Pantami harps on Guidance and Counseling, Skills Development in Schools
The Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), has advocated for strengthening guidance and counseling for schools, and help students rekindle their dreams, hopes and aspirations, emphasised the significance of skills development and entrepreneurship capability….
NIMC denies trending NIN App, links creation to fraudsters
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has warned Nigerians to stay away from a fake app that claims to help link the National Identity Number (NIN) to SIM cards. NIMC, in a Twitter post on Monday, dissociated itself from the…
7 puzzles NIMC, Minister must resolve for seamless NIN-SIM integration
Though the staff of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) last Friday, January 8, suspended the industrial action; which started on Thursday over the fear of COVID-19 spread in the agency, it has become imperative to raise critical questions for…
Pantami Commissions NCC, USPF, NITDA Projects
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami has commissioned more projects executed by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) towards advancing the digital economy vision of the government. The projects…
Danbata reiterates NCC’s Commitment to Driving Indigenous Digital Innovations
…as NCC Rewards Winners of Covid-19 Virtual Hackathon Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has advocated the need for all stakeholders to join hands with the Ministry and its agencies in their quest to promote…
Cut down by half the year Internet cost would be halved in Nigeria, users tell Minister
Barely 24 hours after the Federal Government, through the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, vowed to halve the cost of data and Internet services by 2025, Nigerian internet users have advised the minister to tell them…
(Special Report) Upon presidential directive, Executive Order remains the best for telecoms sector
The recent move made by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isah Pantami which encouraged President Muhammadu Buhari to give a presidential directive to all security agencies to begin a 24 hour surveillance on all telecoms infrastructures nationwide…
FG hardens SIM policy, wants subscribers’ to update with NIN before Dec 1, 2020
The Federal Government has deepened the SIM card registration policy to now include the National Identification Number (NIN) from the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). A statement made available to Business Hilights weekend from the office of the Technical Assistant…
Just in: Minister announces FG’s anger over states hike in RoW for InfraCos
The Federal Government Tuesday announced with anger, the receipt of the decision of some states of the Federation to increase the Right of Way (ROW) charges in disregard of the resolutions reached by the National Economic Council (NEC). In a…
Communications Minister’s dopamine and Nigeria’s telecom sector
By Charles Ebele No doubt, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, has taken the telecommunication by storms, churning out what he often terms broad telecom policy week-in week-out and earning applauses from Nigerians. Nevertheless, to the…
