Saving DSO from needless controversies, by Okoh Aihe
Writing about the fresh aspirations of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on the Digital Switch-Over (DSO) and FreeTV being prepped for launch on June 17, 2026, we declared our support for the regulator in choosing the satellite option but warned that the process needs to be more transparent and inclusive. Before the afternoon of the very […]
Thanks Niyi for that Cyber Discourse, By Okoh Aihe
Cyber Politics painstakingly aggregates a lot of studies and expert opinions, mixed with detailed personal doctoral research into modern technology, social media and political communications apropos voter behaviour and decisions in the country
Technology gives no hiding place to wickedness, By Okoh Aihe
THE story of Nigeria gets convoluted by the minute. Just when you think a resolution is becoming a likely prospect, a sub plot simply pops up to complicate the entire story line and make suspense the most readily available commodity to a flummoxed participant. There is always a new story; like the story of the […]
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 Muhammadu 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 […]
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 as a lasting testimony for his progeny that “here lives the spirit of a man who gave the […]
NBC and NCC, what manner of template for the Buhari regime? By Okoh Aihe
The boards of parastatals and agencies are peopled by politicians, most of whom are so unprincipled that in whatever capacity they find accommodation, they serve as virus to destroy the system
Dokpesi: A broadcast exponent stages a final show, By Okoh Aihe
If strange things happened at the NBC, it was worse at the NCC where the minister simply took control of all the parastatals under him
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. Oh, this is about Dr. Isa Pantami, former Minister of Communications […]
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 […]
A minister’s ambitions and aspirations
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. The other significant import is that every […]
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 judgement that has been hailed as landmark, if you have stomach for cliches, a Federal High Court, forbade perpetually the regulator to ever place any fine on a broadcast operator. This […]
