Minister silent as DPF frustrates ISPs, over 100 closing shops
The observed silence of the Minister of Communications, Alhaji Adebayo Shittu in his keynote address at the 6th European Union-Nigeria Business Forum 2017 held on Thursday at the Eko Hotels, Lagos, has raised serious anxiety on the seriousness of the…
20m graduates currently unemployed in Nigeria—Minister
The Minister of Communications, Alhaji Adebayo Shittu has opened up on the ravaging scale of youths and graduate unemployment in Nigeria, saying figures available to him show that over 20 million graduates are not employed. Though he did not proffer…
Senate worried on wobbling speed of broadband penetration, to partner agencies
As it is becoming clear that the 2018 broadband penetration percentage of 30, adopted in the prevailing National broadband Plan (NBP) since 2013 to 2018, the Senate Committee on Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Cybercrime has expressed worry, saying…
How Shittu failed to accomplish repositioning NIPOST for digital banking services
Two months after several assurances that arrangements have been concluded by the Ministry of Communications to effectively return moribund Nigerian Postal Agency (NIPOST) to relevance and profitability by introducing delivery of digital banking services across its outlets in Nigeria, the…
Nigeria, no more a dumping ground, Minister warns China, India, others
The Minister of Communications, Alhaji Adebayo Shittu has warned again that Nigeria will no longer tolerate any infraction of dumping or bringing into Nigeria outdated technology of any sort. Speaking in his opening remarks on Tuesday in Abuja at the…
ICT has all it takes to push SMEs contribution to GDP above 1%, says Minister
The Minister of Communications, Alhaji Adebayo Shittu has identified proper development and deployment of Information Communication Technology (ICT) applications in production processes of products and services as the catalyst that can propel the Small and Medium Scales (SMEs) to increase…
