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Day: December 4, 2019

ICPC and DSO: Lai Mohammed walking into self trap?

By Kolawole Johnson: In 2006, a global initiative was driven by the International Telecommunication Union for digital switch over (DSO) of broadcasting from analogue to digital. The Geneva agreement which set 17th June, 2015 as the deadline for the UHF…

NCC Leadership Summit
ICT

NCC’s key target in 2020 is to deepen cyber optic cables across 774 LGAs— Durojaiye

Chairman, Board of Commissioners at the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye, has revealed development plan of action of the Commission for next year, saying “NCC in the coming year is to drive the cyber optic cables all over…

Broadband Fibre-Optic-Cable
ICT

New 4.71m subscribers’ up broadband penetration by 2.47% to hit 37.87% in October

Latest telecoms statistics rolled out by the regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has indicated a leap by 2.47 percent between September and October with new 4.71 million subscribers. The figure moved up from 67.5 million in September, to 72.3…

Mobile Money stakeholders’ plan all comprehensive financial inclusion

Participants at the 2019 Mobile Money (MoMo) Conference, organised by Association of Licensed Mobile Payment Operators (ALMPO), in Lagos, have stepped up the scope of their offerings to a more comprehensive basket of financial services beyond paying and receiving money….

Compliance to security standard rules delaying completed N70b Bayelsa Airport—NCAA

Contrary to speculations that the Federal Government was deliberately frustrating issuance of final operational licence, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has given a clear view of the cause of the delays after months of completion by the state government. In…

‘Integrating Eland’s producing assets, operations into Seplat’s portfolio’ll be seamless’

The management of Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc, has assured seamless integration of assets and operations of its new bride, Eland Oil and Gas Plc. Seplat said in a terse statement made available to our correspondent that “As a leading…

Aimart Realtors, subsidiaries drive brand identity with new logo

Real estate Company, Aimart Realtors and other subsidiaries in the Aimart group are set to unveil new logo at a special event holding on December 14th, 2019 in Lagos. The expected new logo will come with designs befitting for Aimart…

Ebonyi Salt potentials hit FG’s development radar as Ministry mulls takeover

Visiting Minister of State Mines and Steel Development, Dr Uchechukwu Ogah, has revealed the Federal Government’s readiness to take over the salt development project in Ebonyi State with a view to changing the production narrative from crude to innovative industry…

(A must read!) The background of Nigeria’s structural imbalance

By Chief Richard Akinjide. (Being excerpts from the speech of Chief Richard Akinjide (SAN), first and second Republic Minister, at the public presentation of the book “Fellow Country Men- the story of Coup D’etats in Nigeria by Richard Akinnola, June…