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Ernest Ndukwe, co-Chair of the Presidential Committee on a National Broadband Strategy and Roadmap (in picture) says that when the work of the broadband team is completed, it will deliver a broad-based plan for the Nigerian government to take advantage of the dividends of broadband, "within the shortest possible time." Photo: Technology Times

Nigeria to yield dividends of broadband “within shortest possible time”, co-Chair of Presidential Broadband team assures

  By Olubunmi Adeniyi Lagos. December 17, 2012: Ernest Ndukwe, co-Chair of the Presidential Committee on a National Broadband Strategy and Roadmap says the group will deliver an overall blueprint to ensure that Nigeria takes advantage of high-speed Internet services for economic development, “within shortest possible time.” Goodluck Jonathan, the President of Nigeria, recently set [...]

Bashir Gwandu, the Executive Commissioner (Technical Services) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), seeing standing in picture, tells Technology Times that, "I opposed the sanction against the operators imposing a penalty of N1.17billion, because I believe that the way and manner the fines were applied was not in conformity with the QoS Regulations.

Interview: I blew whistle on frequency racketeering in NCC, Gwandu says

In an explosive interview with Technology Times, Bashir Gwandu, the Executive Commissioner, Technical Services, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), speaks on his role as the “whistleblower” in the alleged frequency racketeering that has trailed the nation’s telecoms regulatory agency and allied issues. Excerpts:       TT: It has been alleged that the NCC Board has [...]

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Nigerian corporations have rapidly adopted world-class marketing and customer engagement activities but have lagged in adopting a vital capability: Marketing Analytics. The firms that realise and adopt this evidence-based marketing will dominate their market space. CMOs should lead the charge because the implications are firm wide and the benefits substantial. Photo credit: Technology Times

Time has come to engage Marketing Analytics and Accountability

  YEMI IBIRONKE Nigerian corporations have transitioned onto the world stage on several fronts with strategies, platforms and executions comparable to world-class firms but the adoption of accountability and sound Marketing Analytics by CMOs is required for realizing their marketing investments true potential.   The new competitive advantage Marketing Analytics is the art of using [...]

Storm over NigComSat Bill as the nation's telecoms regulator wants the Senate to drop the Bill being pused by the government-owned staellite company: Ahmed Rufai, Managing Director, NigComSat (left); David Mark, Senate President and Okechukwu Itanyi, Executive Commissioner, NCC

NCC wants Senate to drop controversy-ridden NigComSat Bill

  By Technology Times Reporter Lagos. November 3, 2012: The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has appealed to the Senate to dump the Nigerian Communications Satellite (NigComSat) Bill saying that moves for autonomy by the government-owned satellite service company will undermine growth in the communications sector. NCC, the nation’s telecoms regulator says plans by NigComSat to [...]

BOLAJI ABDULLAHI, Minister of Sports and Chairman, National Sports Commission (NSC) (in picture) says that, "The relationship between the global culture and the media on the one hand, and media and sport on the other is quite interesting as it is complex. The global culture creates the new media and the new media in turn drive the global culture; and the two combine, propelled by the logic of the mass market and consumerism to repackage sports as a commodity, delivered to the market through the satellite television, the internet and internet based channels, like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube."

Sports Minister: New media have effectively redefined the boundaries of inclusion

  BOLAJI ABDULLAHI I feel highly honored and excited to be invited to this august occasion to speak on two issues that I am particularly passionate about, Media and Sports Development. My excitement, to be honest, is not just because I have been asked to engage issues which are related to my career as a [...]