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What Did This Former Minister Of Communications & Digital Economy Want For Telecoms?

Global UpfrontJun 21, 2023June 21, 20230

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore From August 21, 2019 when new Ministers in President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term were inaugurated, one particular Minister ,that for Communications as

June 1, 2023 Takeoff Date: Telecoms, Excise Duties And Avoidable Controversies, By Sonny Aragba-Akpore

Global UpfrontMay 10, 2023May 10, 20230

Communications and Digital Economy Minister, Dr.Isa Pantami, appears to have good intentions as he spiritedly canvassed for a reversal of the five percent excise duties

Nigeria: A Tale Of Multiple ICT Regulators

Global UpfrontFeb 15, 2023February 15, 20230

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore Elsewhere in the world, telecommunications, broadcast and the internet businesses have come under a single roof called convergence. But Nigeria still maintains

A Minister’s Quest And Balkanization Of NCC

Global UpfrontDec 28, 2022December 28, 20220

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore After reading and re-reading Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, searching for the fate that awaits telecommunications regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)

Suspension Of 5% Excise Duty, Greek Gift To Telecoms

Global UpfrontSep 14, 2022September 14, 20220

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore “It’s not yet uhuru“ is a popular term that has lived with us for decades and we still dwell in it as

ASUU Declares Dr Pantami’s Professorship at FUTO Illegal

Global UpfrontFeb 14, 2022February 14, 20220

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has faulted the promotion of Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami, to the rank of

SIM-NIN linkage is a ruse as Police can’t track bandits, other criminal elements

Global UpfrontJul 13, 2021July 13, 20210

Kidnap victims on Monday explained how bandits had been thwarting the Federal Government’s security regulations in the telecommunications sector. Residents of Katsina, Zamfara and Kaduna