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From Abuja, ATU makes Ubuntu call, by Okoh Aihe

For the policymakers, regulators and industry leaders who gathered in Abuja last week for the Seventh Ordinary Session of the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) Conference of Plenipotentiaries, the message was clear: the need for deeper collaboration, strengthening of relationships and sharing of peer experiences in order to give the continent a deserved place in the global […]
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Does the Communications Minister know? By Okoh Aihe

One of the biggest achievements of the previous administration is the introduction of Fifth Generation Technology, 5G, which was expected to come with a bang but ended in a whimper as it has not delivered any of the expected miracles.

Periscoping issues in the Information Minister’s plate, By Okoh Aihe

In a world of digital broadcasting, the station is so ill- equipped for modern operations in terms of equipment and personnel and it is no surprise that it has virtually lost out in all ramifications to private broadcasters. While a number of stations in the country rely on cyber sets, including expansive video walls, with a full range of digital equipment, the NTA still remains on analogue equipment and sends out dark and funny looking pictures to people who are still unfortunate to watch the channel. 

Welcome notes for the Information Minister, By Okoh Aihe

THERE is a new song in town summarised in sudden excitement. Tinubu’s Ministers have been waxing lyrical about their readiness to transform this nation called Nigeria. It has been one wave of euphoria after the other. The President has given me a job. I will do it without looking back, some have vowed. All of […]

Time to rebuild the Communications Ministry, By Okoh Aihe

I DO not know Bosun Tijani, the new Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, who, along with his colleagues, was sworn in on Monday. But I can see the picture of a young man standing before some dodos and dinosaurs in the National Assembly, who dredged up his past to invalidate his opportunity of […]

For telecoms, figures and counter-figures, By Okoh Aihe

THERE has never been any doubt about the transformative power of technology both in terms of cash availability and socio-economic development of any environment or nation. You only need to look at the big tech companies in Silicon Valley at San Jose in the United States, and the top range tech companies in Asia to […]

Why is NCC fretting over MAFAB? By Okoh Aihe

IT is not impossible for a regulator to be worried about the health of one of its licensees. There are several reasons for this to happen. It’s either the operator is not performing well in the market place or there could be some backend happenings impairing its operations. For an operator worth its salt, whose […]

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

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