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FG to harmonise multiple taxation of ICT operators — Minister
NAN-H-16 Taxation By Agbeja Gabriel Abuja, Dec. 26, 2016 (NAN) The Federal Government says it will look into the complaints of multiple taxation with a view to harmonising them to lessen the burden on ICT operators in the country. The Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu, made the promise when he featured at a Forum…
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Communications ministry already implementing ICT Road Map 2016, says Shittu
NAN-H-19 Roadmap By Constance Athekame Abuja, Dec, 26, 2016 (NAN) The Ministry of Communications ICT Road Map 2016 is already being implemented, Mr Adebayo Shittu, Minister of Communications has said. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the four-year road map from 2016 to 2020 is to fast track development in the Nigeria’s Information and…
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MTN pays N80bn of N330bn fine — FG
NAN-H-20 MTN By Constance Athekame Abuja, Dec. 26, 2016 (NAN) The Federal Government says MTN had paid N80 billion of the N330 billion fine imposed on it for failing to deactivate more than five million unregistered SIM cards. Speaking at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja, the Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo…
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Nigeria to achieve 30% broadband penetration by 2018, says Minister
NAN-H-15 Broadband By Constance Athekame Abuja, Dec. 26, 2016 (NAN) The Federal Government says the country will achieve the 30 per cent national broadband penetration by 2018 as projected in its National Broadband Plan. The Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu, disclosed this when he featured at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in…
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NIPOST to provide e-commerce, e-government services – Minister
NAN-H-10 E-commerce By Perpetua Onuegbu Abuja, Dec. 26, 2016 (NAN) The Federal Government said on Monday that the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) would be repositioned to provide e-commerce and e-government services in 2017. The Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu, made this known when he featured at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum…
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FG to establish NIPOST property devt. coy soon
NAN-H-9 Companies By Perpetua Onuegbu Abuja, Dec. 26, 2016 (NAN) the Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu, said on Monday the ministry would soon establish a Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) Property Development Company. Shittu said this when he featured at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja. The minister said that…
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AUDIO: FG to establish ICT varsity in first quarter 2017 — Minister
NAN-H-21 University By Constance Athekame Abuja, Dec. 26, 2016 (NAN) The Federal Government says it will establish an Information Communication Technology (ICT) University in the first quarter of 2017. The Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja when he featured at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum. Cue in…
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AUDIO: Minister seeks improved infrastructure to boost telecom sector
NAN-H-17 Infrastructure By Gbariel Agbeja Abuja, Dec. 26, 2016 (NAN) Mr Adebayo Shittu, the Minister of Communications, says there is urgent need to increase effort to provide quality infrastructure to boost telecommunication sector. The minister made this known when he featured at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja. According to him, infrastructure…
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AUDIO: FG committed to June 2017 deadline for digital switch over — Buhari
NAN-H-44 Digitisation By Donald Ugwu Abuja, Dec. 22, 2016 (NAN) President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday inaugurated the Abuja Digital Switch-over from analogue broadcasting, with a commitment that the Federal Government would meet the June 2017 deadline for the exercise in West Africa. The inauguration would provide 33 digital channels to television viewers, easy access to…
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NCC settles N10.5bn interconnect indebtedness
NAN-H-96 Interconnect By Florence Onuegbu Lagos, Dec. 8, 2016 (NAN) Prof. Umar Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has said that about N10.5 billion has been paid through the agency’s intervention on interconnect indebtedness. Danbatta made the fact known at the ”Telecoms Executives and Regulator Forum (TERF)”, organised by the…