APC and the death wish turned prophecy
EARLIER this year, in the wake of the rather comprehensive defeat of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2015 polls, Nigerian academic and Sahara Reporters columnist, Pius Adesanmi, had rechristened Doyin Okupe, presidential aide on media to Goodluck Jonathan, by turning ‘bastard’ into a proper noun and making it one of his middle names.
NERC blames DISCOs for poor implementation of metering scheme
Abuja — The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, yesterday in Abuja, blamed some Distribution Companies (DISCOs) for poor implementation of the Credited Advance Payment for Metering Implementation, CAPMI.
NCC to sanction network providers performing below standard
A Commissioner in the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Dr Michael Onyia, has said that the commission will not relent in sanctioning service providers whose performance falls below expectation.
Lingering ripples over anti-rape legislation
“You have been misled by the misinformation circulated by someone who could not read or comprehend a legal draft; someone who did not have the patience to read through a proposal, see what was recommended and what was finally accepted. You were misled by someone who deliberately distorted the content of one of the most profound bills ever passed by the Nigerian legislature, scandalised the proponent and the institution for reasons that you and I may not know,” she said.
Why we’re investigating Multichoice – CPC
The Consumer Protection Council, CPC, has said that its aim of investigating activities and services of Digital Satellite Television, DSTV, was not to upturn the judgment of the court which ruled in favour of Multichoice Nigeria on the recent price increase saga, but to give attention to barrage of reports reaching its offices alleging unsatisfactory service offerings by the PayTv operator.
Telecom sector contribution to GDP drops by 0.8% in Q1 2015
The Nigerian Telecommunications sector witnessed a 0.8 per cent marginal decline in the first quarter of 2015. In the latest quarterly report released by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, the sector contributed N1,344,489.25 million (8.38%) to total economic output for the opening quarter of 2015, in real terms, as against 8.46 per cent recorded in 2014.
