Some 20 vehicles burnt in Nkpor tollgate - ITREALMS

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About 20 vehicles were on Monday in Nkpor near Onitsha, Anambra State, gotten by fire due to faulty container-loaded trailer with a break failure, reports ITREALMS.

Eye witness account informed ITREALMS, the trailer otherwise referred to as container due to its body frame was fully loaded with goods when it lost its brake and hit a fuel tanker.

Over 100 MDAs, CSOs meet on FOI proactive disclosure - ITREALMS

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No fewer than some 100 public institutions and civil society organizations attended the 2-day event held in Abuja recently, reports ITREALMS.

This is coming as representatives of federal public institutions in Nigeria have commended the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption -ROLAC programme of the British Council (funded by the European Union) for her support towards the development and validation of a Proactive Disclosure Protocol for Nigeria’s Freedom of Information (FOI) Act.

Ecobank advises Nigerian youths to pursue their passion - ITREALMS

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Ecobank has advised Nigerian youths to pursue their passion rather than money or immediate gains, reports ITREALMS.

This advice was given by panelists at the special advocacy programme hosted the bank to commemorate the 2021 International Youth Day in Lagos with the theme: “Finding your Voice”, a Career, Creativity, and Skills."

Int’l Youth Day 2021: 9mobile reaffirms support for youth - ITREALMS

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Youth-friendly telecommunications company, the 9mobile has restated its support for adolescence entrepreneurship and innovation, reports ITREALMS.

9mobile, ITREALMS also gathered, urged Nigerian youths to take advantage of the incredible opportunities that technology offers to optimize their businesses and professional endeavors.

Zambians decide 2021: President Lungu concedes defeat - ITREALMS

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The incumbent president of Zambia, Mr. Edgar Lungu has accepted defeated in the presidential general election on August 12, reports ITREALMS.

President-elect of Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema

 

Mr. Lungu, ITREALMS gathered had garnered some 1,814,201 votes while his closest rival, Hakainde Hichilema got 2,810,757 votes to emerge according to electoral body, the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) as the newest president on the continent.

Nigeria's decline in internet subscriptions worries MRA - ITREALMS

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The Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has called on the Federal Government and its relevant agencies to take urgent measures to reverse the steady decline in the number of Nigerians online, saying the Government’s efforts should now be geared towards ensuring that every citizen is connected to the Internet rather than pushing those already connected off the grid.

In a statement issued in Lagos, MRA’s Communications Officer, Mr. Idowu Adewale, noted that from the monthly figures published by the National Communications Commission (NCC) of active Internet subscriptions in Nigeria, the number of active Internet subscriptions in Nigeria has been steadily declining over a period of eight months, between November 2020 and June 2021, the latest month for which subscription data is available.

Digital Literacy Training: Danbatta tasks Nigerian youths on skills application - ITREALMS

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The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Garba Danbatta has tasked Nigerian youths, who participated in the nationwide digital literacy training conducted by the Commission, to put the skills acquired as well as the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools received during the exercise to appropriate and legitimate use.

Prof Danbatta of NCC

Addressing the participants at the closing ceremony of the NCC’s Digital Literacy Training for the North-West held at the Kano Campus of the Digital Bridge Institute (DBI), Danbatta, particularly enjoined the youths who have had the privilege of participating in the training to apply the skills acquired in gainful activities in order for them to be self-employed.

SNEPCo, NNPC build paediatric ward, lab in Bauchi - ITREALMS

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The Jama’Are Local Government Area in Bauchi State, in the embattled North East of Nigeria, has taken delivery of a newly built and well-equipped 10-bedspace paediatrics ward, medical laboratory, with water facilities and water treatment plant powered by a10Kva solar system, reports ITREALMS.

The donation from Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo), on behalf of itself, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and other co-venture partners, is part of SNEPCo’s intervention to improve child health care and cater for non-COVID-19 cases in the state hospitals.

IPOB: Why we suspended weekly sit-@-home - ITREALMS

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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPPB) has adduced some reasons why the weekly sit-at home order was suspended, reports ITREALMS.

The group in a press statement on Saturday by IPOB's Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, said the cancellation announced on Radio Biafra the previous night by IPOB Head of Directorate of State, Chika Edoziem, followed a direct order by its detained leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, through his team of lawyers including Ifeanyi Ejiofor.

DG NITDA , Abdullahi applauds NIS for adopting paperless operation - ITREALMS

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The Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Malam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, has applauded the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) for launching its Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) platform, reports ITREALMS.

The launch of EDMS which took place at the NIS Headquarters, Abuja, ITREALMS gathered, is a key component of any digital transformation strategy and information governance effort, which uses automated techniques to transfer files electronically, manage records regardless of format, maintenance, use and disposition of records.