Excitement as Tech Experience Centre set to host maiden Amapiano event - ITREALMS

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As part of this year's Valentine's Day celebration, Nigeria’s leading cutting-edge technology hub, the Tech Experience Centre in collaboration with official media partner, Plat4om, is set to host a maiden Amapiano event to usher in the love season.

Tagged Amapiano & Vibes, the classic, love and fun event takes centre stage on Friday, February 11, 2022 at the Tech Experience Centre located at 13 Idowu Martins, Victoria Island, Lagos from 6pm.

Olumide Fadipe: Skills development, online presence'll keep you on top - ITREALMS

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The multiple award-winning Olumide Daniel Oluwaseun Fadipe, is a Lumie Distinct’s Baker and a Freelance Cake Decorator. He spoke with ITREALMS’ Gbemi Omotoso on a number of issues including developing more skills and boosting his online presence.

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Olumide Daniel Fadipe of LumieDistinct

Can you shed more light on referring yourself as a baker and a freelance Cake decorator?

Yes, I Decorate Cakes for Bakers; majorly Fondant designs. Also, I assist bakers when a helping hand is needed or when they have a lot of cakes to decorate or cakes they can't handle alone. For now, I'm more into freelancing because I don't bake cakes for commercial purposes.

'Wellness Plus app democratises access to healthcare' - ITREALMS

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To make healthcare services affordable and accessible to Nigerians, Wellness HMO has launched an innovative app, ‘Wellness Plus’ which is set to revolutionise healthcare service delivery in the country.

The move obviously will create new benchmarks for health services in Nigeria. It will equally promote greater transparency in offering quality healthcare services to all and sundry.

Senate applauds NNPC for engendering competitiveness - ITREALMS

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The Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream) has commended the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) for repositioning the Nigerian oil and gas industry into a competitive business environment. 

The Chairman of the Committee, Senator Bassey Albert Akpan, gave the commendation when he led members of the Committee on an oversight visit to the NNPC Towers, Abuja, on Tuesday. 

Senator Akpan said the visit offered the lawmakers the opportunity to have firsthand information about Management’s actions in transitioning from a Corporation into a limited liability company in compliance with the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA).

“We commend the effort of Mallam Mele Kyari and his team towards repositioning NNPC post-PIA. We’ve been told about the challenges, the expectations, projections and visions for NNPC. We are very impressed that the effort of the National Assembly in passing the PIA is yielding positive outcomes,” Senator Akpan said.

A press statement available by ITREALMS by Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, NNPC Ltd, Malam Garba Deen Muhammad quoted the Senator as saying that the Committee would look into the issue of funding for frontier exploration in order to ensure that the objective of boosting exploration and production in frontier basins in the next five years is met. 

Earlier, the Chief Executive Officer of the NNPC Ltd, Mallam Mele Kyari, informed the lawmakers that the Company is well primed to meet the growth trajectory envisaged in the PIA, stressing that it has received very positive commercial assurances from investors and partners across the globe.

New FM frequencies to expand radio’s reach in Africa - ITREALMS

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Experts have identified frequencies in the 87.5–108 MHz band range capable of boosting broadcasting across the continent, reports ITREALMS.

Together with international radiocommunication experts, ITREALMS gathered that African countries have identified new frequencies between 87.5 megahertz (MHz) and 108 MHz to expand FM (frequency modulation) radio broadcasting services across the continent.

Wellness Plus official app, debuts - ITREALMS

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The Wellness Plus official app has made its debut in Lagos, reports ITREALMS.

The app owned by Wellness HMO is expected to revolutionise the way Nigerians access health services in the country.

Technology drives the world says Adesina, bags honourary doctorate @FUT

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The Federal University of Technology Minna has awarded the President of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org), Dr Akinwumi Adesina an honorary doctorate. The honor was conferred at the institution’s 38th Founders’ Day and 30th Convocation ceremony of the University, in Minna.

Adesina@FUT Minna for honours

Adesina joined three others honorary doctoral awardees, namely former Nigerian Head of State General Abdulsalam Abubakar (GCFR), Alhaji Abdul Samad Rabiu, (CON) and Malam Mele Kolo Kyari.

INEC to conduct 6 bye-elections after FCT - ITREALMS

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The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has disclosed that aside the council election slated for February 12 in the federal capital territory, they also have some six bye-elections afterwards, reports ITREALMS.

Prof. Yakubu, chairman of INEC

Speaking at a meeting of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) to review security arrangement for the FCT council election at INEC conference room in Abuja.

The Whistler blames Parallex Bank over attack on website - ITREALMS

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The Whistler has accused the newly launched Parallex Bank over recent attack on its website, www.whistler.ng, and may be seeking redress in court, reports ITREALMS.

The media house, through its Publisher, Mr. James Ume, confirmed to ITREALMS that Parallex Bank, a commercial bank that recently launched after transformation from a microfinance institution; allegedly assaulting the freedom of the press on Monday through its agent which caused the takedown of The Whistler website for about four hours.

Airtel partners Spotify, offer customers free data - ITREALMS

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Leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, has announced a partnership with global audio streaming service, Spotify to provide music lovers across Nigeria with daily complimentary data to access the Spotify platform.

Under the partnership, Airtel +54 million customers who purchase weekly and monthly data bundles will get bonus data to enjoy Spotify with its over 70 million songs, including local favourites and Premium content without worrying about additional data costs.