Tag: Okoh Aihe
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Reprieve for NCC as NITDA Bill flounders – By Okoh Aihe
It was the final sandbagging of the Nigerian Communications Communication (NCC). An ignoble fait accompli intricately woven by very devious hearts and presented to an acquiescing group of lawmakers with superficial understanding of how some politicians could deploy terrible politricks to ruin the independence of even one of the most stable regulatory agencies in the…
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From Adamawa, a redeeming opportunity for NBC – By Okoh Aihe
It is difficult to forecast a closure to the sustained drama happening in Nigeria. In the manner of all beautiful or bizarre shows, before one scene comes to an end, the other is loading with more complicated suspense and details beyond the imagination of any script writer.
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In the twilight of a government, tech projects guzzle billions – By Okoh Aihe
Lately, there has been a rash of tech contracts, all wearing the accoutrement of patriotism and the insignia of a government that is desperate to leave a fertile legacy for the people. The little problem is that time is running out fast for this administration and it is nigh impossible to bundle high end projects…
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Time for BON to help NBC cure its weakness – By Okoh Aihe
The Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON), last week, raised a cry that the broadcast industry was facing very uncertain times in the country. Ironically, most of the problems seem to be coming from the curator of the industry, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) which, by law, is charged with the regulation, protection and promotion of…
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Broadcasting as beauty and the beast – By Okoh Aihe
Paul Rusesabagina, whose heroics during the 1994 Rwanda genocide inspired the Oscar nominated movie, Hotel Rwanda, is back in the United States, after being released from jail in his country, to spend the rest of his remaining life in peace and never dream of politics in his country again.
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For Telecoms, the taste of half bread – By Okoh Aihe
Two evils remain insidiously inimical to any industry. They are very much alive in the telecommunications industry, like Prometheus unchained, ready to do damage any time. They are multiple taxation and regulatory capture. For any business, the knowledge of the existence of this twin evil remains the beginning of wisdom, and the planting of a…
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Technology, always about National interest – By Okoh Aihe
I am not going to write about those who break bones and spill blood to impose themselves as leaders on the hapless people. I will not lampoon those who hoped upon hope expecting the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) to deliver on a project on which it has shown infinite incapacity to handle.
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Technology challenges aggravate banking services – By Okoh Aihe
No. Our President, Muhammadu Buhari, is not wicked. He will not deliberately sanction a policy that plunged the nation into penury and release the people to the streets to wander like homeless zombies without a hope for tomorrow.
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Prof Mahmood Yakubu in the eternal labyrinth of technology – By Okoh Aihe
The other night sleep went far away from me and I found comfort in my little phone as I tried to find out what the rest of the global community was saying about Nigeria after a mismanaged election. You see, in spite of the challenges of our world, in spite of how deep some highly…
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A President’s final dance, and they accuse technology – By Okoh Aihe
President Muhammadu Buhari sought to use the elections as a redemptive opportunity to burnish his tenure in office, mostly blighted and blemished by sustained bad performance and wrong decisions. He wished to give the nation such a free , fair and transparent election