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Month: June 2020

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MTN Ghana sues telecom agency for targeting it in new regulation

MTN Ghana has taken what it described as a last resort and difficult decision to drag Ghana’s telecoms regulator, the National Communication Authority (NCA) to court seeking judicial review of declaring it as a Dominant/Significant Market Power (SMP) in Ghana’s…

Sylva consolidating Nigeria’s National Gas Policy—Derefaka

Program Manager, Nigerian Gas Flare Commercialization Programme (NGFCP) and Technical Adviser (TA) – Gas Business & Policy Implementation to the Honourable Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Justice O. Derefaka, has given more insights on recent activities of the Minister, Chief…

SALS Chairman, Rev. Nicol, gives antidote to shippers crisis in Nigeria

Chairman of Shippers Association Lagos State (SALS), Rev. Jonathan Nicol, has provided solutions to the endless challenges of indigenous shippers in Nigeria since the 2006 Port concession. In an interview in Lagos, he argued that “It is because of the…

AGF’s response to latest whistleblower discouraging—Nigerians

The way and manner of response to the request put forward by a whistleblower to the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice on his share after revealing and bursting a $1bn hidden in an account…

Interstate bus firms welcome lifting of ban on services travels

Major interstate transport companies in Lagos on Monday, heaved sigh of relief as the Federal Government through the coordinator of the Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19,  Sani Aliyu announced the resumption of their services nationwide effective Wednesday, July 1, 2020. In…

CACovid builds, donates 150-bed isolation centre, medical equipment to Lagos

The Private Sector led Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) has donated a 150-bed fully equipped  isolation facility with medical equipment worth millions of naira to the Lagos State Government, to provide support in the fight against the virus within the state….

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Task Systems closes gap for businesses with Technology-as-a-Service

Despite the harsh business climate occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic and attendant lockdown which have drastically shrunk expenditure on tech-related projects for many corporate organizations, foremost ICT solutions company, Task Systems Ltd. has disclosed that businesses can still carry out…

Nobody takes Yahaya Bello’s petty lies serious, says PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) describes the outright lie by Kogi state Governor Yahaya Bello, that some PDP governors are planning to cross over to the crisis-ridden All Progressives Congress (APC), as childish, laughable and pathetic. The party says such…

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(Special Report) 3Cs that will shape telecom sector on arrival of French Orange

In the last few weeks, the Nigerian telecoms space had been awash with news and analysis bordering on what will happen if French telecom giant, Orange finally decides to invest in Nigeria. Findings by Business Hilights showed that should the…

Minister, officials flag off Committee activities for Gas Price Review

The Federal Government has initiated plans to review the price of gas in the country. This was made known by the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva while inaugurating the Committee on Gas Sector-Wide Review of the domestic…