Tag: Okoh Aihe
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NBC seeks redemption with AFRICAST 2023 – By Okoh Aihe
Without mincing words, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) is trying to claw its way back from the nadir of regulatory uncertainty and capture to a stirring renaissance where its relevance and importance will be felt again in the industry.
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Politicians put NCC on panic mode – By Okoh Aihe
In spite of being subjected to a sustained subterranean assault in the past eight years of the Mohammadu Buhari administration, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) still remains one of the five star agencies in the country. The pillars holding that regulatory agency have been built over a time but some staff of the Commission are…
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Where would the Nigerian entertainment industry be without DAAR? – By Okoh Aihe
The apotheosis of Dokpesi Anthony Aleogho Raymond (DAAR) was confirmed penultimate week in Agenebode, Edo State, when, in an elevated moment of deserved glory, his remains were placed in a mausoleum at his residence by the riverside
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NBC and NCC, what manner of template for the Buhari administration? – By Okoh Aihe
The dissolution of the boards of government parastatals, agencies and companies the other day by the new government may have sent so many messages. But two of them I can relate to immediately.
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Dokpesi: A broadcast exponent stages a final show – By Okoh Aihe
Today, Dr Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi will return to Agenebode with his friends. The big boys who have been with him most of his life, the crème de la crème of the society with the incandescent stars, the ordinary folks of the society for whom he had so much love, having struggled up from extreme poverty…
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Before a former minister returns to the ministry – By Okoh Aihe
An industry source called the other day to ask one troubling question: did you hear anything? I hear things all the time was my riposte. It will be an unfortunate disservice to over three decades in the journalism profession if I don’t hear things.
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So, what happens to regulation now? – By Okoh Aihe
For the first time since I started writing my column, Simply Tech, in 2020, my pen failed me. My fingers were too numb to command the computer keys and the brain simply just refused to function coherently, having been so shocked out of rhythm by the apotheosis of one of the greatest souls that ever…
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Let the Communications Minister return to the Ministry – By Okoh Aihe
In another one week, the new government of Nigeria will be over two days old. Still enjoying the freshness of a child with all his innocence, if there is anything like that in the life of some of our politicians who are wayward for crookedness.
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For NBC, one judgment too troubling – By Okoh Aihe
There was a significant development last week at the domain of the broadcast regulator, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). In a judgment that has been hailed as a landmark, if you have the stomach for cliches, a Federal High Court, forbade perpetually the regulator to ever place any fine on a broadcast operator.
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From Imo State, technology shines light to the future – By Okoh Aihe
It is always a feeling of joy when Dr Chimezie Amadi gets in touch. A feeling that something can really go well in the country if there is somebody to push a vision, somebody to make a sacrifice in order to make a difference. Amadi comes with a freshness which nourishes a wearied life in…