Akpabio Chairs NCC Telecom Stakeholders’ Summit
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has announced conclusion of arrangements for the hosting of the maiden edition of an annual Telecom Stakeholders Summit in Nigeria. The event is slated for…
German Firm Pays N5 billion Fine for Bribing Nigerians in Gas Project
While Nigerian government continues to keep mum over the sticky bribe –for-contract scam, Mannheim, Germany-based Bilfinger SE, an engineering and services company in the energy sector, has agreed to pay…
The Nigerian Dream, by Fashola
By Nat Amogu Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has said that the Nigerian Dream is not elusive because the citizens have not confronted and defined it but instead…
Nigerian Law School Ready to Roll…
The Nigerian Law School, Lagos Campus, marked its 50th anniversary last month. Annabelle Macford Okwara, a student of the school who had the honour of leading the ‘choir’ to sing…
Why We Adopted Open Access Model – Juwah
On July 26, 2012 the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) held the first industry consultation on the Broadband Initiative with the theme “Demand as catalyst for broadband services in Nigeria”. The…
Nestoil Drills to Reckoning
The Centre for Petroleum Information, CPI, industry luncheon talk series for the petroleum industry has in the past 13 years focused on key issues within the industry, as well as…
Telecom: Jonathan dangles incentives at investors
President Goodluck Jonathan has assured international investors in the Nigerian telecom market of a bouquet of incentives ranging from tax rebate to clement regulatory climate. The President made the promise…
Again, Sanusi is Best Central Bank Governor
The Nigerian community in Washington D.C. and the country’s delegates to the IMF /World Bank Annual Meetings walked tall on Saturday, October 12, 2013, when the Central Bank of Nigeria…
How USPF is creating telecom access, by Maikano
Abdullahi Maikano is the Secretary of the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) in the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). Recently he spoke to some journalists on the new focus of the…
Nigeria Stakes Broadband Claim in Bangkok
A strong Nigerian delegation would make it to this year’s International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Telecom World holding in Bangkok, Thailand from November 19 -22. Feelers from the Nigerian Communications Commission…
