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  • Abike Dabiri blasts Pantami: Your disrespect for women legendary [Video]

    Abike Dabiri blasts Pantami: Your disrespect for women legendary [Video]

    The Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has responded to the claims of the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, over the usage of gunmen to chase staff of NIDCOM out of the office given to them by the Nigeria Communication Commission.

    Pantami had claimed that Dabiri-Erewa lied over the allegation.

    But the NIDCOM boss, through her verified Twitter handle, said the Minister’s disrespect for the women is legendary.

    She said also that an Islamic scholar like Pantami should not tell lies.

    She tweeted: “An Islamic scholar should not lie Hon Minister.

    “You did that to me cos I am a woman.

    “Your disrespect for women is legendary.

    “Left the ugly incident behind me since February.

    “But pls release all our office equipment.

    “Public office is transient Dr. Pantami.”

  • Pantami inaugurates NIGCOMSAT board

    Pantami inaugurates NIGCOMSAT board

    The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, on Friday inaugurated the Nigerian Communication Satellite (NIGCOMSAT) board of directors.

    Inaugurating the board at the ministry’s headquarters in Abuja, the minister urged them to work hard and not take their work lightly adding that they should be committed to their duties.

    He also encouraged the directors to cultivate the habit of reading so that they would explore and be up to date.

    “Most importantly, if you are appointed in ICT sector today you can hardly deliver firstly without commitment.

    “Secondly you need to read, you have to be up to date, and you need to learn, unlearn and re-learn, there are certain things you always need to learn.

    “So, it is because of this I encourage all of you to sit properly and understand the assignment and the challenge before us.

    “Partake in reading, reflection and experimenting to see how we can turn things around, that is something that is very critical indeed.

    “You don’t have any time; you are to hit the ground running immediately. We have other things we are working on in order improve NIGCOMSAT.

    “We are trying to make sure that NIGCOMSAT is not only competitive in Nigeria, but in Africa and Asia. I challenge you to try to turn things around,” he said.

    In his remarks, the Board Chairman, Mr Yusuf Kazaure, expressed delight and gratitude for the opportunity and support to be of service to the agency.

    Kazaure said that the vision of NIGCOMSAT was compelling, adding that it was something that would bring unity and make it part of the drive to achieve a digital economy in the country.

    He explained that satellite was inevitably necessary for a large country such as Nigeria and Communication continues to be something so important that one cannot do without.

    He promised to work with the ambitious targets by the minister using satellite and creating the necessary partnership with other agencies within and outside the agency.

    News Agency of Nigeria reports that other directors sworn in were: Mr Hadi Mohammed, Mr Abdu Bambale and Dr Najeem Salaam.

  • Communication minister deactivates 2.2m unregistered mobile lines

    Communication minister deactivates 2.2m unregistered mobile lines

    Minister of Communications Dr. Isa Pantami has made good his threat to deactivate 2.2million improperly registered GSM lines in the country.

    Spokesperson of the ministry, Philomena Oshodin announced Saturday night that the lines have been blocked by the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) on the instructions of the minister.

    Oshodin, who is Deputy Director/Head of Information, Press and PR Unit said Pantami had ordered the NCC to ensure that no improperly registered SIM card number was active beyond 11:59pm of Wednesday, September 25.

    She added that the report submitted by the Executive Vice Chairman of NCC on Thursday revealed that a total of 2,277,311 improperly registered lines have been blocked.

    Initially, about 9 million lines were flagged. But after reconciliation with the networks, 6,830,249 lines were found to have been properly registered.

    Dr Pantami reiterated the need for all improperly registered SIM cards to remain blocked until they were properly registered and commended the regulator and the telecom operators for working hard to carry out the directive in record time.

    He, however, appealed to them to redouble their efforts in ensuring that the momentum was sustained.

    According to the statement, the Federal Ministry of Communications is collaborating with the relevant parastatals and security agencies to ensure that no stone is left unturned in ensuring that the security of lives and property in the nation is not compromised through the use of SIM card numbers.

    As part of measures to achieve this, the minister directed that the profiles of persons linked to crime, aided and abetted by the use of SIM cards should be promptly provided to the relevant security agencies when requested and a copy be sent to him for monitoring.

    The ministry vowed to continue to work with relevant parastatals and security agencies to ensure that SIM card numbers were not used as a platform for committing crime.