Minister unveils ICT Roadmap 2017-2020, sensitizes private sector on investments
The Minister of Communications, Dr. Adebayo Shittu on Monday in Lagos, unveiled the federal government’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) roadmap 2017-2020 designed to drive the nation’s march to knowledge economy. The event was also used by the Ministry to…
Minister says submarine cable investments hit N2.2tn, mute on why it’s not felt
The Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, has disclosed that investments in submarine cables in the country have risen to N2.2tn, at the Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF) in Abuja. However, he maintained silence on why the needed impacts of the…
NCS unveils programmes for upcoming 27th National Conference in Ibadan
The President of Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), the biggest and premier professional association in Nigeria’s ICT sector, Prof Adesola Aderounmu on Tuesday in Lagos addressed the media on plans by the group to hold its 27th National Conference in Ibadan,…
Infracos differ on Minister’s claims that VP convinced governors on RoW
Barely two days after the Minister of Communications, Barr Adebayo Shittu had claimed that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had convinced state governors in buying into the initiative of making fees imposed on Right of Way (RoW) flexible to deepen broadband…
New law coming to criminalise breach of Executive Orders in Nigeria—Minister
Considering the observed violation and rampant breaches of several Executive Orders (EO) so far signed and introduced by the federal government, the Minister of Communications, Barr Adebayo Shittu has revealed that the Presidency is working on an executive bill that…
Comms. Minister, Shittu fails to present tidy performance note on 2017 budget
For the second time, the Ministry of Communications, Barr Adebayo Shittu has been asked to go back and rework his ministry’s 2018 budget estimates for representation at the floor of the House of Representatives Committee on Telecommunications. Exactly the same…
High cost of optic fibre leasing frustrating target 30% broadband penetration—ntel
Contrary to the claims of the Minister of Communications, Barr. Adebayo Shittu and Executive Vice Chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Danbatta that enabling environments are on ground to drive the meeting of 30 per cent broadband penetration,…
Shittu finally fails to save NIPOST upon all claims to make it viable
…As NCP shops for agency’s commercialisation transaction adviser The seating of the management of the National Council on Privatisation (NCP) chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo last Friday where some decisions critical to the privatisation process of some moribund parastatals…
Science/Tech regularly clashing with Shittu’s Ministry in ideas, others—BHIU
More facts are still emerging, suggesting real traces of similarity of purposes and near duplication of development processes than synergies that can lead to effective merger of both ministries of Science/Technology and Communications. Whereas Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu is the Minister…
Broadband: Can InfraCo licensees achieve much when states’ can’t ease conditions?
The telecoms regulator, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), last week in Lagos revealed it has further given licences to additional two Infrastructure Companies (InfraCos) to wire up more regions with metropolitan Fibre Optic Cables (FOC) to drive broadband penetration. Otherwise, added…
