Taking care of the telecoms poor, by Okoh Aihe
The holy book tells us that the poor will always live with us in our societies. It means you can never wish away the poor even if you are offended by their existence. No magic wand will obliterate the presence of the poor, except concerted efforts to change their status. Apart from individual efforts, nations and […]
For broadcasting, it’s the fire next time
By Okoh Aihe THERE was a rash of contradictory responses last week, when the broadcast regulator, the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, in a moment of regulatory frenzy, directed 52 broadcast operators to shut down operations and return their licenses within 24 hours if they couldn’t settle their debt of N2.6bn collectively owed the Commission as […]
Airtel gives digital nod to the African child
By Okoh Aihe HAVING been very fortunate at a point in life to be a pioneer staff in birthing the Research and Development Department of a major parastatal, with a brief to work closely with tertiary institutions and fund their research works that could foster major developments and innovation in the tech sector, I saw […]
NBC and fines: Is there still a National Assembly?
FOR the writer it can be a punishing ordeal to write on issues nobody seems to care about or looks the writer is totally ignored with his writings destined for a contemptuous place in the newspaper heap, until somebody with love for letters and reason climbs the stage.
From telecommunications to broadcasting, desperate times indeed
. By Okoh Aihe ALTHOUGH this government gives the impression that things are pretty cool in the country, there are some strands of activities which really magnify the desperation with which those in authority are trying to paper over the nastiness of the times. Two of them played out recently. At a stakeholders meeting in […]
What will the NBC do now?
THE place between the hammer and the anvil is not a good place to be at all. No little moment of comfort but always, a foreboding thought of a lingering crush or disaster. A hammer that may come down and do serious damage, yes, even very serious damage.
SNB Bill, good idea begging for understanding and moderation
A SEEMINGLY innocuous document, designed in the form of a bill to accentuate the beauty and brilliance of the broadcast profession suddenly gained traction penultimate week when the House of Representatives at the National Assembly, called a Public Hearing to put its contents to test.
Atiku finds a place in telecoms history
IT was my friend’s day last week, July 7, 2022. Aaron Ukodie, Arumata, as I call him with fond love, excavated a piece of telecoms history and burnished it into the nation’s telecoms walk of fame, that will outlive all of us, even those who pray to live forever.
The Cybercrimes Act comforts no cyber misdemeanour
AS the nation hobbles towards a potentially explosive election period, there is the need to sound a note of caution that things may spiral out of control; desperation may push people to tread on the path of the unorthodox, and to manipulate information for their own inordinate end. A personal experience has informed this preceding cryptic opening.
INEC and machine promises, a little skepticism may help
SOME interesting developments are taking place before us. Elections come up next year, but the heat is on already. Young people are trooping out across the nation to register as a precursor to getting their permanent voter cards, PVCs.
NITDA Social Media Code…It begins with a draft, always
AT a time men and women of fertile knowledge of history were celebrating Democracy Day penultimate Monday, a government agency, the National Information Development Agency, NITDA, was releasing a document that could have a very damaging impact on the ability of people to have a say on those who govern them.
