A closer look at the Zero Rated Access Initiative, by Okoh Aihe
The NCC programme wasn’t part of my schedule last week but the insistence of a young employee drew me to the Hilton, venue of the programme, and I left very appreciative that I found my way there. Sometimes, you need to clear your schedule to do certain things. This was one of them. As I […]
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 […]
From Imo State, technology shines light to the future
By Okoh Aihe IT is always a feeling of joy when Dr. Chimezie Amadi gets in touch. A feeling that something can really go well in the country if there is somebody to push a vision, somebody to make a sacrifice in order to make a difference. Amadi comes with a freshness which nourishes a […]
Reprieve for NCC as NITDA Bill flounders
By Okoh Aihe IT was the final sandbagging of the Nigerian Communications Communication, NCC. An ignoble fait accompli intricately woven by very devious hearts and presented to an acquiescing group of lawmakers with superficial understanding of how some politicians could deploy terrible politricks to ruin the independence of even one of the most stable regulatory […]
From Adamawa, a redeeming opportunity for NBC
By Okoh Aihe IT is difficult to forecast a closure to the sustained drama happening in Nigeria. In the manner of all beautiful or bizarre shows, before one scene comes to an end, the other is loading with more complicated suspense and details beyond the imagination of any scriptwriter. Or tell me: how would you […]
In the twilight of a government, tech projects guzzle billions
By Okoh Aihe LATELY, there has been a rash of tech contracts, all wearing the accoutrement of patriotism and the insignia of a government that is desperate to leave a fertile legacy for the people. The little problem is that time is running out fast for this administration and it is nigh impossible to bundle […]
Time for BON to help NBC cure its weakness
THE Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria, BON, last week, raised a cry that the broadcast industry was facing very uncertain times in the country. Ironically, most of the problems seem to be coming from the curator of the industry, the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, which, by law, is charged with the regulation, protection and promotion of the […]
Broadcasting as beauty and the beast
By Okoh Aihe PAUL Rusesabagina, whose heroics during the 1994 Rwanda genocide inspired the Oscar nominated movie, Hotel Rwanda, is back in the United States, after being released from jail in his country, to spend the rest of his remaining life in peace and never dream of politics in his country again. Resisting a bizarre […]
For Telecoms, the taste of half bread
By Okoh Aihe TWO evils remain insidiously inimical to any industry. They are very much alive in the telecommunications industry, like Prometheus unchained, ready to do damage any time. They are multiple taxation and regulatory capture. For any business, the knowledge of the existence of this twin evil remains the beginning of wisdom, and the […]
Technology, always about national interest
By Okoh Aihe I AM not going to write about those who break bones and spill blood to impose themselves as leaders on the hapless people. I will not lampoon those who hoped upon hope expecting the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to deliver on a project on which it has shown infinite incapacity to […]
Prof Mahmood Yakubu in the eternal labyrinth of technology
By Okoh Aihe THE other night sleep went far away from me and I found comfort in my little phone as I tried to find out what the rest of the global community was saying about Nigeria after a mismanaged election. You see, in spite of the challenges of our world, in spite of how […]
