Toriola’s take on MTN and the telco ecosystem, by Okoh Aihe
Sometimes truth can be too acerbic to be accommodated by reality. It hits hard in the face to the point of irritation while others can simply sneer at a point of profundity which, of course, doesn’t look very popular. Listening to the MTN Nigeria boss, Karl Toriola, speak recently about his organisation and the entire telecommunications […]
Majority FM and the cavity dwellers, by Okoh Aihe
The slash-and-burn agriculture which forms a major plank of shifting cultivation used to announce the coming of a new planting season. As children we didn’t like the clearing part of it but the burning aspect was the big deal. No child my age really loved to stay under a thick bush at the time with a […]
PIN, ‘Gbenga Sesan and a child’s understanding of pain, by Okoh Aihe
Our elders certainly have a well of wisdom. When they say the young shall grow, they obviously know what they are talking about. That, it is the child whose growing up makes life a continuum and stretches it into eternity. It is the child’s achievement tomorrow that accounts for the future. The young really shall grow. […]
Nearly three years after a N24.2bn contract, MTN and FAAN to the rescue, by Okoh Aihe
There was the news the other day that MTN Nigeria is partnering the Lagos State Government to redevelop the Obalende under-bridge into a modern transport hub to be known as Y’ELLO Bus Park. Transformation would be the right word for a presently degraded environment to wear new colours and bring a new sheen to that part […]
Regulator builds coalition for a new telecom policy, by Okoh Aihe
The telecommunications industry opened with a bang in early 2000 after a snail-walk in the previous years of political uncertainties and economic decisions that were at best tentative. The industry was not only deregulated but phone ownership was so democratised that the development mocked previous assertions that telephones were for the rich. It was the birth […]
Time for NBC to take decisive action, by Okoh Aihe
The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has a lot of stuff in its basket at the moment. And there really will be much more as politics heats up. The other day, the Niger State Governor, Muhammed Umaru Bago, woke up one morning, perhaps on a hyperactive mode, and shut down a radio station, Badeggi Radio FM 90.1. […]
