Minister, NCC and unilaterial counter directives
His first shot at showing unguided over ambition in taking over the nation’s emerging communications industry was fired while even as the head of NITDA earlier this year when he, as the Director General of the agency, trespassed into telecoms…
Minister grants NCC’s deadline extension request on crashing data price regime
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isah Pantami, weekend granted the request of the management of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to extend the earlier given five-day deadline to crash data price regime in Nigeria. However, efforts to find out…
Just in: Anger as Twitter CEO, Dorsey sneaks into Lagos, shuns IT journalists
…As real aim of his visit remains shrouded After endless wait by Lagos Information Technology (IT) journalists who were selectively invited by the President of the Co-Creation Hub (CCHub), Yaba in Lagos State on Friday, Mr Bosun Tijani, the CEO…
Service quality gaps in 3G, 4G widening ahead of 5G revolution
Recent claims in far away Dubai, venue of the just concluded 39th Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX), by the Minister of Communications, Dr Isah Pantami that Nigeria is good to go in having infrastructure that can drive 5G, has attracted…
Minister warns Police, DSS against embarrassing Nigerians with laptops, devices
The rise in the reported cases of Police and DSS operatives swooping on every Nigerian youth either moving along the streets or on transit with a laptop and related devices has caught the attention of the Minister of Communications, Dr…
ALTON writes Minister, seeks ease of doing telecom business in Nigeria
The Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), has made a passionate appeal to the Minister of Communications, Dr Isah Pantami on the deteriorating state of running telecoms business in Nigeria and called for ease of doing business. The…
Regulatory confusion loading if NITDA’s DG becomes Communications minister
…As NCC remains mute over industry players’ petition against agency What appears to be lack of inter-agency regulatory synergy between the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) may become the nightmare of operators in the…
Tech Hubs tour, support: Is NCC veering into NITDA responsibilities?
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), lead regulatory agency for telecommunication industry in Nigeria seems to have started playing a card that tends to suggest deeper interference to the statutory functions and activities of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)….
FG’s silence on design of Nigeria Air’s logo abroad minus for buy-Nigeria drive
The observed silence of both the Director General of National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Dr Isah Pantami and the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, on the design of suspended Nigeria Air’s logo by a Bahraini communication…
After rigorous selection rounds, NITDA names 6 startups for GITEX 2018
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), on Thursday announced the names of successful technology startups that will make Nigeria’s delegation to this year’s Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX 2018). The tech-preneurs, who will be sponsored by NITDA, will showcase…
