Month: December 2021

NCC sets new Mobile International Termination Rate for Voice Services

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has determined the new International Termination Rate (ITR) for voice services paid by overseas telecom carriers for terminating international calls on local networks in Nigeria at $0.045. The new rate is contained in the ‘Determination of Mobile International Termination Rate’ issued by the Commission on November 25, 2021. The $0.045 rate is the floor price for ITR services and shall take effect from January 1, 2022. The rate is to be paid in US Dollar to enable Nigerian operators to receive an increasing rate in…

Police arrest 11 notorious kidnappers, recover Seven AK47 rifles, 121 live ammunition, others in Taraba community

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The Operatives of the Nigeria Police Intelligence Response Team, working with the Taraba State Police Command, have arrested a total of eleven (11) notorious kidnapping suspects in Taraba State for their complicity and various criminal roles in the recent trend of kidnapping incidents in Taraba State including the kidnapping of a serving personnel of the Nigeria Customs Service, kidnapping of a relative of the Emir of Jalingo and the killing of a Police Sergeant in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital. The Police team equally recovered seven (7) AK47 rifles, two…

Huawei-based 5G Telemedicine solution wins COVID-19 innovation Award

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The telemedicine solution for COVID-19 developed by the China-Japan Friendship Hospital based on Huawei’s 5G network solutions has been awarded GSMA GLOMO ‘Best Innovation for COVID-19 Pandemic Response & Recovery’. This award shown the industry’s recognition of 5G smart healthcare for its role in helping combat the virus.   The judges of the award have commented on how out of the ordinary 2020 was due to the COVID-19 outbreak, and how these mobile technologies help with the response to and recovery from the health crisis caused by COVID-19.   In…

Zulum, Sule most humble, hard working governors, says Senator Ndume

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Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume (APC Borno South), has identified Professor Babagana Umara Zulum and Engineer Abdullahi Sule, Governors of Borno and Nasarawa States respectively, as the most humble and hard working governors in the country. Senator Ndume stated this while delivering a speech during the appeal fund launch and groundbreaking ceremony, for the Tukur Buratai Research Centre, in Gora, Nasarawa State, on Saturday. Ndume who stood in as special guest representing the Governor of Borno State, said the two governors share similar characteristics and are the most humble and hard…

IPI Nigeria : MMPN hails Mojeed, Shekarau, Salami’s election

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The Muslim Media Practitioners of Nigeria (MMPN) has urged the newly elected Executive of International Press Institute (IPI) Nigeria to be good ambassadors of the country by upholding the tenets of Journalistic ethics in the discharge of their duties. In a congratulatory statement to the new leaders, the National President of MMPN, Abdur-Rahman Balogun said the association is well pleased with the emergence of the core professionals. MMPN implored the new leaders of IPI Nigeria to bring to fore their wealth of experience as tested professionals to uplift the standard…

NiDCOM Boss receives another recognition

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The Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM),Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa has been conferred with another award by a voluntary organisation, Educate Africa Institute (EAI). This award came barely three weeks after receiving the ‘Integrity Icon of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Awards’ and ‘Gold Medalist in Public Administration’ by the Centre for Ethics and Self value Orientation. Speaking during the visit to the Chairman in Abuja, Mr. Anthony Chinedu Osuji, the Country Director, EAI (SierraLeone) said the award was to honour the NiDCOM Boss for her selfless efforts, doggedness, humaneness and…

Rule of Law, Nigeria’s only hope of survival (2), By Hassan Gimba

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The second part of our treatise on the rule of law that started last week. The rule of law is about the creation of laws, their enforcement so that no one – including the most highly placed citizen – is above the law. When one looks at how organised countries have control over their affairs, one sees how the weakest as well as the strongest face the same law and get the same justice when they get caught with a misdemeanour. In an ideal country, those who are at the…

Huawei joins MANRS to boost global internet security

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Huawei has became a founding member of the Equipment Vendor Program (EVP) of the Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS), in an effort to actively improve global Internet security.   MANRS is a global initiative fostered by the Internet Society (ISOC). It aimed to provide crucial fixes to reduce the most common routing threats, such as Internet route hijacking, route leakage, and address spoofing through cooperation among carriers, IXPs, CDN & cloud providers, equipment vendors, and policy decision makers. Ultimately, it aims to improve Internet security and resilience. The…

NCC, SMEDAN partner on Digital Scheme for SMEs

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To give expression to its faith in the value of strategic partnership and commitment to collaboration, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has partnered the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) to establish a SME Digital Academy. The SME Digital Academy is a public-private partnership initiative being driven by the NCC, SMEDAN, and Sapphital Learning Limited, a leading digital learning platform, essentially to provide micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) owners with digital skills to enhance their entrepreneurial skills. The partnership also aims to equip entrepreneurs and start-ups…

Buhari Administration And Poverty Alleviation By Bola Bakare

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It has been globally acknowledged that the basic responsiility o any government to the given is primarily to secure the welfare and wellbeing of the governed.   The intention of the framer of the concept is such that the governed would from time to time delegate leadership responsibilities to some select members of the society who in turn would ensure the promotion of their (the governed) wellbeing via policy actions and programmes that have been tailored to achieve such aim.   The world over, the success of any government is…