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Airtel Touching Lives….Changing the fortune of Nigerians in Need

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Nigeria’s telecom giant, Airtel, in its current revolutionary CSR TV series that is focused on empowering underprivileged individuals, communities and groups in the society, Airtel Touching lives, has further empowered hapless Nigerians in the country, this time, in the Eastern part of Nigeria.

This good gesture is in line with the telcos’ aim of celebrating individuals and projects that are making a change in the lives of people around them.

Miss Dorathy Onyemillmma and the Living Hope Organisation in Imo state were the beneficiaries in episode 11 of Airtel Touching lives.

Dorathy Onyemillmma in 2011 was so dillussioned and hopeless because she couldn’t get anybody to help her and she had aged parents and siblings to take care.

She left her hometown Awka, Anambra state in search of greener pastures to Imo state.

After searching for several jobs with no success, she took recourse back to what she had initially learnt back home; the art of snack making.

Starting off on this trade was also difficult because of low capital and financial demands from the home front.

As a single lady, Dorothy was also saddled with accommodation problem but eventually found abode in her widowed relative in Imo.

That in itself provided another huge challenge as her sister, with three school age sons, had no means of livelihood Despite her poor living conditions, Dorathy is determined to help send her sister’s children to school with the proceeds she makes from her snacks.

She believes that her nephews are gifted and took it upon herself to educate them from the meager revenue from her petty snack trade.

Dorathy who says she rarely laughs due to her gloomy life, was lucky enough to be nominated in the Airtel Touching Lives project.

For her soul rendering situation, Airtel decided to make her laugh by taking her case up and changed her fortune.

Airtel provided her with one electric frying pan, a medium sized deep freezer, three large cooking pots, a microwave, a gas cooker and a 4.5kva generator set.

Dorathy and her nephew were ecstatic and thanked Airtel for touching their lives.

In that same episode, Airtel Nigeria came to the need of members of the Living Hope Organization, a Non Government organization that propagates safe sex and cares for victims of HIV/Aids in Abia State.

Jude Munaonye, the founder of Living Hope organization tested positive to HIV/AIDS in 1999. Despite the harsh treatment from family and friends, criticisms and stigmatization, Jude cultivated positive attitude to life.

He publicly declared his HIV status and dedicates his life to helping other victims and also educates the society in order to prevent further spread of the dreaded disease, having realized that there were lots of people living with that condition.

So with the help of his blind wife, he set up the Living Hope organization to assist people with HIV and their families with access to information in order to live quality life.

At the Living Hope organization, members engage in experience sharing and provide psycho-social support to each other.

With his foundation, he has inspired the start of 25 other HIV support groups in Abia and other states. However, the organization which is situated in an uncompleted building is faced with financial challenges.

Airtel came to the help of the organization by giving them: 50 plastic chairs, 2 desktop computers, a 32” LED television set and renovated the organization’s building.

Jude and his team of management staff were overwhelmed with joy and thanked Airtel Nigeria profusely for helping them to fulfill their dreams and making a change in their lives.

The program is aired every Sunday on DSTV Channel 154 at 8pm while repeat show airs on Thursday on DSTV Channel 154 at 8.00pm and Saturday, on NTA Network by 8:05pm. Viewers can also watch past episodes on http://www.airteltouchinglives.com/

 
 Alexandra Bazuaye, works with CMC Connect Burson-Marsteller


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ngCERT Issues High Alert to Nigerians Using Android Phones

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Nigeria Computer Emergency Response Team (ngCERT) has raised alarms over a new wave of advanced cyberattacks targeting Android mobile phones through a malware campaign dubbed Tria Stealer.

ngCERT Issues High Alert to Nigerians Using Android Phones

The malicious software is designed to infiltrate Android devices, hijack messaging accounts, intercept One-Time Passwords (OTPs), to steal sensitive personal and financial data.

According to ngCERT, Tria Stealer spreads primarily through deceptive tactics, such as fake event invitations distributed via popular messaging platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram.

Unsuspecting users are enticed to download an infected  (APK) file, often disguised as a harmless system application, to evade detection.

Once installed, Tria Stealer requests extensive permissions, including access to SMS, call logs, and app notifications.

It immediately commences data harvesting activities, sending stolen information to a Command and Control (C2) server operated via Telegram bots.

This trojan spreads through fake links, usually disguised as wedding or event invites, and tricks users into downloading malicious APK files

“Account takeover of messaging platforms. Impersonation of victim for fraudulent money transfer requests. Compromise of banking and financial applications. Identity theft and credential harvesting.”

In plain terms, if your phone is compromised, the consequences could be catastrophic.

Your financial apps are vulnerable, your reputation could be ruined by impersonation and even simple personal messages could be twisted into tools for scams.

Here’s what users should be doing now:

Don’t download apps outside the official Play Store.

Be suspicious of random invites or links, even from people you know.

Turn on 2FA for everything—banking, emails, social platforms.

Get a reputable antivirus and keep it updated.

If you run an organisation, you should already be taking this seriously.

ngCERT’s guidance says you should raise awareness, monitor mobile devices, and not let your team click on unverified links.

“Deploy network monitoring for suspicious outbound connections to known C2 domains,” it said, meaning, keep an eye on every digital door in and out.

This isn’t one of those cases where you wait to see if it affects you. By the time you realise it, it may already be too late.

 

 

 


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MTN and Ecobank Launch Chess Championship to Empower Nigeria’s Youth

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MTN Nigeria is set to host the National Schools Team Chess Championship, Nigeria’s largest inter-school chess competition, scheduled to take place from June 26th to 28th, 2025, at the Ecobank Pan African Center in Victoria Island, Lagos.

The championship, organised in partnership with Ecobank and the Nigeria Chess Federation (NCF), aims to promote intellectual development, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills among young Nigerians, while also identifying and nurturing future chess champions.

The championship is open to primary, secondary, and tertiary level students, and this year’s edition will host an impressive 1,600 students from 400 schools across 36 states and the FCT.

The competition will feature team-based play, with each team comprising four players from the same school. A significant prize pool of over N40 million is at stake, with winning schools also having the invaluable opportunity to represent Nigeria internationally.

Onyinye Ikenna Emeka, Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at MTN Nigeria, expressed the company’s commitment to the initiative, stating, “Our investment is driven by our commitment to fostering youth development, just as our shared value initiative.

“By supporting, we not only contribute to the growth but also engage with the younger demographic in a meaningful way, as we believe we are good together”.

MTN’s sponsorship of the National Schools Team Chess Championship is a natural extension of its long-standing dedication to empowering young people through various initiatives in sports, education, and skill development, including programs like MTN Champs and MTN Campus Invasion.

The company aims to establish itself as the leading driver of youth empowerment, education, and strategic thinking through chess in Nigeria.

The event will also feature the presence of Tunde Onakoya, a renowned chess master and inspiration, who will join the championship week to share his experiences and further inspire the young participants.

His involvement underscores the profound impact strategic thinking can have on transforming lives and building dreams.


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NCC and Stakeholders Unite to Bridge Nigeria’s Rural Connectivity Gap

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Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has collaborated with the Association for Progressive Communications and other institutional stakeholders towards addressing challenges confronting rural network connectivity in Nigeria.

The collaboration resulted in a two-day workshop hosted in Abuja from June 3-4, 2025, to explore policy framework for enabling community networks towards bridging the digital divide and accelerating socio-economic development in Nigeria’s underserved and unserved communities.

The forum brought together regulators, community leaders, technical experts and potential foreign investors, among others, to examine policy and regulatory barriers, explore innovative funding mechanisms, ensure sustainable renewable solutions and strengthen collaboration with stakeholders.

Addressing participants at the workshop, the Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Dr. Aminu Maida, said the workshop is important to bridging the digital divide in Nigeria and foster inclusive social economic development.

“This workshop is an opportunity for all of us to harness the expertise, insights, and experiences of diverse stakeholders present here which includes the regulators, community leaders, technical experts and potential foreign providers to address the critical challenges such as affordable devices, access, licensing, spectrum allocation, infrastructure development, sustainability and institutional monitoring,” said Maida, who was represented by the Executive Commissioner, Technical Services, NCC at the event, Abraham Oshadami.

Maida said the workshop demonstrates the Commission’s commitment to advancing digital inclusion, particularly in underserved and unserved areas. “At NCC, we recognise the transformative potential of community center networks in achieving this important goal,” he said.

The EVC said NCC was committed to “this journey and views this workshop as a catalyst for meaningful change,” stating that the expertise, perspectives and commitments will shape the future where every Nigerian, regardless of his or her status, will have meaningful access to opportunities from digital connectivity.

In her remarks, Co-manager of the Association for Progressive Communications’ Local Network (LocNet) initiative, Kathleen Diga, noted that the collaboration was to tackle identified hindrances to digital inclusion. “This is a space where we can be open and exchange ideas of possibilities, opportunities that will remain in realising values of a diversified ecosystem.”

Diga said, “I believe this workshop presents a moment in time that we can explore the bottom-up approach in local communities, small social enterprises, corporative among others, which have the ability to fill some of the digital gaps that remain unfilled,” she said, adding emphasising the need to recognise that community centre connectivity exists and they are grow throughout the global south, which, she said, are a “strategic response to digital exclusion.”

The workshop featured presentations from the NCC, the Association for Progressive Communications and other institutional stakeholders such as the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) all geared towards exploring a joint policy framework to address rural digital divide.

The Association for Progressive Communications is a 35-year-old international network member-based organisation encouraging digital inclusion in the unserved communities, particularly with communities in the global south and the workshop, through its LocNet initiative aimed at crafting an enabling inclusive regulatory framework for community networks in Nigeria.

 

 


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