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Saturday, December 24, 2022

Christmas Rice wahala: NAN mgt re-commits to workers’ welfare, to set up joint c’ttee - ITREALMS

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The Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Mr Buki Ponle, has said the management of the Agency is conscious of the reality of the prevailing times and is ever determined to give succour to its members of staff where possible.

PONLE OF NAN
Ponle said this in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja while reacting to a letter from the Joint Union of the Agency giving the management a seven-day ultimatum to provide rice as Christmas gift for workers, among others.

Thursday, December 22, 2022

NITDA bill: Controversy looms over NASS secret public hearing - ITREALMS

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The Joint Senate and House Committee on Information Communications Technology (ICT) has been accused of clandestine move to pass a controversial bill concerning the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), reports 
ITREALMS.
This move by NASS, 
ITREALMS gathered has been decried by industry watchers with suspicious.

NCDMB trains journalists on 'Enhancing Media Competencies to Support Nigerian Content in a Gas Economy' - ITREALMS

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The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) hosted some journalists in Lagos to a capacity building workshop with the theme: Enhancing Media Competencies to Support Nigerian Content in a Gas Economy, reports ITREALMS.
Dr Ginah of NCDmB
The event organized annually by the board for media practitioners to enhance their capacity and competence in the field of journalism.

NLNG's Nwokedi emerges president-elect @Nigerian Gas Association - ITREALMS

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The General Counsel/ Company Secretary of Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) and former MD of NLNG Ship Management Limited (NSML), Mr. Akachukwu Nwokedi, has emerged the President-elect of the Nigerian Gas Association (NGA), reports 
ITREALMS.
General Counsel/ Company Secretary of Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) and former MD of NLNG Ship Management Limited (NSML), Mr. Akachukwu Nwokedi
This, ITREALMS gathered, would see Nwokedi leading the Executive Council to pilot and steer the affairs of the gas industry association for the next two years.

LASHMA harps on HIS in achieving universal healthcare coverage - ITREALMS

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The Lagos State Health Management Agency (LASHMA), has advocated for importance of  residents to enroll in Healthcare Insurance Scheme (HIS), reports ITREALMS.
This, they said, would help to achieve universal healthcare coverage and reduce
out of pocket payments.

Göran Marby resigns as ICANN President, board accepts - ITREALMS

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The Board of Directors has accepted the resignation of Mr. Göran Marby, the immediate President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) with immediate effect, reports 
ITREALMS.
ICANN Board Chair, Tripti Sinha
Confirming this development, ICANN Board Chair, Tripti Sinha, thanked Goran for his service to the community in the past six and half year.

Revealed! Satellite phone service providers fingered on Nigeria’s Californium scam - ITREALMS

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Satellite telecommunications service providers have been accused of aiding and abetting the unending insecurity situation in the Nigeria’s North-East due to vested interest in their offering, reports ITREALMS.
These satellite telecoms service providers, according to a retired military intelligence officer, offer services to some fraudulent californium precious stone explorers under the guise of international Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) who deploy their services without regulatory stress from any sovereign country.

Making these accusation, the Action Alliance (AA) Presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, retired Major Hamza Al-Mustapha alleged that some international NGOs have been illegally exploring californium, a precious stone found in Borno State-Nigeria.

Speaking as the guest of Brekete Family recently in Abuja, Al-Mustapha accused satellite telecoms service providers of conniving with the some state actors, especially at the Federal and state levels to exploit the californium precious stones in Nigeria under pretense of international NGO.

These NGOs, he said, came with satellite telephones and personal computers that connect via the satellite too.

Al-Mustapha, insisted that these NGOs, leave late in the night to go to the Californium sites and where soldiers and police dread to go during the day time, wondering who is providing cover for them during this period.

He called on the Federal Ministry of Health to take a critical look on why there is increase in cancer and kidney cases in the North-East and Borno State precisely.

Al-Mustapha also accused the Federal Government of ineptitude and international satellite companies of high-level complacency on the issue of insecurity in the North East.

ITREALMS gathered that globally, these NGOs use the services of international companies offering satellite telecommunications services such as Thuraya satellite phones to name a few.

Also, ITREALMS gathered that Californium is worth $27 million per gram, about N12,040,920,000.00 billion.

Satellite phone systems could be classified into two types, namely the systems that use satellites in a high geostationary orbit, 35,786 kilometres (22,236 mi) above the earth's surface, and systems that use satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO), 640 to 1,120 kilometers (400 to 700 miles) above the earth.

Traditionally, cell phones rely on cell towers, unlike satellite phones that work anywhere on earth. Once you leave the city, satellite networks are the only networks offering reliable communication. So, there are satellite phones that work anywhere, even in the most remote areas of the world.

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Wednesday, December 21, 2022

TestNigeria 1.0: Quality software'll give Nigeria’s Digital Economy competitive advantage - ITREALMS

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Effective software quality assurance in the Nigerian Digital Economy will greatly impact the digital economy's accelerated growth, says Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy.

Mr. Hakeem Fahm, Honourable Commissioner of Science and Technology, Lagos State, speaking at TestNigeria Conference 1.0
He remarked in the lead address at the first-ever Software Testing Conference in Nigeria with the theme “Impact of Software Quality Assurance in the Nigerian Digital Economy”, organized by Nigeria Software Testing Qualification Board (NGSTQB) on Wednesday, November 23, 2022, at Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, Lagos State.

50 MDAs back Nigeria Digital ID4D project - ITREALMS

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At least, no fewer than 50 public institutions in Nigeria, on Tuesday, pledged their support for the implementation of the Nigeria Digital Identification for Development (ID4D) Project, reports ITREALMS.
Revealing this, the Manager, Communications, Nigeria Digital ID4D Project, Dr. Walter Duru, informed ITREALMS that rising from a 1-day Roundtable for Desk Officers of Ecosystem Implementing partners of the Nigeria Digital ID4D project, held at Peniel Apartments, Abuja, the stakeholders described the project as timely, reiterating their willingness to participate in its implementation.

Okupe: More facts emerge on judgment, resignation - ITREALMS

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More explicit reasons have been adduced for the sentencing and eventual voluntary resignation of the elsewhile Director-General of the Labour Party Presidential Council, Dr. Doyin Okupe, reports ITREALMS.
Dr Doyin Okupe
Reacting on the development, Tolu Babaleye Esq, one of the members of the Okupe Legal Team since 2018 and who was present in court during the judgment that sentenced Dr. Doyin Okupe, from the Chambers of Tolu Babaleye & Co. alluded that the judgment was largely misrepresented in the media.