Day: August 9, 2021

BREAKING: 7 Senior Mgt. Staff Affected as Shakeup rocks NNPC + FULL LIST

ADEOLA YUSUF

Engr. Yusuf Usman, formerly Chief Operating Officer, Gas & Power, disengaged, Garba Deen Muhammad takes over from Dr. Kennie Obateru   In a bid to strengthen and reposition the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) towards attaining global excellence and profitability, the Management of the Corporation has announced the promotion and redeployment of some staff to fill key vacant positions. Platforms Africa reports that this was contained in a statement released by the Corporation’s Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Dr. Kennie Obateru on Monday. Mr. Billy Okoye has been…

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Why I will not resign as Nigeria’s Opposition PDP chairman — Secondus

Gbenga Adeoti

The National Chairman of the Nigeria’s opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, has rejected calls for his resignation. He said in a terse press statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Ike Abonyi. The statement read, “The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus has said that he will not resign his position. “Prince Secondus said that nothing so far warrants his resignation from the party position and those tiny minority calling for his resignation should come clean and tell party members across…

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US court Shifts trial of Ogun Gov’s suspended Aide, Abidemi Rufai, to 2022

Wonuola Olujobi

The fraud trial of suspended aide to Ogun Governor Abidemi Rufai, who was indicted for alleged conspiracy, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, has been postponed to 2022. A fresh ruling of the court has postponed the commencement of Rufai’s trial by five months. Rufai was arrested at the JFK airport in New York on May 14 over alleged $350,000 COVID-19 unemployment fraud in the United States. The Nation had reported the prosecutor submitted 97,000-page materials at the US District for the Western District of Washington at Tacoma, on July…

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Super TV boss Ataga murder: Court sends Chidinma to prison for 30 days

Tade Salako

A Yaba Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded Chidinma Ojukwu, prime suspect in the murder of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, for 30 days. Chief Magistrate Adeola Adedayo made the order following an application by police counsel Cyril Ejiofor. Adedayo also remanded Ojukwu’s co-defendant Adedapo Quadri on the same terms. Ejiofor had prayed the court to remand Ojukwu in police custody pending the issuance of a Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) report on the matter. “The remand is to enable the DPP come up…

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N’Central, West, S’West regions Lead as Households in 17 states unable to pay for airtime

Dawood Rabiu

Households in 17 of 33 states in Nigeria are experiencing more difficulty paying for airtime, while in the other 16, Internet data was a trickier expense to meet, a recent survey has revealed. North Central, North West and South West states were the major areas where the populace are unable to pay for airtime regularly. In fact, most individuals explored network operators ‘borrow credit’ schemes. Also, households in the North East, South East and South South experienced difficulty paying for Internet services. Further, the North East is the region with the…

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As NCC Sets Fresh Operational Fees, Spectrum Prices For Telecom Operators

Dawood Rabiu

The Nigerian Communications Commission has set up an annual operating regulatory levy to ensure that all licencees are properly and equitably assessed to meet statutory and regulatory expectations. This was disclosed by Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice-Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, during the Public Inquiry on two regulatory instruments draft held on Thursday in Abuja. Danbatta explained that the two key regulatory instruments were tailored to meet the challenges and to further strengthen the market structure of the industry. The instruments are: Annual Operating Regulations and the Frequency Spectrum…

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Why Local Telecommunications Operators Need NCC Protection – Legal Luminary

Dawood Rabiu

A legal luminary, Ayoola Oke, with expertise in communications law, has said that many telecommunications operators, especially the smaller players, may run out of business without urgent measures to preserve their operations. As such, Oke urged the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to come to their rescue as fast as possible. Oke, who disclosed this during an interaction with journalists in Lagos to review the outcome of the yearly workshop for judges, organised by the NCC in conjunction with the National Judicial Institute, said the telecoms regulator should do more with…

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Nigerian Government has final say on 5G deployment – NCC

Dawood Rabiu

The Nigerian Government has the final say on deployment of the Fifth Generation (5G) networks in the country, the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has said. Danbatta made this clarification while speaking at the NCC’s Public Enquiry on Annual Operating Levy Regulations (AOL) and the Frequency Pricing in Abuja, last week. A video clip at the function sighted by Platforms Africa showed that there were two regulatory instruments examined at the event, that is the Annual Operating Levy Regulations (AOL) and…

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EXCLUSIVE: Danbatta Joins Pantami, Ganduje At Kano Executive Council e-Gov Training + What They Say

Dawood Rabiu

The Executive Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, recently joined dignitaries at the opening ceremony of a two-day capacity building for members of the Executive Council of Kano State. Danbatta, Pantami and Ganduje at the event. Others included the Minister, Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami and Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi as well as executive members of the state. The training held at the Digital Bridge Institute (DBI), Kano,…

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BREAKING: Bandits Kidnap Commissioner For Information in Nigeria

Aliyu Aliyu

Here are details of how, Mallam Idris Mohammed, Commissioner for information, Niger State, Northwest Nigeria, was whisked away at gun point by over 20 bandits   Mallam Idris Mohammed, the Niger State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, has been kidnapped by gunmen suspected to ve bandits. Platforms Africa reports that the Commissioner was kidnapped on Sunday night by highly armed individuals who broke into his home in Baban Tunga, Tafa local government area of the State. READ ALSO: ‘I Wanted To Stay,’ Tearful Messi Says Goodbye To Barcelona After 18…

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