Tag: FCC
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FCC secretary resigns
Secretary to the Federal Character Commission (FCC), Mohammed Bello Tukur has resigned from his role after nearly eight years. Appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in March 2017 for a four-year term, Tukur was reappointed in 2021, which extended his tenure through to 2025. However, his reappointment raised concerns as it contravened the FCC’s guiding principle…
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FCC commissioner denies receiving money from job seekers
Alhaji Manman Alakai, commissioner, representing Nasarawa State in the Federal Character Commission (FCC), on Tuesday denied receiving money to secure employment for job seekers.
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Reps issue arrest warrant on ex FCC, IPPIS desk officer
The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee investigating employment racketeering in MDAs on Thursday issued warrant of arrest on Mr Haruna Kolo, a former staff of Federal Characters Commission (FCC) and IPPIS desk officer.
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Job racketeering: Reps summon FCC former secretary, 1 other over missing documents
The House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating job racketeering in Ministries, Departments, and Agencies has summoned the past secretary of the Federal Character Commission (FCC) over missing documents in connection with recruitment details.
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Federal character commission moves to audit projects nationwide – Chairman
The Federal Character Commission (FCC)is to begin nationwide infrastructure audit for all ongoing and abandoned projects in the country. Dr Muheeba Dankaka, Chairman of the commission, made this known on Wednesday, in Calabar, at a sensitisation programme for stakeholders in the South South zone. She said the action is in line with ensuring the spread…
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Bayo Osinowo didn’t step in, nor die in our hospital – Popular Lagos based heathcare
A popular Lagos based health care provider, First Cardiology Consultants (FCC) has denied that the late Lagos East Senator, Bayo Osinowo who allegedly died of COVID-19 complications visited the hospital. The FCC management in a statement said it was becoming a popular trend for people to ascribe COVID-19 deaths of VIPs to the hospital. Read…
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Google gets approval to deploy new sensing technology
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has given Google approval to deploy a new sensing technology known as the Project Soli. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Soli is a radar-based hand motion sensing technology that uses miniature radar to detect touchless gesture interactions. It is a purpose-built interaction sensor that uses radar for motion tracking of the human…
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FCC fines start-up of former Google, Apple engineers for unauthorized satellite launch
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has fined Swarm Technologies, a California-based start-up founded by former Google and Apple engineers in 2016, for unauthorized satellite launch. Swarm will pay a $900,000 fine for launching and operating four small experimental communications satellites that risked “satellite collisions” and threatened “critical commercial and government satellite operations”. The former…
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Internet access: SpaceX to blanket earth with 12,000 satellites
Space exploration company, SpaceX has gotten approval from the United States (US) Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to build a full network of about 12,000 satellites intended to blanket the earth for wireless Internet access. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports SpaceX got the approval on Thursday allowing the space exploration company entrepreneur, Elon Musk to use an expanded…
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Trump moves to block China Mobile’s U.S. entry on security concerns
The United States Government has moved to block China Mobile from offering services to the U.S. telecommunications market, recommending its application be rejected because the firm posed national security risks. “The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should deny the state-owned China Mobile’s 2011 application. “The application is to offer telecommunication services between the United States and…