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NCC remains committed to improving quality of service — Prof. Danbatta By Eyo Nsima The Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communication Commission, NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta remains committed to improving the quality of services to Nigerians and other nationals. Prof. Danbatta, who commended users for making complaints or reports to the Commission recently said, that […]

New Strategic Plan to enhance diversification of Nigeria’s economy through digital technology deployment — NCC By Eyo Nsima The Nigerian Communication Commission, NCC, has disclosed that it’s new Strategic Management Plan aims at diversifying the economy through deployment of digital technology. In his foreword to the Plan, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, FNSE, FRAES, FAEng, FIEEE,

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “use the sixth anniversary of his government in power as an opportunity to halt Nigeria’s backsliding from constitutional and international obligations, reverse a steady deterioration of the rule of law and persistent breach of human rights, including the rights to a corruption-free society,

NCC expresses commitment to Digital Empowerment for Young Women, Girls By Eyo Nsima The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reaffirmed its commitment to the promotion and empowerment of young women and girls in the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the country. The Commission expressed this commitment during separate sensitization campaigns held at

We align with ITU’s Resolution 70, which advocates gender mainstreaming, equality, empowerment of women through ICT — NCC By Eyo Nsima The Nigerian Communication Commission, NCC, has expressed its commitment towards realizing gender mainstreaming, equality, and empowerment of women through Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The Commission expressed this commitment during separate sensitization campaigns held

Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami,SAN has denied the allegations that two billion naira was paid to his office from the recovered funds. This is contained in a statement issued by Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Office of the Attorney General of the Federation

By Alison Godswill The Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE, has commenced the unbundling the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, into different outfits. Speaking at a webinar tagged, “Financing Public-Private Partnership to Boost Infrastructure Delivery in Nigeria,” chaired by Ahmed Zainab, minister of finance, budget and national planning, and monitored by The Daily,www.thedaily-ng.com, Alex Okoh, the

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent “an urgent complaint to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention over the arbitrary detention and ill-treatment of activists Larry Emmanuel and Victor Anene Udoka simply for peacefully exercising their right to protest in Kogi state.” SERAP said: “The arrest and continued detention of Larry Emmanuel