Tag: Okoh Aihe
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In Imo State, a beautiful tech programme attracts a berating – By Okoh Aihe
I watched the Tech Walk in Imo State last week and was obviously elated as the mass of young people headed to the government house for a celebratory rendezvous with the Governor, Hope Uzodinma.
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For telecoms, an industry perennially challenged – By Okoh Aihe
While the President of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was speaking at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 78), last week, releasing sound bites and rallying the international community to the plight and potentials of the African continent and the need for them to pay more attention to the well-being of the continent, especially Nigeria, for…
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Does the Communications Minister know? – By Okoh Aihe
Early October, Bosun Tijani, the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, will be releasing a roadmap for his ministry apropos the communications industry. Obviously, this will be eagerly awaited as too much staleness and odium had dogged that industry which in recent past fell victim to personal idiosyncrasies and kindergarten hubris.
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Periscoping issues in the Information Minister’s plate – By Okoh Aihe
Specificity is the most suitable honorific that one can allocate to the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris Malagi, who at a maiden event for him in Abuja, said he was a reporter reporting for duty in an industry where he has operated for nearly three decades.
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With Daar Communications in Port Harcourt, history suffers jeopardy – By Okoh Aihe
News coming out of Port Harcourt concerning the decommissioning of Daar Communications broadcast facilities is not good at all, especially following the recent apotheosis of founder and Chairman Emeritus, High Chief Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi.
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Welcome notes for the Information Minister – By Okoh Aihe
There is a new song in town summarized in sudden excitement. Tinubu’s Ministers have been waxing lyrical about their readiness to transform this nation, called Nigeria. It has been one wave of euphoria after the other. The President has given me a job. I will do it without looking back, some have vowed.
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Time to rebuild the Communications Ministry – By Okoh Aihe
I do not know Bosun Tijani, the new Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, who, along with his colleagues, was sworn in on Monday. But I can see the picture of a young man standing before some dodos
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For telecoms, figures and counter figures – By Okoh Aihe
There has never been any doubt about the transformative power of technology both in terms of cash availability and socio-economic development of any environment or nation. You only need to look at the big tech companies in Silicon Valley at San Jose in the United States, and the top range tech companies in Asia to…
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Why is NCC fretting over MAFAB? – By Okoh Aihe
It is not impossible for a regulator to be worried about the health of one of its licensees. There are several reasons for this to happen. It’s either the operator is not performing well in the market place or there could be some backend happenings impairing its operations.
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Technology gives no hiding to wickedness – By Okoh Aihe
The story of Nigeria gets convoluted by the minute. Just when you think a resolution is becoming a likely prospect, a sub plot simply pops up to complicate the entire story line and make suspense the most readily available commodity to a flummoxed participant.