Convention of Government Secondary School Afikpo (GSSA, Ebonyi State, while Ejiofor Ezekwe, retired Bank CEO, and a leading Asset and Leasing Consultant will be the keynote speaker, reports ITREALMS.

Chairman of the 2022 Home Coming and World Convention Planning Committee, Amaechi Ude Nkama, in memo to the school’s alumni members, said that the 4-day event has been scheduled between October 20 to 23, 2022 at Afikpo, Ebonyi State.

How flowers lured me into event world says ‘Damilola Nubi - ITREALMS

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A graduate of the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB) and Creative Director of Twinkle Events, Mrs. Oluwadamilola Nubi, spoke to ITREALMS’ GBEMI OMOTOSO on a number of issues concerning event industry startup, revealing how her love for flowers lured her into event world.

How did you get your brand name?

I got it from my imagination "Twinkle" means lightning, or to be a star which complements my desire to be a star in the event world.

FG, IPI disagree over 2021 World Press Freedom Index - ITREALMS

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The Federal Government (FG) and the International Press Institute (IPI) are in disagreement over the 2021 annual World Press Freedom Index, reports ITREALMS.

FG in its character, rejected that Nigeria as a country not conducive to the practice of journalism, saying Nigerian press remains among the most vibrant and freest in the world.

COVID-19: World must review priorities, technology governance says Ajijola - ITREALMS

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The Executive Chairman, Consultancy Support Services (CS2) Limited, Alhaji Abdul-Hakeem Ajijola, has declared that Coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic, provided the world with the opportunity to review priorities towards building all-inclusive society and technology governance, reports ITREALMS.

Speaking at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN68) Nigerian preparatory virtual meeting held recently on subtheme: ICANN Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) noted that although the Internet may seem not to be broken, according to Vinton Cerf, “but its inequalities need to be fixed.”

He also said that some 81 per cent of the global workforce of some 3.3 billion, have had their workplace fully or partly close and described this as COVID-19 helping to accelerate “migration to online interactions.”

ITREALMS gathered he cited an instance of a security challenge with the relief for registrants in response to COVID-19, which prompted ICANN org to invoke Section 3.7.5.1 of the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) for a record second time.

Ajijola who also is Chair, African Union Cyber Security Expert Group (AUCSEG) advised that based on the contemporary Internet state due to COVID-19, that society must take a human-centred and inclusive approach to technology governance.

“Covid-19 has provided our society an opportunity to review our priorities and focus,” he asserted, stressing that with the evolution of today, “We should not seek to go back to normal but to move forward to what is better.”

As said by Ajijola “We need to develop and implement trusted, inclusive and equitable educational, social, financial and related systems.”

He posited that responsibility to factor in “our virtual development plans the underserved, unserved and unborn as they must live, in the future, with the precedents and decisions we make now.”

Further, Ajijola outlined some of SSAC’s responsibilities to include “Review incidents, issues, and topics that are broadly related to the security and stability of the Internet's naming and address allocation systems; Chartered by the ICANN Board of Directors- However, SSAC often studies issues and topics originating from the community at large in addition to issues or questions requested by the Board.

Also, he said, “Many of the SSAC's efforts are prompted by a security event involving the domain name system (DNS) or an abuse of domain name registration services. The multiple origins of activities reveal that the SSAC's role, like other security groups, is both proactive and reactive.”

In addition, Ajijola said, “Other criminals register domain names to lure victims to web sites to trick users into downloading spyware or malware. “

SSAC, he pointed out, issues reports and advisories recommending ways domain name registration service providers could reduce the number of malicious domain name registrations, consult with security, DNS, and law enforcement communities as need arises.

This clause, he said, permits registrars to be temporarily forbidden from cancelling domain name registrations that were unable to be renewed as a result of a natural disaster.

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Top 5 United Nations World Summit awardees for MoDiTECH’19 - ITREALMS

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The top five national nominees for the United Nations World Summit Awards Nigeria, would on Thursday, October 24, 2019 be unveiled to the nation’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector, at the Mobile and Disruptive Technology Forum (ModiTECH’19) reports ITREALMS.

The nominees, ITREALMS gathered include @FARMZ2U, @CAMPUSTORCH, @OMOMI, @CHEKITT and @AFRIMART.

ITREALMS also gathered that nominees, include a past youth winner OMOMI, would be unveiled on that day by the WSA Eminent National Expert for Nigeria and President, Innovationbed.Africa present Innovationbed Periscope session, tagged "The Power of Digital Services."

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“When we say Africa is blessed, it is not only in its mineral resources endowment but of youthful human resource capacity doing fantastic innovative jobs in nation building”, said the Chief Architect and President at InnovationBed.Africa, Mr. Emmanuel Amos.

“Nigeria has been the core pilot nation for the Innovationbed initiative as one of its flagship programmes: The Periscope session will field the above ambassadors so the audience can have a first-hand experience of practical solutions offering fixes to some sector challenges that conferences are always fond of speaking about rather that showing answers in practical terms,” he said.

Innovationbed Periscope at ModiTECH’19 will deal specifically on homegrown apps in the Health and Life Style sector, Environment and Green Energy Sector, E-Commerce & Business Sector and E-Learning & Education Sector.

Mobile and Disruptive Technology Forum (ModiTECH’19), an initiative of TechEconomy.ng in collaboration with CommunicationsWeek, in this maiden edition, aims at pushing for “The Power of Digital Services” by disrupting existing technologies for the advancement of the economy at large.

Organisers said it promises to make a difference as ground-breaking solution shall be unveiled along many dimensions of the Forum.

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