Barring any unforeseen circumstances the two telecom firms that won the 3.5 gigahertz (GHz) spectrum otherwise called 5G auction conducted by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has got the final approval to begin rollout of the service. In line with ...
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Nigerians Kick As Telcos Plan To Increase Call, SMS Tariff By 40%
Nigerians have expressed their dissatisfaction over a move by the telecommunication operators to increase the tariff for voice calls, short message services (SMS), and data services in the country. Operators of telecommunication companies under the Association of Licensed Telecom Operators ...
Read More »Zero-Tolerance For Military Brutality Against Civilians Imperative
IMPUNITY was once more on display recently when unruly soldiers from the Nigerian Army Battalion, Ibodi, Ilesa, in Osun State, battered and extra-judicially killed a civilian. In a despairingly common scene, a car dealer, Adeyinka Adekunle, 37, became the latest ...
Read More »The Powers of Political Parties to Disqualify Aspirants:
The Unpalatable Position Of The Law In Nigeria By Ekom Nwoko Political Parties are established under Section 221 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) hereinafter referred to as (CFRN). Section 223 of CFRN provides ...
Read More »NASS 2023: We Have Been Marginalized For 65 Years – HoR Hopeful Cries Out
By Saviour Ekpe The Itu/Ibiono Ibom House of Representatives Hopeful in the 2023 election, Rt. Hon. EkomAbasi Akpan has decried what he described as a high the level of injustice, marginalization and political abandonment of the people of Northern Ibiono ...
Read More »NPF Set To Exit The Contributory Pension Scheme
…Accuse Pencom of Financial Crimes, With Statistical Evidence The public hearing held by the House of Representatives Committee on Pensions on 22/02/2022 was aimed at addressing a recurrent decimal of agitation involving NPF retirees under the CPS. For inexplicable reasons, ...
Read More »ESD: Ekefre Receives PDP Senate Clearance Certificate
…Set To Floor Other Contestants At The Primary By our Correspondent As politicians jump hurdles for the general elections at the party levels, the Eket Senatorial District Hopeful under the PDP platform, Pastor Dr. Markfre Ekefre upon receiving the Senate ...
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