‘Shittu should distribute cap of ‘broadband penetration’ not Continuity ‘19’
Telecoms stakeholders’ have called on the Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, to keep his eyes on what can be done to deepen broadband penetration so that Nigeria will hit the targeted 30 per cent penetration come December 2018, than causing…
Minister far from factors that can deepen broadband penetration—BH Report
Whereas the Minister of Communications, Barr. Adebayo Shittu is saying that government is concluding plans to tap into Nigerians living in the Diaspora in a bid to surpass the 30 per cent broadband penetration set in the National Broadband Plan…
NASS rejects Shittu’s budget presentation, fingers shoddy preparation, errors
The House of Representatives Committee on Telecommunications on Tuesday turned down debate on the Ministry of Communications 2017 Budget performance and 2018 budget projection citing shoddy documentation and presence of avoidable errors. Accordingly, the Committee which was on an oversight…
Minister commissions CIBN Learning Centre in Lagos
The Minister of Communications, Barr. Adebayo Shittu on Tuesday in Lagos commissioned an ultra modern e-Learning centre built by the Charted Institute of Bankers’ of Nigeria (CIBN) to deepen digital education. The project was built in honour of Alhaji A.O.G…
Minister’s indecision frustrating relevance of NIPOST—Records
Looking for the most traumatized and almost irrelevant agency of the federal government, it is the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST). Why, since the naming of Barr Adebayo Shittu, the Minister of Communications, findings by Business Hilights show that he has…
TELECOM-A4A1, NCC in Broadband tariff counter claims
Less than one week after the telecoms regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), claimed that telecoms tariffs in Nigeria, both voice and data remain the lowest globally, the 2017 Affordability Report from the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI), revealed that…
Is NCC lacking ideas in driving broadband penetration or…?
Since the seemingly failed auctioning of 2.6 GHz spectrum for the deployment of 4G services in 2016, there are indications that the telecoms regulator may have not been its self or it is still wondering why the auctioning failed to…
NIGCOMSAT, NIPOST fight for relevance with rural broadband service rollout
Two hitherto moribund agencies of the federal government under the ministry of Communications, NigComSat Limited and Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) have formed a partnership that will up their relevance in Nigeria. To this end, both agencies have concluded plans for…
nTel management visits Minister, reviews industry issues
Minister of Communications, Barr. Adebayo Shittu played host to management team of nTel in his office on Thursday in Abuja. Issues of industry advantage and way forward were discussed.
Minister, NCC cite conflicting figures on inflows in ICT sector
An official confusion capable of embarrassing the industry and causing distrust in the use of facts and figures coming from the nation’s telecoms sector is currently playing out between the leadership of the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) and the supervising…
