The mood at the Vice President's wing of the Presidential Villa on Friday December 22, 2023, was different from what it used to be during preparations for festivities in the yuletide. On the faces of the aides and staff working in the VP's office was a concatenation of excitement...
The outgoing year of 2023 has been characterized by mixed sentiments for the Nigerian economy, particularly within the financial sector. The year commenced with the aftermath of the economic disruption caused by the currency redesign, leading to economic uncertainty and the closure of numerous businesses. Additionally, unexpected deaths occurred...
The removal of fuel subsidy and the move to merge foreign exchange rates, two headline reforms introduced by the Tinubu administration since late May, triggered problems such as high fuel prices and the depreciation of the Naira, two monstrosities which combined to cause a general spike in costs of...
The Digital Switch Over (DSO) process that was expected to end by 2015 got an extension of five years (2020) but as we write Nigeria is unable to conclude anything tangible in this direction.
Only six states have partially implemented it while other 30 states including the Federal Capital Territory...
We have taken note of statements credited to presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 presidential election, Mr. Peter Obi, in which he made yet another frail and futile attempt to paint the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration in bad light.
For good 24 hours, Obi danced...
While terrestrial infrastructure and mobile networks appear to hold the aces in terms of broadband internet connectivity, satellite operators have raised the bar in taking services to many unserved and underserved communities across Africa.
By the last count, no fewer than 21 satellite operators dot the Europe, Middle East, and...
The atmosphere in the Nigeria’s financial sector is in a state of frenzy. Stakeholders are befuddled on why the apex bank’s monetary policy committee have not met. This is because the CBN had twice postponed the meeting under the leadership of its new Governor.
The first postponement scheduled to hold...
With an anticipated 70% broadband penetration in Nigeria by 2025, many African countries may still be grappling with how to get their populations out of the outskirts of globalization.
A third of the global population is without internet and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) thinks it could be addressed by...
