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- 24 May 2023
Buhari Appoints Gwandu As Substantive EVC/CEO of NASENI
Dr. Bashir Gwandu, new and substantive Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has officially resumed…
- 20 Mar 2012
Gwandu Chairs Another ITU Group
Dr Bashir Gwandu, executive commissioner in charge of technical services at the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has been elected the new chairman of the Commonwealth International…
- 6 May 2016
Global Stakeholders Must Be Engaged to Develop 5G Standards -Gwandu
Dr Bashir Gwandu, former acting CEO of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the chairman Commonwealth ITU Group, has called on all Fifth Generation (5G) systems engineers and standards…
- 12 Mar 2024
Gwandu, Ex-NCC Boss Loses Mother
Dr. Bashir Gwandu, former executive vice chairman (EVC) of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and who until a few months ago was also EVC of the National Agency for Science and Engineering…
- 10 Nov 2024
Gwandu Urges African Countries to Unite for 600MHz Spectrum Allocations
Dr. Bashir Gwandu, former Acting Executive Vice Chairman and CEO, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and former EVC/CEO, National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), has…
- 17 Jun 2019
Gwandu Urges Ethiopia to Learn from Nigeria's Telecom Deregulation
Dr. Bashir Gwandu, non-executive chair of the Commonwealth ITU Group (CIG) and the former commissioner of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has advised Ethiopia to learn from Nigeria as…
- 28 Nov 2012
Gwandu Loses Job in NCC Frequency Band Racketeering Saga
Dr. Bashir Gwandu, executive commissioner, (Technical Services), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) who exposed the frequency band racketeering at the NCC has been relieved of his duty by…
- 20 Jul 2023
NASENI, AFIT Strengthen Ties on AAVDI, Made-in- Nigeria Helicopter
Dr. Bashir Gwandu, Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, National Agency for Science and Engineering (NASENI) has called for stronger collaboration with the Air Force Institute of…
- 30 Jun 2013
Gwandu, Ex-NCC Commissioner Speaks @ UK Parliament
Dr. Bashir Gwandu, former executive commissioner, Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has been invited to speak at the forthcoming event being put together by prestigious Royal Academy of…
- 27 Jan 2019
Gwandu, EX-NCC Boss Advises African Countries on 5G Spectrum
Dr Bashir Gwandu, former acting executive vice chairman (EVC), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), and Chairman, Commonwealth ITU Group, has urged African countries to take steps to ensure that…
- 1 Aug 2023
NASENI Plans To Seek National Policy To Ban Export Of Strategic Minerals
National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) plans to seek a national policy that will stop the export of strategic Solid Minerals overseas thereby domesticating the production…
- 10 Jan 2013
NCC's Spectrum Saga Gets Messier with Fresh Cans of Worms
It is the story of the alleged frequency racketeering at Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC): for every rebuttal by the commission, fresh cans of worms are being opened. The federal government’s…
- 18 Jul 2023
NASENI Calls on Lithium Batteries Producers to Set Up Plant in Nigeria
National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has called on investors to collaborate with the Agency in local production and domestication of Lithium batteries among other…
- 18 Jan 2010
NCC Leadership: Big Wigs Race to Occupy Ndukwe’s Seat
Less than three months to the end of the legendary two term 10-year tenure of Ernest Ndukwe, executive vice chairman, Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), about 10 distinguished Nigerians are…
- 14 Jul 2023
Gov. Adeleke Seeks Collaboration with NASENI On Job Creation, Economic Development of Osun State
Senator Ademola Adeleke, Osun State Governor, has expressed interest by the Osun State citizens to participate in the on-going Skill Acquisition Training and Youth Empowerment Programme by the…
- 28 May 2015
Buhari to Query Secret Sale of Over $1Bn Telecom Spectrums
Incoming government of Muhammadu Buhari is to focus his searchlight on the circumstances surrounding the secret sale of Digital Dividend Spectrum (DDS) licences valued at over $1 billion in the last…
- 19 Jul 2010
Bharti-Airtel Says it Supports Number Portability, Co-location
Bharti-Airtel, the new owners of Zain Nigeria, has signaled its intention to adopt number portability as a means of giving Nigerian telecommunications consumers the freedom of choice. Mr. Manoj…
- 19 Jul 2010
As NCC Moves to Address Industry Challenges
Insecurity which manifests in wanton theft and vandalization of telecommunications equipment is costing service providers in the country several millions every month. Findings show that at least…
- 31 Dec 2012
FG Inaugurates Digiteam, Sticks to January 1, 2015 SwitchOver
The federal government has inaugurated the Digiteam, a digital committee which will drive the process of transition from analogue to digital terrestrial television transmission in Nigeria. At the…
- 26 Jul 2010
Juwah Steps into Ndukwe’s Big Shoe @ NCC
Dr. Eugene Ikemefuna Juwah has been named executive vice chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) ending more than four months of intense jostling for the coveted seat that has been…
- 23 Feb 2020
Group Applauds Pantami, NBP 2020-2025 Committee on timely delivery
Digital Economy Media Support Volunteers ‘DEMS Volunteers’, a non-governmental group leading nationwide awareness/campaigns on Digital Economy, has commended the Minister of Communications and…
- 18 Feb 2020
Pantami Receives NBP 2020-2025 Committee Report
Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has received the draft report of the National Broadband Plan Committee 2020-2025. L-R: Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami,…
- 29 Jun 2010
Sim Registration: FG Barks, Telcos Revs Activity
Suddenly last week, it appeared there is a general consensus to rev up the registration of Subscriber Identity Module (Sim) cards in Nigeria but approaches have been disconcerted with many…
- 26 Jul 2010
MainOne Rolls out Commercial Service
West African Submarine cable, MainOne, has commenced services in Nigeria and Ghana, providing connectivity through Portugal with the rest of the world. The rollout of service will ensure that the…
- 12 Jan 2013
That Frequency Racketeering Scandal @ NCC
The allegation of frequency racketeering rocking the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is a bad omen for the telecommunications industry, arguably the only thriving sector of Nigerian economy…
- 14 Jan 2013
Nigeria Makes Haste with Digital Broadcast Migration
Yomi Bolarinwa, director general of the National Broadcast Commission (NBC) said that Nigeria is making conscious efforts to migrate from analogue to digital broadcasting in synchronization of the…
- 26 Jul 2010
ICT, Other Solutions to Kidnapping
Kidnapping that started as agitation to be heard by the people of Niger Delta, has now assumed a dangerous slant. Nobody is now spared especially in the South- South and South-East parts of the…
- 18 Oct 2015
Gwandu, Global Telecom Experts Chart 5G Development Pathway
A 2-day conference has been organised by Wireless World Research Forum to discuss challenges and implementation in the new generation of communication technology, the 5G, which proposes a total…
- 19 Jul 2010
Protecting Children from Online Abuse
The Internet is a powerful tool children can use to learn and connect with friends. But, it is also fraught with danger, about which stakeholders in Nigeria have called for concerted effort to…
- 17 Dec 2019
FG Out with New 5-Year National Broadband Plan
The need to boost broadband penetration from its present coverage of 37.8% to over 70% in the next five years is the pedestal for the new National Broadband Plan NBP (2020-2025) according to Dr Isa…