The Federal Government intends to apply a 5% inclusive excise charge on telecommunications services in Nigeria, raising the tax on telecommunications services to 12.5%. The Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, announced this at a stakeholders’ forum on the implementation of excise duty on telecommunications services in Nigeria, held on Thursday in... Read More

July 5, 2017

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Lille sacks Enyeama via sms

Former Super Eagles goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama has been told to leave his club, Lille alongside 10 others by new coach, Marcelo Biesla. The French club’s new Argentine boss has also sent messages to Zambia’s Stoppila Sunzu, Tunisia’s Naim Sliti and Ivory Coast’s Junior Tallo saying they are not part of his plans. Enyeama, who played... Read More

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September 17, 2013

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Bus driver facing the sack for driving with his ELBOWS while ‘texting’ (PHOTO)

A bus driver in Croatia is facing the sack after he was caught using two mobile phones to text friends while driving at around 80mph. He is said to have told passengers to ‘get lost’ when they complained about how dangerous his actions were. Passengers on the bus – travelling between the southern town of... Read More

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January 25, 2013

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Price cap: Subscribers to save N1.63b daily as NCC fixes N4 for SMS

by Emmanuel Okubenji Mobile phone subscribers in Nigeria are set to save N1.63 billion daily with the implementation of a new price cap of N4.00 for all domestic off-net Short Messaging Service (SMS) interconnect rate with effect from February 5, 2013. Nigeria’s 109 million mobile phone subscribers send an average of three SMS daily across... Read More

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November 4, 2012

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#InCaseYouMissedIt: NCC set to fine telecos for failure to provide instant call bills by sms

by Isi Esene The Nigerian Communications Commission recently threatened that it will demand a fine from any telecommunications company that fails to provide free instant SMS call bill to all subscribers from November 1, 2012. According to the NCC, erring telecom companies will be fined a sum of N5m. It insisted that a further N500,000... Read More

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July 4, 2012

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Opinion: The conversion of a Jonathan critic

by Ikeogu Oke Following the publication of my article titled “Jonathan as Nero: a Misplaced Analogy,” on page 66 of Saturday Sun of June 23, 2012, I received six reader’s responses by text message. Four of the responses commended the article while two condemned it. The article was my response to the barrage of attacks... Read More

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December 5, 2011

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Technology 101: Short Message Service (SMS)- Dead or Alive?

by Oluwatobi Soyombo In case you missed it, SMS clocked 19 years old on Saturday, 3December, 2011. As a quick fact, “the first SMS text was sent over the Vodafone GSM network in the United Kingdom in 1992”. SMS has been a crucial tool of effective communication over the past 19 years. Over 3.05 billion... Read More

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