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TELECOMS QoS: DANBATTA REASSURES CONSUMERS AS HE SPEAKS AT THE FIRST VIRTUAL EDITION OF THE TELECOMS CONSUMER PARLIAMENT (VTCP)

TELECOMS QoS: DANBATTA REASSURES CONSUMERS AS HE SPEAKS AT THE FIRST VIRTUAL EDITION OF THE TELECOMS CONSUMER PARLIAMENT (VTCP)

The Executive Vice Chairman of Nigerian Communication Commission the apex regulator of the telecommunication industry in the country recently engaged the telecoms stakeholders especially the consumers in the first virtual Consumers’ Parliament, the first ever. The EVC understanding of the importance of consumers in the industry and what it means to have them satisfied speaks volume of his administration thrust. The Telecom Consumer Parliament (TCP) provides high-level engagement and interactions with consumers and other stakeholders in the telecommunications industry
In his opening remark, he welcomed the stakeholders and key industry players to the first ever virtual edition. In his words the EVC said “It is my pleasure to welcome you all to this important occasion, being the first-ever virtual edition of the Telecom Consumer Parliament (TCP) organized by the Nigerian Communications Commission taking place here at the Commission’s Conference Room, Maitama, Abuja.”

“This event is organized, taking into consideration, the dynamics of the global pandemic and the directives from the Federal Government on social distancing and other measures thereof put in place to curb the spread of Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic”, he added.

In line with the Covid 19 and Social Distancing directives, the EVC said that the virtual meeting is in place of the customary face-to-face engagement in previous Parliaments in the past, is a testament to rapid change to our lifestyle occasioned by the Covid-19 Pandemic. This is making telecommunications and indeed ICT the major driver of growth in every sector now.
He posited that “Ladies and gentlemen, the theme of today’s event: “Impact of Covid-19 on Telecoms Service Delivery” is timely and could not have come at a better time than now. The focus of this parliament also provides us with an opportunity as industry stakeholders, to have a quick look at how the pandemic is impacting our service delivery in the telecommunication industry, which currently provides the digital platform for the economy to remain afloat.”

Adding that “According to a report released by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in May 2020, which examine the impact of the pandemic on the telecoms sector, “Covid-19 virus has presented a stress test for Governments worldwide with the Internet playing a crucial role in keeping critical infrastructure and resources connected and available.”

On the importance of internet, the EVC reiterated that internet and broadband is an enabler and will play a critical role in Covid Pandemic and Post Covid work environment. “Thigh-speed Internet is key to ensuring that hospitals and medical institutions have access to global information and resources necessary to fight the virus. Broadband connectivity is also absolutely crucial for educational institutions and businesses to continue to provide essential services. According to the report the unprecedented global health emergency is tasking mobile networks and digital platforms to the limit, with some telecom operators and platforms reporting demand spikes as high as 800% since the outbreak of the pandemic in their respective countries”, the EVC opined.

The EVC stated that the commission ensured that the quality of service never dwindled or reduced during or after the Covid lockdown. He reassured consumers that the commission is working hard with the industry stakeholders to ensure that QoS remains in line with global standards.

“As we all are aware, telecoms is highly capital intensive and as such, continuous network upgrade and expansion are very key to operators’ ability to deliver top-notch QoS to their consumers. For instance, if operators are not able to expand or they are incapacitated to expand and upgrade their network in the face of spike in traffic, as occasioned by the pandemic, it will definitely have potential grave impact on Quality of Service delivery” NCC Boss treasured.

He Added that “Despite the pandemic and the lockdown to contain the spread of Covid-19 virus, we on our part have also not relent to ensure that the quality of telecom services is sustained during and post Covid–19 period.”

Some of the critical steps taken by the Commission in conjunction with the supervising Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy towards mitigating the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on service delivery by the network operators are:

  1. The Commission have developed e-platforms where all licensing requests, consumer complaints and base transceiver station (BTS) investigation requests are channeled and also provided designated e-mail addresses to be used for such requests throughout the pandemic period.
  2. Similarly, the Commission approved and encouraged resource sharing among network operators. These shared resources include fibre optics cables and ancillary resources, the aim is to ensure that there is no destruction to service provision in the event of fibre cut and related incidence.
  3. The Commission also secured Right of Passage (RoP) for all telecommunications officials and staff for easy movement during the lockdown and movement restriction in order to be able to service their base stations and keep them active to provide services for telecom consumers who increasingly rely on their networks to work from home. In the same vein, the Commission also secured Right of Passage for suppliers that are involved in supplies of fuels, food and other essential services to telecom operators during total lockdown.
  4. With the intervention of the Hon. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, state governors are now aligning their Right of Way charges to N145 as approved by the Federal Economic Council (FEC), reducing below N145 per linear of fibre laid by the operators in their states. Other state governors pegged their RoW charges below the N145 set by the FEC while some state governors have totally waived RoW charges in their states. All these are aimed at encouraging network operators to deploy telecoms/broadband infrastructure faster in their states with a view to deepening digital access. As Covid-19 evolves, a new world order where more activities are conducted online and robust broadband access is central is emerging. In effect, most of the state governors have appreciated the centrality of robust broadband infrastructure as work-from-home measures by government persists.
  5. The Commission is hopeful that with the reduction in RoW, which will automatically result in reduction in capital expenditure (CAPEX) by the network operators, telecom companies will sooner or later reciprocate the gesture by making their services in particular, data services more affordable to Nigerians.
  6. You would recall that one of the issues presented to the Honourable Minister when he assumed office is the need to strengthen telecom infrastructure protection. The Honourable Minister acted on this issue speedily by obtaining presidential approval directing Security Agencies to protect ICT and telecom facilities as critical national assets. It is pleasing that this action helped to safeguard telecom infrastructure for the greater role telecom has to play with the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic.

Umar Danbatta assured Nigerians that the commission is leaving no stone unturned towards ensuring that telecom service providers provide good quality service despite the covid-19 pandemic. He encouraged the Network operators on the importance of improved quality of services/experience for the consumers.

ANTHONY EMEKA NWOSU

NORAK TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED BOOSTS PRODUCTIVITY WITH NORAKLE

NORAK TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED BOOSTS PRODUCTIVITY WITH NORAKLE


Businesses globally and Nigeria inclusive are geared to minimizing cost and maximizing profits leveraging on capacity and deployment of information technology(IT) tools such as software. Norak Technologies Limited, an indigenous digital transformation consultancy and software development company in Lagos has reiterated on the need for businesses to look inward when deploying business solutions. This remark was made after years of successful deployments of Norakle software, Enterprise resource planning (ERP) designed for higher productivity in various organisations with emphasis on retails and human resource outsourcing firms in the country.

Designed to make the everyday running of business easier and cost effective. The company has stated that the software is an online enabled application that is meant to ensure improved sales, improve productivity, and ensure maximum growth for businesses. Speaking to the media about Norakle software, Ifeanyi Iheanyichukwu, the Chief Technology Officer of Norak Technologies Limited said that , the software is designed to make businesses in Nigeria to be in tune with modern ways of running a business. He encouraged Nigerian businesses to buy indigenous software, he opined that Norakle is embedded with amazing features such as offline capability and cloud based integration for syncing.


Ifeanyi said, “You get over 50 tools, like CRM, Accounting System, Payroll Management, Project management to Task management, Human Resource time management, business process automation, invoicing, and much more. Norakle ERP is a cloud-based system with well integrated features that is easy to use, hence, limits headaches about data retrieval, disjointed systems or technicality in usage and can be installed on your own server so you can access at any time. Norakle ERP is a proven strategic tool for increasing sales, which in turn results in the growth of your business.”


“We built Norakle to take these challenges away from you, so you can focus on what you know or do best. We have incorporated many features such as Multi-Branch Management,Database Backup and QR Code /Barcode Scanner Integration. These features would help transform most organisations in the country and put them on the path of profitability”,he added.


With numerous benefits, the software having been designed in the country in line with the global best practice. The Norak Technologies informed the media that the software can be tweaked to meet various organisations’ businesses needs and model. Customer Relationship Management system, Marketing automation , Report and insights , Inventory Management Stock Location Management and Warehouse Management are few of the added features organisations enjoy. Taking after-sales serious, Norak Technologies included after Sales Service Management system in the software with underlying features such as Parts Management,Job Card/ Service Order Management,Quotes &Sales Invoice generation ,Customer Support System and many more.


Today, running companies in Nigeria is not a walk in a park. We constantly faced with administrative and organizational challenges, not to mention the complications of managing your sales and accounts. Too many businesses fail because these complications suck away at their time, leaving them with little time to grow their company. We developed Norakle to address these challenges that businesses face.

Anthony Emeka Nwosu

NIGER STATE: NITDA TRAINS NIGERIANS ON SMARTPHONE REPAIRS

NIGER STATE: NITDA TRAINS NIGERIANS ON SMARTPHONE REPAIRS

The need to build capacity in an economy has been noticed to be the most important part in national building and economic emancipation not hope in natural resources. Nations today are tilting from dependancy on resource like crude oil, ore etc to knowledge ! Having noticed this,under able leadership of Kashifu ,the current Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA). The agency recently embarked on a grand scale capacity building in the area of mobile phone technology.

The ongoing training of Artisans (phone repairs) taking place at Suleja, Niger State, facilitated by National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) under the supervision of the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s Digital Economy agenda and lifting 100m Nigerians out of poverty. It is strongly believed that the graduands would add value to the society with their skills.

Nigeria is a massive economy that is dependent on mobile telephony for broadband and internet connection and also for phone calls! Work over 130 million Nigerians connected to the world via mobile phones and smartphone useage about 70 million plus, NITDA has seen the gap and the market demand for qualified smartphone technicians especially in the Northern Nigeria where dearth of skills is alarmingly high.

Not only this, NITDA has been building capacity in virtually all the sphere of ICT from establishment of incubation centres and hub, deepening the appreciation of local software and apps to interventionist policies for the tech space.

National Information Technology Development Agency is a public service institution established by NITDA Act 2007 as the ICT policy implementing arm of the Federal Ministry of Communication of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Anthony Emeka Nwosu

DigitalNigeria

Nigerian Driving Styles,are we rascally ?

Nigerian Driving Styles,are we rascally ?

Having driven in most countries of the world,I can state that driving in Nigeria , especially the city of Lagos can be described as nightmarish! It can make Schumacher the F1 driver petrified! I was driving down the road one evening. I came to an intersection. I saw this vehicle who also upon seeing me stopped too. They stopped because they were coming out from an avenue to enter the major road in which I was on.. I slowed down but continued believing they did the right thing by giving me right of way. Then out of nowhere this vehicle sauntered into my front. Note the word sauntered!

All effort to avoid hitting them was futile. I quickly brought my car to neutral and applied emergency breaks but still couldn’t avoid the accident. They managed to drive across to the other side of the road and parked with much difficulties. I pulled my vehicle off the road to the right side of the road I was in. This was a two-way road with two lanes on both sides. They were entering from my right side to cross over to the lane on the left.

I don’t want to even talk about the traffic rules and code in Nigeria and other countries and the discipline in obeying them. I have driven for the past 35 years and never had an accident. I have driven in Geneva, South Africa, Zimbabwe and New York, Malawi and Ghana and Dubai. Never have I had a traffic ticket let alone an accident. When I see the kinds of accidents people have in Abuja I wonder if it is madness.

I drove the cars of the organizations I worked for and never scratched the. GTZ, World Bnkand the UN etc. I those organizations you repay the amageyou do to their cars.

A yellow fever man stopped me one day in Abuja claiming that I ran a red light. I felt terribly offended because that is like telling me that I am nine months pregnant and forcing me to believe it. I know the risk of running a red light. That’s suicide. I don’t want to die or kill another person so why run a red light. I told him so.

Back to the point of this story. As I came down from my car I realised there were three occupants in the other car – two ladies and a gentleman with fashionable white beards. They just stood by their car while I walked up to them. I noticed from the body language of the ladies that they knew they were wrong. But the white beard short and petite guy was puffing his chest with hands akimbo. He was preparing for a fight – verbal or physical- I don’t know. When I see a white bearded guy, I assume brains, wisdom and panache. Patrick O. Okigbo III and Ademola H Adigun sold this impression to me. Unfortunately this guy had none. Not even decorum. Not even class.

Anyway I politely greeted them good evening to which the ladies responded. When I asked if anyone was hurt, I could see how the ladies were impressed!! They responded that nobody was hurt. If it was in my other world, I would have charmed those ladies. They felt impressed by my priority.

Since this guy never said a word, I calmly waived them bye bye and walked back to face my damaged car. I faked ease and joy. I also thanked Godthat it wasn’t deadly.

Honestly I find it absurd when I see people especially Nigerians get into terrible verbal exchanges over a vehicle accident that didn’t result in any injury to their persons. You will see them hold up entire traffic screaming over their scratched or damaged car. I can’t imagine my friends seeing me in that public altercation. It is simply a car!!

Many years ago when I got my first car, I drove it to the village to meet my grandmother. Her friends were rejoicing and I was also bragging about my car that I even forgot the lunch my grandmother prepared for me. When I came back having driven around with friends, she confronted me and said ” it is because of this pieces of aluminium pans on a rubber that you ignored my meal?”. My car described that way? It was the sharpest put down I got and deflation of ego. Since then I realised what a car is. My grandmother would always say ” forget the name of the car so long as it takes you from point-a to point-b”.

Now my observation regarding the accident was that this lady driving the jeep was learning. The other lady was at the back. The gentleman was sitting by the passenger’s seat. I made this observation as they alighted from their jeep.

It became clear to me from the way the vehicle sauntered into my path, the lady was learning and the guy was teaching her. They clearly decided to use the opportunity of light traffic at night to learn to drive. I overheard the lady state that she didn’t know how the jeep moved onto the road. Anyone who has tried teaching people how to drive can understand the predicament of this lady.

Apart from this observation I think it is wrong and unwise to teach a wife or girlfriend or anyone how to drive. I refused teaching my girlfriend or wife howto drive. Never. I rather pay you go learn from the driving school. Love and teaching don’t go well. Send her to a driving school to learn. Secondly it is also unlawful to put anyone behind the wheels who has no driver’s license learners permit with a red ” L” signage indicating that the person is learning.

Thirdly there are basic rules or traffic codes. In some countries they drive on the right side with the steering wheel on the left. While in some others they keep to the left side with the steering on the right side.

There are reasons. In Zimbabwe or South Africa where they keep to the left with steering on the right, you give way to any traffic coming from your right. It is so because from your sitting position you can see oncoming vehicle with much easy. Even as you approach a roundabout you give way to traffic coming from your right. There is what is known as a blind spot in your car. Hence in different jurisdiction you overtake from the right or left based on their rules but it must be from the side the other drive can easily see you.

In Nigeria people overtake from every side. They don’t give right of way to anybody. Approaching a roundabout you give way to the traffic coming from your left and the same when you approach an intersection.

In Pretoria and Harare they have traffic lights on all major roads. However there are also other roads or avenues they don’t put traffic light. In those roads you see ” Stop Signs” on the post and boldly inscribed on the tarmac at those intersections. We have these in Abuja but mos motorist see it as decorations.

When vehicles arrive on a four road intersection. Each stops. The one from the left goes followed by another from the other side and turn by turn and on a rotational basis each car crosses over from each side. The vehicles arriving later queue behind and follow accordingly when it is their turn. They don’t need a traffic police or yellow fever to do this. In Nigeriawe all put our heads together like hundred rams in a lock horn fight.

It is simply acquired learning and applied discipline.

Sadly Nigerians don’t have these!! Let anyone challenge me on this.

Meanwhile let me go repair my car. Thinking of the budget while taking my morning green tea. Life is better than a ” pieces of pan on a rubber”

Charles C Achodo

The dangers of some common foods in Nigeria

The dangers of some common foods in Nigeria

I promised to write about what is killing people in Nigeria today. Nigerians should be focused on solving these problems instead of fighting over GMO which they don’t understand yet. These are what is causing most of the cancer going around now:

1.) Ripening agent for banana and plantain. Because people are in hurry to harvest their bananas and plantains. they spray them with Calcium carbide. This is a ripening agent and makes the plantain ripen very quickly. It is extremely hazardous to the human body as it contains traces of arsenic and phosphorus.

So anytime you buy ripe plantain in the market chances are you are buying plantain ripened with Calcium carbide.

Solution : Buy unripe Plantains and Banana and keep them inside a black plastic for few days, it will ripen naturally.

2.) Most Nigerian farmers, if not all of them use a chemical called “Sniper” as an added ingredient for pest control. Sniper is potent and it scares me. It is a DDVP, 2,2-Dichlorovinyl dimethyl phosphate compound. An organophosphate that readily binds to the lungs and kidney causing cancer. It is almost in everything you eat in Nigeria.

Solution : You are on your own here because it is everywhere.

3.) Weevil control in Beans with Aluminum phosphide (AlP). This is the most dangerous food pollution in Nigeria. Because weevils can destroy the entire year’s harvest of the farmer in a few days. They drop tablets of Aluminum Phosphide inside each bag of beans.

They think that one tablet is enough to drive weevils away from the bag of beans. Yes they are right, but that one tablet can drive weevils away from an entire Silo of 50 tons of beans. Do the math yourselves.

Unfortunately, it is now one of the most common causes of food poisoning in Nigeria. It liberates lethal phosphine gas when it comes in contact either with atmospheric moisture or with hydrochloric acid in the stomach.

Solution : Eat beans with Weevils.

4.) Chicken from China preserved using embalming substances. The same used to embalm dead bodies in Nigeria.This is a cancer causing substance that kills slowing. How else do you think chicken gets to Nigeria from China without a proper cooling system.

Solution : Eat only local chicken. don’t buy frozen chicken. if you can’t see it running around don’t buy it!!!!!! Don’t eat at Eateries. Stop using your money to buy death.

The farmers don’t want to kill people, but they are uneducated and don’t know that they are committing mass murders. And then, they don’t have the appropriate tools to deal with the challenges they have.

This is why the European Union, United States don’t want to have the Beans, Cocoa, Plantain, Yam and Pineapple exports from Nigeria. Everybody is scared of Nigeria’s irresponsible public service and Nigeria’s cancer-intense, disease-riddled agricultural produce.

It has nothing to do with racism or because they are evil white people.

Britain, the EU and the US repeatedly and tirelessly warn Nigeria to clean up its extremely poisonous farm produce. Nigerians eat killer foods.

Even the Cola we drink is banned in the UK. A Nigerian businessman lost money trying to export Bottled-in-Nigeria Coca-Cola to the UK as it is supposed to

Dr. Afọ́lábi Oluwadun
Professor of Medical Microbiology
Ọ́labisi Ọ́nabanjọ́ University
Agọ̀-Ìwòyè, Ògùn State

AM I REALLY AS OLD FASHIONED AS MY WIFE AND CHILDREN THINK ?

AM I REALLY AS OLD FASHIONED AS MY WIFE AND CHILDREN THINK ?

I didn’t beat my son but only barked at him and the youngster told to his mother that I was abusing him. My son could not see the reason why I was being harsh on him on his birthday.

If not for the sake of our visiting friends, I would have used my cane on my son for a weighty cultural malfeasance he committed.

How would my son attempt to eat first, the meat inside his plate of rice before eating the food?

It’s a serious offense in my village to eat the meat first while eating a meal. Meat is eaten last.

No child raised in Igbo land, until recently, dared touch the meat in the soup or in the plate of food served him or her without first finishing the food on the plate. All the temptations to go for the meat first was met with serious sanctions.

My own experience when I attempted to breach the behavioral code has remained indelible in my psyche.

It was Christmas Day and I was entitled, as the second son, to the neck, the head and the two legs of chicken killed for the festive day.

I was at peace with my soul, ensconced at the V- shape corner of our family living room, sitting on the floor with both legs spread around my unusually larger plate of rice which I placed near my scrotal sac which was also as bare as my waist area down.

In those days in my village, boys of 10 years of age and below wore no underpants as we all roamed around dangling our sacs hence making them distend to maturity.

I didn’t know that my mother was watching me with the tail of her eyes as I attacked the neck of the fried chicken without first finishing my food.

Her reaction was spontaneous.

“i bụ ufu?” meaning “are you a fox?” was what I heard as my mum gave me a knock on my head which she adjudged appropriate for my age but would be painful enough to dilute the sweetness of the chunk of meat I had prematurely eaten.

Our parents knew that humans love meat so much and would prefer to pounce on it first before eating the accompanying food or meal; and that delaying to eat the meat till the end of the meal helped to instill self-control and patience in children.

They also reasoned that meat was a garnish or kind of a desert and should not be eaten first. It was also deemed as more expensive than food and should be saved for the last.

You can now see why I was mad at my son for choosing to eat the chicken first before finishing his meal.

In fact, my son said that he was going to eat the chicken on his food only and not the food. That’s so odd to folks of my generation.

I never came across a child in my town who was allowed to have a meal of meat alone. It would amount to the greatest act of “nsokwu” or “spoiling a child”. This has nothing to do with economic status of a child.

Till date, I, as was indoctrinated while a child, still do finish my meal before I eat the meat just like my ancestors did.

But, everything, including women eating the gizzards and the anal area of chicken, seems to be changing.

I find it difficult to see meat as food. For me, meat is meat, food is food!

I’m still evolving. Perhaps, in the near future,
I too will change and apologize to my son.

Anayo Nwosu

anayonwosu@icloud.com
Ikenga Ezenwegbu Nnewi

BUA signs deal with Turkish firm to build 2400TPD Flour mills

BUA signs deal with Turkish firm to build 2400TPD Flour mills

Nigeria’s leading foods and manufacturing conglomerate, BUA has today sealed an agreement with Milleral of Turkey to build its newest flour milling plants in Nigeria with a total milling capacity of 2,400tons per day (3 x 800tpd). Upon completion in 2021, this will bring BUA’s total installed flour milling capacity to 4000tons per day. BUA currently operates an installed flour milling capacity of 1,600 tons per day and 5 lines of pasta of 720 tons per day.

Speaking during the signing ceremony, Abdul Samad Rabiu, Executive Chairman, BUA Group said, “We are excited about this partnership with Milleral to develop our new state-of-the-art flour milling plants in Nigeria with a total milling capacity of 2,400tons per day bringing BUA’s total installed capacity to 4,000tons per day upon completion in 2021. This will further deepen our involvement in the foods processing sector as well as help enhance food security in Nigeria and the West African region.”

In his comments, Mustafa Ozdemir,
Chairman,Milleral said, “Milleral intends to bring its experience installing machinery and turnkey plants across the world to bear in building an efficient, advanced and world class facility for BUA.”

Upon completion, this new plant will position BUA as one of the leading players in Flour Milling in West Africa.

BUA Foods is the agribusiness and foods processing division of BUA Group with diverse investments in the agricultural value chain in Sugar, Rice, Edible Oils, Flour Milling and Pasta. BUA currently operates an installed flour milling capacity of 1,600 tons per day and 5 lines of pasta of 720 tons per day

About Milleral:
Milleral is a giant successful brand that has been manufacturing and installing machinery and turnkey plants for milling grains like wheat, corn, rye, oat to get flour and semolina for 27 years.
Milleral offers products, plants and services that can appeal the necessities in all parts of the world; from Middle East to South East Asia, from South America to Africa and always continues to work with team spirit by developing innovative technologies needed by the global economy and manufactures its products perfectly according to customer demands.

YUL EDOCHIE ENDORSES A MOBILE CHAT APP CALLED “OLANGO”

YUL EDOCHIE ENDORSES A MOBILE CHAT APP CALLED “OLANGO”

Yul Edochie, the popular child of the legendary Pete Edochie the actor ,who has followed the footsteps of his father in the movie industry has lately endorsed a mobile app. This has shown that the actor has inkling of what the future is all about which is ICT and is identifying with the future. Yul talks about Olango mobile app so passionately that he encouraged his fans to download such an amazing app.

Speakings through his verified Facebook page, Yul enumerated the immense benefits of the app. He said “Greetings from NZENWEOFOR Group, bringing you good tidings,on the long awaited launch of OLANGO App.”

He went on to describe the app as a must have. In his words he said “A chat application develop by NZENWEOFOR company.Olango is an amazing chat application that does not just allow you to communicate with your friends and chat with them , sending them pictures, videos documents…besides we now have a premium translational service …”

“All you need do is to go now on playstore, download Olango chat , put in your details, go to the chat settings,select your preferred language”, he added.


He said that the app is so seamless that it comes with inbuilt translator for any language in the world. In his words”No matter who around the world 🌎 is chatting with you , using their preferred language, you receive it in your preferred language.”

“As if it that’s not enough even in a group chat you get everyone’s contribution in your preferred language.Isn’t that amazing?Go now to playstore and download this amazing app. @olango7”, the actor concluded.

Yul Edochie (born Yul Chibuike Daniel Edochie 7 January 1982) is a Nigerian actor, named after popular Russian actor Yul Brynner . He is from
Anambra state Nigeria, the son of Nigerian actor Pete Edochie . He was raised both in Lagos and Enugu . He is the last of 6 children. He got married at the age of 22. He attended the University of Port Harcourt , where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Dramatic Arts. This is according to his profile in Wikipedia.

Anthony Emeka Nwosu

ABUBAKAR SPEAKS ON COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND NEW REFORM INITIATIVES BY CAC

ABUBAKAR SPEAKS ON COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND NEW REFORM INITIATIVES BY CAC

The Registrar General of Corporate Affairs Commission, Alhaji Garba Abubakar has reassured Nigerians that the CAC is working assiduously to ensure an end-to-end business registration solution in accordance with global best practice.

He was speaking today at a Two-Day Commerce and Industry Correspondents Association of Nigeria CICAN/CAC Retreat with the theme “COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND NEW REFORM INITIATIVES BY CAC”.

Alhaji Garba Abubakar described the Covid-19 Pandemic as challenging for the Commission as it was compelled to operate with less than 15% of its staff and suspend its service timelines to abide strictly by Government regulations on curbing the spread of the dreaded disease.

Abubakar however said that the situation gave the Commission the opportunity to re-assess its operations and bring about new innovations going forward for the growth of the economy.

The RG said the newly introduced mailing system of certificates by courier will be in place till a full deployment of end-to-end registration solution is achieved for customers to print certificates from the comfort of their homes or offices.

Speaking on the CAM BILL,2020 signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari on 24th July,2020, the CAC scribe said the new law was to amongst others strengthen the legal framework and boost activities of MSMEs in the country.

He highlighted some of the innovations in the new law, namely: Limited Liability Partnership LLP, Limited Partnership LP, Disclosure of beneficial ownership and expansion of the CAC Board amongst others.

Responding to questions on the provisions of Part C of the new law, the Registrar General said the CAC will not be autocratic in discharging its powers or target any group or association adding whatever measures taken to sanction erring group or association must have the approval of the Minister of Industry Trade and Investment amongst other processes.

Speaking earlier, the CICAN Chairman, Fred Idehai expressed confidence in the ability of the Registrar General to deliver on his mandate and described his appointment by President Buhari in January,2020 as justified.

He therefore urged him to continue to discharge his duties without fear or favor and pledged their continued support to the Commission.

CAC

RECRUITMENT INTO THE NIGERIA POLICE FORCE (CONSTABLES)

RECRUITMENT INTO THE NIGERIA POLICE FORCE (CONSTABLES)

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· Physical and Credential Screening to Commence from 24th August, 2020 to 6th September, 2020.

In continuation of the ongoing recruitment of constables into the Nigeria Police Force, all candidates who successfully completed the online recruitment registration exercise are to proceed for physical and credential screening scheduled to hold between 24th August, 2020 and 6th September, 2020, across the federation.

The applicants are to appear at the various screening venues in their clean white T-shirts and shorts with the following mandatory basic requirements:

i. National Identity Number (NIN);

ii. Original and duplicate copies of credentials – O’ Level Result(s), Certificate of Origin and Birth Certificate/Declaration of Age – neatly arranged in two white flat files with recent passport photographs attached;

iii. Printout of application submission confirmation page

iv. Duly completed Guarantor’s form

Any candidate who fails to present (i –iv) above, will not be considered for the screening.

The screening exercise will take place at designated locations within each State/FCT. Detailed and specific guidelines for each State will be announced by the Police Public Relations Officers in the thirty-six states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The screening and other activities touching on the recruitment exercise will be carried out in strict compliance with the COVID-19 prevention protocols.

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni reiterates that the recruitment exercise is absolutely free of charge and without any pecuniary obligation. The IGP assures that the process will be conducted in the best tradition of transparency and accountability. He advises the applicants to be wary of online impostors, scammers and other criminal elements who might want to take advantage of the recruitment process to dupe innocent applicants. The IGP however warns that anyone found wanting will be arrested and prosecuted.

DCP FRANK MBA
FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
FORCE HEADQUARTERS
ABUJA