Remmy Nweke, the Lead Consulting Strategist and Group Govt Editor of ITREALMS media group, has been elected to the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Nigeria Web Registration Affiliation (NIRA) alongside 4 others…..CONTINUE READING

NIRA is answerable for managing and working Nigeria’s nation code top-level area, .ng, and its Registry-Registrar-Registrant mannequin.

The opposite 4 people elected to the NIRA BoT are Mrs. Ibukun Odusote, the previous pioneer technical contact particular person on .NG; Mr. Biyi Oladipo, the previous Monetary Secretary of NIRA; Mrs. Mary Uduma, the previous NIRA president; and Mr. Yunusa Zakari Ya’u, the Govt Director of the Centre for Data Expertise and Growth (CITAD).

At NIRA’s fifteenth Annual Basic Assembly (AGM) and election held at The Zone in Lagos on Friday, Mr. Adesola Akinsanya and Mr. Murtala Abdullahi had been additionally elected as the brand new President and Vice President, respectively, succeeding Mr. Mohammed Rudman and Mr. Toba Obaniyi.

Different members elected to the NIRA Govt Board of Administrators (EBoD) on the assembly embrace Mr. Peter Oluka, the Editor of TechEconomy, Mr. Ebenezer Dare of Hostlag Restricted, and Seun Kehinde of QServers Networks Restricted.

Nweke, who’s also referred to as “dotNG Evangelist,” has beforehand served as an Govt Director at NIRA and was the fast previous Vice President of the African Civil Society on the Data Society (ACSIS).

He pioneered the NIRA eNewsletter and served on varied committees, together with the Institution and Finance, Accreditation, and Publicity, in addition to selling the institutionalization of NIRA Home and pioneering the NIRA Media Faculty throughout his time period on the board.

Nweke holds an MA in Modern Diplomacy from the College of Malta and has over 25 years of expertise within the Nigerian and international ICT business, with a background in new media journalism.

He’s an lively member of the Multi Stakeholders Advisory Group (MAG) of the Nigeria Web Governance Discussion board (NIGF) and has acquired a number of skilled awards, together with the Freeway Africa Information Company (HANA) African Journalist of the Yr, Africa Siemens Profile Awards, and African Data Society Awards. He’s additionally the writer of business books resembling “A Decade of ICT Reportage in Nigeria” and “Sagacity of a digital revolution…..CONTINUE READING