Buhari confirms DCM Biu as Corps Marshal @FRSC - ITREALMS

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The President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, General Muhammadu Buhari, retired, has confirmed the appointment of Deputy Corps Marshal Dauda Ali Biu, as Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), reports ITREALMS.

Confirming this to ITREALMS, the Assistant Corps Marshal, Corps Public Education Officer, FRSC Headquarters, Abuja, Mr Bisi Kazeem, said that until this appointment, Dauda Ali Biu was the Acting Corps Marshal of the Commission, a position he held since July, 2022.

'Crisis in Lagos APC is false' - ITREALMS

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The Lagos State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied any crisis rocking the party, reports ITREALMS.

Lagos APC Spokesman, Seye Oladejo, said the Lagos State APC chairman, Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi has capacity to stabilise the party.

Late Mbazulike Amechi: Chief Iwuanyanwu leads 33 CoEPs to plan burial - ITREALMS

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Chief Dr. Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has been nominated to preside over the 34-member Committee of Eminent Persons (CoEPs), to plan the funeral of the foremost nationalist and statesman, late Chief Mbazulike Amechi, also known as Dara Akunwafor na Ukpor, reports ITREALMS.

Late Chief Amechi, ITREALMS recalled, was one of the last remaining Fathers of Nigerian Independence, and Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation in the First Republic, who passed on 1st November 2022 at the age of 93 in his home town, Ukpor in Anambra State.

Radio Ijangbara is illegal says NBC, warns promoters to stop misleading people - ITREALMS

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The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has kicked against proposed unveiling of Radio Ijangbara, describing it as illegal broadcast signal, reports ITREALMS.

Director-General of NBC, Malam Balarabe Shehu Ilelah in a public statement personally signed on Friday, December 30, 2022 and made available to ITREALMS, said that their attention has been brought to the plans by Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide to formally commence broadcast on January 1, 2023 under the Radio Ijangbara.

Pope Benedict XVI dies @ 95 in Rome - ITREALMS

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The retired Catholic Pontiff, Pope Benedict XVI has died in the early hours of Saturday, December 31, at the age of 95, reports ITREALMS.

This is coming barely a decade after he stood down because of ill health.

Can Lawan, Gbajabiamila kill cockroaches - ITREALMS

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The ongoing efforts at enthroning the controversial National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) amendment bill, 2022, is likened to infestation by cockroaches. REMMY NWEKE asked if the National Assembly leadership between Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan and Speaker, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila can save Nigerians from this unwanted affliction with their gavels.

Preamble:

Scientifically, cockroaches are considered dangerous as an allergen source and asthma trigger, as well as suspected carriers of certain bacteria that could cause illnesses if left on food. And according to the World Health Organization (WHO), cockroaches are “unhygienic scavengers in human settlements.”

Imo Assembly passes 2023 budget, Imo State Council of Elders bill - ITREALMS

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The Imo State House of Assembly (IMHA) has passed the 2023 Appropriation Bill to the tune of N458,731,029,167 to the service of the Government of Imo State, reports ITREALMS.

This appropriation, ITREALMS gathered, excludes the consolidated Revenue Fund Charges of N15, 743, 247, 101, hence a total budget of N474, 468, 286, 257.

2023: Top 7 trends to shape Nigeria’s ICT sector - ITREALMS

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The information and communication technology (ICT) sector in Nigeria has seen significant growth and development in recent years. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed that the sector contributed 18.44 per cent to the nation's GDP in the second quarter of 2022. Experts argue that the country's youth-dominated 210 million-strong population is driving demand for ICT products and services.

The government has made significant efforts to promote the development of the ICT sector and increase access to ICT infrastructure and services. This has included initiatives such as the National Broadband Plan, which aims to increase broadband penetration in the country, and the National eGovernment Master Plan, which aims to increase the use of ICT in government operations and services.

South-East insecurity: Anya-Ndi-Igbo urges urgent action - ITREALMS

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The Anya-Ndi-Igbo has condemned the continued wreck on Ndi-Igbo by the non-state actors in the South East, in the name of fraudulent security apparatus.

A non-partisan organisation with the interest of the Igbo at heart, Anya-Ndi-Igbo, made this call to the federal and state governments to address insecurity in the South East as it has become unbearable.

CTO set to host Digital Week’23 for impact – ITREALMS

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The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) is set to host the 2023 edition of the Digital Week with ‘Action for Impact’ as focus, reports ITREALMS.

According to CTO, Digital Week 2023 would commence on February 20 through 24 in London, United Kingdom on face to face.

Catholic Church honours Max Amuchie with Icon of Service Award - ITREALMS

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The Founder and chief executive officer, Sundiata Post Media Ltd, Mr. Max Amuchie, would tomorrow, Friday, 30 December 2022, receive the Icon of Service Award from the Holy Ghost Catholic Church, Uvuru, Mbaise, Imo State, reports ITREALMS.

According to a letter addressed to Amuchie by the Parish Priest, Holy Ghost Parish, Uvuru, Very Rev. Fr. Clement Okoro; Chairman, Organising Committee, Sir Martins Uba Nwamadi and Secretary, Organising Committee, Mr. Leo Ukaegbu, the parish said the honour was in recognition of Max Amuchie's mentorship, contribution, advisory role and financial support to the church.

Odogbolui Junction claims 7 female passengers - ITREALMS

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Over seven female passengers have been confirmed dead during a fire breakout in their public transport vehicle, few metres before Odogbolui Junction along Shagamu/ Benin express inbound Ijebu Ode, reports ITREALMS.

The vehicle, a bus Mazada with registration number ( AGL 886 YD) had 14 female passengers and a male, supposedly the driver.

My grandfather's house in Esure - ITREALMS

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When this house was commissioned in 1955 it was a master piece of art, landmark and status symbol of the owner.

It announced the owner as a very wealthy man in the community.

Explain whereabout of $28m was expended, Adeleke tells water project consultant - ITREALMS

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The project consultant for the Ilesa Water Project in Osun State, Mrs Tawa Williams, has been asked to explained how she expended the $28million, about ₦12,505,920,000.00 and N10 billion disbursed from the $106 million dollar loan for the project, reports ITREALMS.

The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke gave this directive with an immediate suspension of the project consultant.

A Minister's quest for balkanisation of NCC by Sonny Aragba-Akpore - ITREALMS

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The minister of communications is out to strip the NCC of its powers, reckons Sonny Aragba-Akpore.

After reading and re-reading Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, searching for the fate that awaits telecommunications regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is not difficult to decipher.

Qatar'22: TD Africa, Vivo treat over 100 partners to viewing party - ITREALMS

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TD Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa’s leading distributor of tech and lifestyle products, services and solutions in partnership with Vivo, a world leading manufacturer of innovative smartphones and accessories transformed the final match of the recently concluded FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 into an unforgettable experience for channel partners drawn from TD’s extensive database as they were hosted to a memorable viewing party.

The event, hosted at the imposing Yudala Heights on 13 Idowu Martins Street, Victoria Island, Lagos on Sunday, December 18, 2022, witnessed a convergence of key stakeholders in the IT industry, including over 100 partners as well as staff of TD Africa and Vivo.

@Yuletide: Polaris Bank assures Nigerians of seamless transactions - ITREALMS

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Polaris Bank has assured that customers and non-customers alike can shop seamlessly and carry out all their transactions via its alternate channels: VULTe, USSD *833#, Polaris Mobile, PolarisXperience, ATMs, and PoS terminals during the Yuletide holidays.

This commitment was disclosed by the Bank's Group Head, Strategic Brand Management, Nduneche Ezurike, while speaking on the readiness of the Bank to ensure that customers and non-customers enjoy the benefits of using Polaris Bank's alternate channels during this festive period.

Tinubu eulogises Governors Abdullahi Sule, Atiku Bagudu on birthday celebration - ITREALMS

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All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asíwájú Bola Tinubu, has sent his warm wishes to the Governor of Kebbi State, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, and his Nasarawa State counterpart, Alhaji Abdullahi Sule, on their respective birthdays.

Tinubu noted that the two governors are his partners and allies in the quest for a better, more secured and prosperous Nigeria.

Confirmed! Trigger happy ASP now arrested over lady lawyer - ITREALMS

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Its now confirmed that the Lagos State Police Command has taken into custody the Assistance Superintendent of Police (ASP) identified as Mr Ayuba who allegedly killed a female lawyer, Barrister Bolanle Raheem on Christmas Day at the Ajah axis of the state, reports ITREALMS.

Affirming this development thr Police spokesman in Lagos, Mr Benjamin Hundeyin said the trigger Happy cop was arrested on Monday.

5 public relations trends to watchout for in 2023 - ITREALMS

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Every end of year, we look forward to the new year with expectations. We expect the new year to be, well new and different. 2023 is no exception, it will be new and different.

While everyone will like to have a sense of what to expect in the new year, I wrote this piece for public relations practitioners, it is a sneak preview of how the practice will evolve in 2023.

Happy Christmas & New Year from us - ITREALMS

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Fraud: FG agency debunks secret accounts - ITREALMS

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Fresh facts have emerged that reports that claimed that the Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority, Mohammed Koko purchased the private property with official funds are untrue.

Following the wide publicity given to the allegations, associates of the MD have rallied to his defense. One of the insiders revealed within the week that the property that Koko was alleged to have acquired with NPA funds is a fake allegation as he bought the property with a loan in 2015.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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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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.

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.

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.

Help save my life with N20m, kidney patient James Molehin cries out - ITREALMS

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The greatest wish of James Oloruntosin Molehin at this time is to have his life back and live a normal life. For that to happen, he needs you, kind hearted Nigerians and other well meaning members of the society to make it happen. He needs urgently the sum of N20 million to do a kidney transplant, in the next three months, else he becomes history.

Molehin, should be a man of means; in his late 50s, Molehin, who hailed from Ode-Erinje in Okitipupa LG Area of Ondo State, was a graduate of Accounting, from the University of Lagos, Unilag, and Fellow, Institute of Chartered Institute of Accountancy, ICAN, (FCA). He was a management staff of MDS, the logistics arm of UAC Plc, Lagos.

CBN revisits withdrawal limits, fixes .5m & 5m for individuals, corporates - ITREALMS

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In obvious surrender to the public pressure and outcry over the recent proclamations by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the apex bank, has increased the weekly limit for cash withdrawals across all channels by individuals and corporate organisations to N500,000 and N5 million, in that order, reports ITREALMS.

A letter to financial institutions on Thursday, dated December 21, 2022, and signed by the Director, Banking Supervision at CBN, Haruna B. Mustafa, alluded to the fact that they are a listening organisation by increasing withdrawals against earlier announced.

Terrorism: Group sues Southwest, Edo, Kogi, Kwara Governors - ITREALMS

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A Pan-Yoruba group, Yoruba Koya Leadership and Training Foundation (YKLTF), has dragged the governors of Yoruba speaking Southwest States to a Federal High Court the worsening insecurity conditions in the region.

The suit filed at the Ibadan division of the Federal High Court is marked: IB/CS/189/22.

Unubiko Foundation hands over renovated court, advances plans on school, others - ITREALMS

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In line with its objective of promoting infrastructure development in communities as well as justice and peace, the Unubiko Foundation has handed over the renovated Amaelu-Abam Customary Court to the community.

In addition, on December 25, 2022, the St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Atan-Abam; the Atan-Abam Women Development Centre and the renovated Ovukwu Abam Secondary School, Atan-Abam, would all be dedicated and handed over.

Shoppers surge for Konga Jara deals, all eyes knowledge weekend with Zinox boss - ITREALMS

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A keen battle is ongoing among customers of Konga, Nigeria’s leading composite e-commerce giant as the competition for places for the free Knowledge Weekend programme with Chairman, Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh intensifies among Konga Jara shoppers.

An annual festive season sale, Konga Jara offers massive deals, mouthwatering discounts and huge savings for all categories of shoppers but with a difference this year.

Exposed! Al-Mustapha accuses NGOs, western countries of exploiting Nigeria's californium - ITREALMS

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The Action Alliance (AA) Presidential candidate in the forthcoming general elections, retired Major Hamza Al-Mustapha has accused some international Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) of conniving with some state actors to exploit the californium precious stones in Nigeria, reports ITREALMS.

Californium is reportedly worth $27 million, one thousand, per gram, about N12,040,920,000.00 billion.

Mbelede charges KSM members: Look beyond Nigeria’s situation, provide poor with succour @Christmas - ITREALMS

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The Supreme Knight of the Order of Knights of St. Mulumba (KSM) Nigeria, Sir Charles Mbelede, has charged members to look beyond the situation of the country and ensure they provide succour for the poor in the society, reports ITREALMS.

Sir Mbelede in his 2022 Christmas message available to ITREALMS, noted that as Christians and knights of the church, KSM members should look beyond the very stressful and frustrating situations in the country.

Group applauds NBA President over bar ceremony boycott - ITREALMS

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Foremost civic society organisation on anti-corruption and transparency in governance, the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has commended the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Yakubu Maikyau, for boycotting the recent Bar ceremony over the refusal of the Chairman of the Body of Benchers, Chief Wole Olanipekun, from presiding over the ceremony on moral and ethical ground.

The Civil group in a letter signed by its Chairman, Olanrewaju Suraju, titled ‘Solidarity with the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Boycott of the Call to Bar Ceremony’, described Mr Yakubu Maikyau’s action as standing for the truth and defending the professional integrity of the association, therefore raised concerns over the legal profession's gradually loss of respect and prestige for which it was renowned over the years.

In the letter addressed to the NBA President, HEDA argues that, “We cannot agree any less with you that the legal profession is gradually losing its respect and prestige earned over the years. 

Tinubu to organised Labour: I’m one of you in fight for good governance - ITREALMS

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The All Progressives Congress Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has urged Organised Labour to pitch its tent with him in the 2023 presidential election, saying he has the track record for good governance.

Tinubu stated this during a Townhall meeting with Organised Labour at Chida Hotel Conference Centre in Abuja on Monday where he also said he is the most qualified to lead Nigeria among the presidential candidates.

The Hack: 9mobile takes entrepreneurship mentoring to Port Harcourt - ITREALMS

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Acclaimed Nigeria's innovative and SME-friendly telecommunications company, 9mobile, has taken its third edition of the The Hack to the city of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, reports ITREALMS.

The Hack, ITREALMS gathered is an initiative to spur growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria.

CNF debuts to drive advocacy, development - ITREALMS

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Some ICT media practitioners and pioneers in Nigeria have launched a foundation known as Cloud Network Foundation (CNF), to drive advocacy for skills acquisition and capacity building among youths and push for policy that encourages local content in ICT development in Nigeria.

The foundation, made of the first eleven in ICT journalism in Nigeria, is worried that, among others, policy direction and implementation in the country has primarily neglected local content development and the creation of the requisite skills and enablement for Nigeria’s teeming youth to excel in the ICT ecosystem.

Prosper Africa to boost investment with $170m - ITREALMS

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At the U.S.-Africa Business Forum’s Deal Room, the White House’s Prosper Africa initiative announced today an ambitious set of multimillion-dollar investments to boost African exports and infrastructure and mobilize private investment to accelerate African innovation.

Prosper Africa is the U.S. Government initiative to increase two-way trade and investment between African nations and the United States.

Sagacity of a digital revolution - ITREALMS

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Taking a look at the digital revolution in Nigeria, REMMY NWEKE gave a pointer to a sagacious president under who the Global System for Mobile (GSM) communication thrived.

Often sagacity is ascribed to the quality of being sagacious, especially of the political class and with all the historical perspectives to the entrance and realisation of the Global System for Mobile (GSM) Communications in Nigeria, its obvious that the then elected president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo was sagacious enough in his approach to the adoption of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) and precisely telecommunications following his resolve to liberalise the nation’s telecoms sector in year 2000.

Sygen Pharmaceutical promises to improve lives of Nigerians – ITREALMS

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One of the Nigeria's healthcare manufacturing companies, Sygen Pharmaceuticals, has promised to improve lives of citizens through innovative sciences, especially in the communities where they operate, reports ITREALMS.

Speaking at the formal brand launch, held in Onikan, Lagos, the Chief Executive Officer, Sygen, Charles Ogunwuyi, said Sygen manufactures and markets a wide range of products including anti-malaria, anti-hypertensive and antidiabetics, drugs among other products.

Acting DG, NAFDAC cautions against using bleaching products - ITREALMS

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The Acting Director-General (DG), National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Dr. Monica Eimunjeze, has cautioned Nigerians on demerit of bleaching cosmetic products with the aim to have lightening skin and be acceptable to others in the society as this act is dangerous to the health, reports ITREALMS.

She explained that the use of skin bleaching products cause skin redness, skin ulcers, cancer, blisters, swellings, and itchings among others in the body, therefore, people should avoid these products for their own good.

USALF'22: Pantami meets with Space X, World Bank, Google to strengthen Nigeria’s Digital Economy - ITREALMS

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The Federal Minister of Communications and Digital Economy of Nigeria, Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, had meetings at Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (Space X) headquarters in Hawthorne, California, as well as a meeting at the World Bank Headquarters and another meeting with Google Corporation in a bid to strengthen partnerships for the development of Nigeria’s digital economy.

The meetings with the World Bank and Google were held on the sidelines of the US-Africa Leaders’ Forum (USALF), which took place in Washington DC, United States of America, while the visit to Space X was a follow up to the events at the USALF.

Igbo culture and diaspora: The AASDU Lagos philosophy - ITREALMS

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Ndi Igbo worldwide are members of the Jewish race, according to historical facts. They trace their origin and network to the destruction of the hominid by flood, and the eventual covenants God had with Noah and the Patriarchs. 

Global cultural mappings have consistently identified unique trends and patterns of culture that are now classified as Igbo cultural heritage. As a distinctive group of the human race, Ndi Igbo have a peculiar worldview through which they tame and subdue whatever socio-economic and political environment they find themselves, time and space notwithstanding.

Buhari: Africa’s icon of democracy, anti-corruption @80 - ITREALMS

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Africa’s undisputed Icon for Democracy and Anti-Corruption marks his 80th Birthday on December 17th, 2022. Although Muhammadu Buhari’s initial rise to power, almost four decades ago, was as the military leader of Nigeria – Africa’s most populous nation – he has transformed, over the years, into an earnest advocate for democracy and
constitutional order. 

However, even as a military ruler, one of the most memorable achievements of his first tenure in government, was an anti-corruption campaign that eventually resulted in the prosecution of many culpable persons; as well as the recovery of huge amounts of cash and other sizeable public assets that were illegally acquired.