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    ‘ Telecoms Has Contributed to 8.5 Per Cent GDP ’

    Peter Igoh, chairman, Board of Directors, Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, discusses the achievements of the commission in the following interview with Anayochukwu Agbo, general editor, and Tony Manuaka, associate editor  As the chairman of NCC, what is your assessment of the telecoms sector since 2001? We have seen a lot of changes in the telecoms […] More

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    The Imperative for Broadband

    By Omobola Johnson It appears to me that there is not a week that goes by without an event in Nigeria where broadband is not being discussed. All over the world, broadband or more importantly, universal access to broadband, is becoming a significant indicator of development and competiveness amongst nations. Some countries have gone as far […] More

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    NCC: The Policy Support

    The secret of the success of the telephone revolution in Nigeria is the federal government’s support for the commission and a robust national policy on ICT Eugene Juwah, executive vice chairman of Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC, revealed that the success of the liberalisation of the telecoms sector in Nigeria was due to the total support […] More

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    The Broadband Big Bang

    Having achieved 96 per cent penetration in voice telephony, NCC is now concentrating on the development of broadband that has immense potential for all sectors of the economy and personal life In a valedictory interview with TELL in 2010, Ernest Ndukwe, former executive vice chairman of NCC, after 10 years of pioneering the telecoms revolution […] More

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    The Making of Africa’s Fastest Growing Telecoms Market

    The rising subscriber base of mobile telecommunication operators, Internet penetration and the boom in the sale of ICT products sustain Nigeria’s ranking as one of the fastest growing telecoms markets in the world The ranking of Nigeria as the fastest growing telecommunications market in the world by the International Telecommunications Union, ITU, for five consecutive […] More

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    A Regulator Par Excellence

    The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has established Nigeria’s telecoms sector as the fastest growing in Africa by playing the role of an efficient regulator The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, is the national regulatory authority for the telecommunications industry in Nigeria. It not only has the responsibility to issue licenses to operators, it also ensures a […] More

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    Alhaji Umar: The Change Agent

    Alhaji Umar Abdu Tsauri (TaTa) was born on February14, 1968 to the family of the late Alhaji Abdullahi Tsauri and Hajia Binta Abdu Tsauri in Dutsinma LG of Katsina State. He started his education in 1975 at Na Alhaji Primary School in Dutsinma after which he proceeded to Government Day Secondary School, Dutsinma in 1980. […] More

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    On a Rescue Mission to Salvage Zamfara State

    Engineer (Dr) Ibrahim Shehu Gusau, an engineer and fellow of the Nigeria Society of Engineers, NSE, is a man with uncommon passion for grassroots transformation. Filled with milk of human kindness, whose middle name is service to humanity, Engineer (Dr) Gusau worked assiduously at the private and public sectors of the nation’s economy; contributing uniquely […] More

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    TaTa: The Man of The Moment

    “It is with all sense of humility, modesty and respect that I wish to notify you, as one of the leading lights of Katsina State, of my intention to contest for the office of the Executive Governor of Katsina State under the flag of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming 2015 governorship elections” […] More

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    Alhaji Sani Sidi: Honours for NEMA’s Performing DG

    In the course of Nigeria’s fight against the Boko Haram insurgency, the media has focused on the gallant efforts made by Nigerian security agencies, especially the soldiers. Only the discerning however know, appreciate and salute the silent yet salient efforts made by the staff of National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA in providing relief such as […] More

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    Leading NCC’s Robust Contributions to the Nigerian Economy

    The telecommunications industry in Nigeria, without doubt, plays strategic roles in the national economy. Indeed, if the story of Nigeria’s democracy since May 29, 1999 was to be told, the advent, growth and impact of the industry will occupy generous chapters of such chronicle. In her announcement that Nigeria is Africa’s largest economy, Dr. Ngozi […] More

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