President Tinubu says his first (2024) budget promises to be the foundation for the reforms he plans to take Nigeria to greatness In furtherance of my sacred duties and obligations as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, it is my honour to be here today to present my administration’s 2024 Budget Proposal to this Joint Session of the 10th National Assembly. This moment is especially profound and significant to me because it is...
In this opinion piece, Rep. Sam Onuigbo, sponsor of Nigeria’s Climate Change Act, says a major agenda for COP28 should be the search for unselfish leadership and a collective resolve to accelerate the transition from fossils to renewable energy It is on record that 151 countries have pledged to attain net zero emissions. Yet, The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Emissions Gap Report 2023, which was released earlier this month, shows that countries all...
NCC has declared its support to the drive by the Federal Government to boost Nigeria’s broadband penetration rate in line with the National Broadband Plan The Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Dr. Aminu Maida has said that the commission, under his leadership, will support the target of the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy to boost Nigeria’s broadband penetration rate to 70 per cent by the end of 2025 in line...
NCC boss, Maida, has applauded the Project Train 3M on ICT skills of its supervising Minister saying it would make Nigeria an exporter of digital skills The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Aminu Maida has applauded the proposal by the Hon. Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, to enlist and train three million Nigerians over four years, which will make the country an exporter of digital...
The NCC has restated the effectiveness and application of ICT in fighting financial crimes such as illicit financial flows. Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said effective application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is critical in combating financial crimes by enabling real-time surveillance, regulatory compliance, and secure data processing, just as it sought multidisciplinary and multi-stakeholder collaborations to address the issue of illicit financial flows in the country. Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Commission,...
Three tech firms, Solaris, Knownow, Specxs have been declared winners at the NCC’s talent hunt competition with a prize money of N30 million. Three companies, out of 81 companies that contested at the Nigerian Communication Commission’s inspired technology innovation talent hunt competition, shared the N30 million prize money equally. Nine other shortlisted companies went home with N500,000 consolation prizes each. Solaris GreenTech Hub, Knownow Africa Limited, and Specxs Care Limited came bright at the 2023...
Attempts to regulate free speech online were stoutly resisted in the previous assembly but an executive bill in the House of Representatives surreptitiously reintroduces the ‘social media bill’ You might be wondering “Social media regulation, again? I thought we were past that?” Well, Nigeria is revisiting the controversial topic of social media regulation, as the National Assembly has received the ‘National Broadcasting Commission (Repeal and Enactment) Bill, 2023’ from the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC),...
The New NCC Boss, Maida has declared his commitment to President Tinubu’s vision on digital economy for Nigeria. The new Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Aminu Maida, has said he would align the Commission’s regulatory focus to achieve the promises of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope agenda to advance the nation’s digital transformation agenda. Maida, who spoke to the Senior Management team of the Commission at the Commission’s...
The interest of citizens is the paramount duty of parliament, writes Temitayo Odeyemi, in this opinion article shared with OrderPaper Nigeria Now that the new Nigerian national and subnational legislatures have completed leadership and committee selections, it is time to get on with their statutory tasks of law-making, representation, and oversight. However, by virtue of what legislatures symbolise, the job they are elected to do, and to strengthen their core roles, there is a pressing...
See the profile of Dr Aminu Maida who takes over from Professor Umar Garba Danbatta as the new boss of the NCC Dr. Aminu Maida was appointed the Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) by President Bola Tinubu, GCFR on Wednesday, October 11, 2023. Dr. Maida holds an MEng in Information Systems Engineering from Imperial College, London in 2002, and in 2006, he bagged a PhD in Electrical & Electronic...
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