Tag: NITEL
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Glo, always a moment to shine with the stars – By Okoh Aihe
On Monday, which was a public holiday, I was determined to control the factors that affect my mood. Reason being that why watching the newspaper review on a.m television, one of the pictures that really grabbed my attention was that of Lokoja submerged in water, followed by a banner headline in Leadership newspaper, After Hell,…
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Atiku finds a place in telecoms history – By Okoh Aihe
It was my friend’s day last week, July 7, 2022. Aaron Ukodie, Arumata, as l call him with fond love, excavated a piece of telecoms history and burnished it into the nation’s telecoms walk of fame, that will outlive all of us, even those who pray to live forever.
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Subsea cables as metaphor for a great future – By Okoh Aihe
There is a point at which a point of advantage becomes a curse especially if the possessor fails or refuses to mine it’s advantages with the hope and prayer that it will last forever. They fail to observe the speedy evolutionary process of the world, especially in the tech ecosystem, with the fervent prayer that…
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FG’s $400M Telecom Project: In Whose Interest?
Bashir Aliyu In a nation where government’s missteps and anti people’s policies and measures appear to be the norm, the recent dust raised over the federal government’s decision to secure a $400 million loan for Information and Technology Backbone Infrastructure from the NEXIM Bank of China under some conditions with grave implications for the nation’s…
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UBA breaks silence on N41bn NITEL fraud allegations
The Management of United Bank for Africa (UBA) has described the alleged N41 billion fraud levied against some of the principal officers of the bank as untrue, misleading, malicious, and libelous, adding that it should be disregarded in its entirety. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the bank to the Nigerian Stock Exchange…
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Data new price floor regime saga not over yet, says NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said the battle over the new price floor regime for data is not won yet. Speaking at a Special Media Interaction event held at the Sheraton Hotel and Tower Ikeja, Lagos Nigeria, the NCC Director, Consumer Affairs Bureau, Alhaji Abdullahi Maikano said the new price floor regime for data…
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Data price hike: Senate meets NCC, Telcos
Following the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) u-turn on data tariff increase, the Nigerian Senate committee on communications on Tuesday met with the telecommunications regulatory body and major telecommunications company in Nigeria to determine the correct pricing for data. It could be recalled that telecom operators announced intention signalled by the NCC to increase data price…