There should be more unstructured interviews between serving public officials and Nigerian citizens. For many good reasons, the exchange between Minister of ICT, Adebayo Shittu, and Omoyele Sowore, the SaharaReporters publisher, on Fresh FM Ibadan gained traction on social media over the weekend. Sowore, a presidential aspirant for the 2019 elections, was in the ancient... Read More

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August 24, 2016

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Opinion: Sheriff Shittu shutters Showroom and shares his startup story

Being an entrepreneur is hard. Very hard. For the most part we hear about the successes, and much less about those who fail. Sheriff Shittu of Showroom.ng, is closing up this month, and he shares his story of being in the startup game for 12 years. There is no happy ending this time. by Sheriff... Read More

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August 2, 2016

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Opinion: 5 ways to make Konga great again

by Sheriff Shittu O If you have been following the story about Konga’s brouhaha, I guess you will by now think there is fire on the mountain and we all should run for cover. Well, as a witness to the arena during my stint with Konga, here are a few things that I think if... Read More

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June 21, 2016

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2 Ministers snub Senate summon over reduction of MTN fine

The Minister of Communications Technology, Adebayo Shittu and the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami have once again ignored the request of the Senate Committee on Communications led by Saheed Fijabi to appear before it to explain the monumental reduction of the fine imposed on telecoms giant, MTN. The Senate committee... Read More

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June 20, 2016

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This is (the real reason) why FG reduced MTN’s fine

The Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu has revealed the reason why the Federal Government decided to slash the N1.04 trillion fine slammed on telecom giant, MTN to N330 billion. Adebayo revealed this at an award ceremony in Ibadan to honour of Lekan Balogun, the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland. He said the fine was reduced when... Read More

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