Tag: Pantami
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FG planning to replace BVN with NIN – Minister
The Federal Government has stated arrangements are ongoing to replace the Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) with the National Identity Numbers (NIN). The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Dr Isa Pantami, who disclosed this to newsmen shortly after a tour of telecoms operators and NIN licensees in Abuja, said President Muhammadu Buhari has been briefed…
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That Zombie Order on NIN-SIM integration – Chido Nwakanma
By Chido Nwakanma Our Federal Government has gone mad again. It is difficult to draw any other conclusion upon news of the inexplicable FG order to telecom operators to block from their networks all users without the National Identification Number in two weeks, meaning from 30 December 2020. It has neither rhyme nor reason. The…
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Telecoms: Regulatory lessons from Teribogo – Okoh Aihe
Okoh Aihe Even Teribogo, the mutative character in Wole Soyinka’s Chronicles of the Happiest People on Earth, knows that to survive in a country in convoluting decadence like Nigeria, one must adjust on-the-go to fit into the prevailing colours of the times and build up enough cash and connections to last beyond a life time.…
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Buhari condoles with Minister of Communication over daughter’s death
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, over the passing on of his daughter, Aisha. Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s spokesman confirmed Buhari’s condolence message in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. Shehu said that the president, who placed a call to the minister on Monday…
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Buhari’s minister loses 13-year-old daughter
Malam Isa Ali Pantami, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy has lost his 13-year old daughter, Aishah Isa. The Minister announced the passage of the Aisha on Monday evening on his Twitter handle. He however did not indicate the cause of the death. The Minister said funeral prayer for the late Aisha will be…
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USSD charges: Banks owe telecoms operators N17bn
Financial Institutions, especially the banks, currently owed telecommunications operators about N17 billion in unpaid Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) rendered by them on the service providers network platforms. This was made known on Thursday by the Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, during a webinar organised by the Association of Telecommunications…
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My salary, allowances as Buhari’s minister not up to what I received as lecturer in Saudi Arabia – Pantami
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami, has declared that he had not purchased property anywhere in the world since assuming office as Minister, asserting that he was motivated by patriotism to serve his country. He dismissed insinuations that he had procured three houses in Abuja within the period of his…
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Pantami, Abike-Dabiri Saga: Again, NCC absolves Minister of involvement in office space allocation process
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has, again, clarified that the Hon. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, was never involved in the process of offer of office allocation to the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) at the NCC’s Communications and Digital Economy Complex located at Mbora District, Abuja, as the…
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Pantami vs Abike, others: Leak official documents, face dismissal, FG warns officials
Worried about the indiscriminate release of official documents to the public space by warring public servants under the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government the Federal Government has threatened to dismiss anyone found culpable of such embarrassing act in the civil service. This development is coming days after the public show of shame between the Chief Executive…