Archives Tag: governance
NCC’s Device Management System For Phone Users Raises Privacy Concerns
April 19, 2022
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is in the process of deploying a Device Management System (DMS) that is said to curtail the counterfeiting of mobile devices, prevent mobile theft, kidnapping, and enhance national security. Read more about Tech This development is coming roughly two weeks after the NCC announced it has successfully assigned 54 … Continue reading NCC’s Device Management System For Phone Users Raises Privacy Concerns
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The Importance Of Southern Nigeria’s Governors Call For National Reforms (1)
April 19, 2022
On Tuesday, May 11, 2021, the Southern Nigeria’s Governors Forum in a meeting in Asaba, Delta state deliberated on the state of the nation and issued a communique on topics such as insecurity, restructuring, inter-state collaboration/partnerships, COVID-19 related lockdowns. Read more about Politics The importance of this forum attended by the 17 southern Nigeria’s state … Continue reading The Importance Of Southern Nigeria’s Governors Call For National Reforms (1)
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Fact Friday: The 6 Geo-Political Zones In Brief (2)
April 19, 2022
As a continuation from the previous articles, a total of 434 (23%) candidates contested for the Senate in North West in 2019. For North Central, 334 (18%) candidates contested for Senate seats. A surprisingly higher number of candidates contested for the Senate in South East – 312 (16%) – a higher percentage than those … Continue reading Fact Friday: The 6 Geo-Political Zones In Brief (2)
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Why The NIN-SIM Linkage Is A Bad Policy Decision
April 19, 2022
MTN’s 2021 1st quarter results showed only 35 million subscribers on its network had linked their mobile numbers to their National Identification Number (NIN). This also means that despite the May 6 deadline, only half of MTN’s subscribers have been linked. Read more about Tech Again, the business of setting deadlines with such government … Continue reading Why The NIN-SIM Linkage Is A Bad Policy Decision
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Taxing Powers By The Governments
April 19, 2022
Tax is compulsorily statute- based; hence, a tax cannot be validly imposed except by law and validly passed by the legislature. Therefore, the taxing power of government is the power of that government to impose taxes, usually by legislation duly enacted for that purpose. Read more about The law and you Taxing power means … Continue reading Taxing Powers By The Governments
Does Outsourcing To Security Contractors Solve Insecurity?
April 19, 2022
The new U.S administration’s foreign policy position took an interesting dimension when the Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, requested a virtual meeting with Nigeria’s president, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd). Read more about Politics At the virtual meetup held on Tuesday, April 27th 2021, one of the major bylines of the discussions was the … Continue reading Does Outsourcing To Security Contractors Solve Insecurity?
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FG Launches Indigenous Anti-Plagiarism Software
April 19, 2022
In a bid to fight plagiarism in the Nigerian academic space, the federal government on Tuesday, April 27, 2021, launched an indigenous software codenamed “EagleScan Plagiarism Detection Software”, that detects plagiarism. Read more about Tech Reacting to the development, Nigeria’s vice president, Professor Yemi Osibanjo, during the launch, tagged plagiarism as corruption and noted … Continue reading FG Launches Indigenous Anti-Plagiarism Software
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On Governance: How Not To Lose Political Promise
April 19, 2022
Events of the past few weeks in Nigeria’s governance structure can be used as a case study for classes in how political leaders mismanagement political promise. Read more about Politics Instances ranging from bad monetary policies, inadequate provisions for security, ignoring the sins of terrorist-affiliated government officials, and favouritism of one ethnic group over another. … Continue reading On Governance: How Not To Lose Political Promise
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Where Were You When Murtala Muhammed Said Africa Has Come of Age? (11th January 1976)
April 19, 2022
“It is of great historical significance that the first extraordinary session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government to be held since the founding of the Organisation of African Unity twelve years ago is being held on the liberation of Africa… Read more about Politics Mr Chairman, when I contemplate the … Continue reading Where Were You When Murtala Muhammed Said Africa Has Come of Age? (11th January 1976)
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How To Achieve Restructuring In Nigeria (1)
April 19, 2022
In the wake of the rising insecurity in the country, one of the commonest topics being discussed and debated by self-aware Nigerians is the subject of restructuring or self-determination. Read more about Politics One of the reasons behind this recent awakening can be attributed to the Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Igboho’s call for an independent … Continue reading How To Achieve Restructuring In Nigeria (1)
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NIN/SIM Card Registration: A Case In Haphazard Policies
April 19, 2022
Fire brigade approach to things is like second nature to Nigerians. Perhaps this is why Nigerians are hardly caught slacking in any foreign environment they find themselves. They have been so used to emergencies that they function more efficiently in proper environments. Read more about NIN Meanwhile, such an adaptive trait is hardly ideal … Continue reading NIN/SIM Card Registration: A Case In Haphazard Policies
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Federal Government Accepts 5-point Demand Of #EndSARS Protesters
April 19, 2022
The federal government has accepted the 5-point demand by protesters clamouring for an end to police brutality in the country, according to Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina. Read more about #EndSARS In a statement, Adesina said: “Following directives by President Muhammadu Buhari on the dissolution of Special Anti-Robbery … Continue reading Federal Government Accepts 5-point Demand Of #EndSARS Protesters
SARS: A Management And Business Case Study
April 19, 2022
The SARS epidemic is a classic business and management case of forgetting the “problem to be solved”. The major reason SARS was formed was when Col. Rindam, a Nigerian Army Colonel was killed by police officers at a checkpoint in Lagos. SARS was mainly formed in 1992 for anti-robbery. In other news, current data shows … Continue reading SARS: A Management And Business Case Study
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#EndSARS: It Is Not Yet Uhuru For Nigerian Youths
April 19, 2022
For a minute on Sunday, October 11th, Nigerian youths believed the announcement by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, that the rogue police unit called SARS (Special Anti Robbery Squad) has been disbanded. Celebratory reactions went around on social media insinuating that the demands of the youths have finally been granted. But … Continue reading #EndSARS: It Is Not Yet Uhuru For Nigerian Youths
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Citizen Mobilisation By The Youth For A Modern And Progressive Nation
April 19, 2022
After incessant cries to disband rogue branch of the Nigerian Police, SARS – the law enforcement branch tasked with the responsibility of preventing and curtailing armed robbery – effort to keep citizens abreast of the nationwide protest stands out among others in mobilisation logistics. Almost as a counter-effort to kill youth mobilisation with the … Continue reading Citizen Mobilisation By The Youth For A Modern And Progressive Nation
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