Tag Archives: GSM

Nigeria’s GSM networks: Legalised robbery – 1

January 28, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

“It [is] beautiful and simple as all truly great swindles are”. O. Henry, 1862-1910; slightly modified. (VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS p 239). Nigerian GSM network owners are swindling Nigerians and smiling all the way to the banks – whose ATM … read more »

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Fixing the Unfixable Nigeria: Ngozi’s top job

November 22, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA is a woman who speaks her mind. Just over a year into her second stint as Nigeria’s finance minister, she has written a new book that she describes as a road map for low-income oil-exporting countries and poor … read more »

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Nigeria and his mobile network problems

May 24, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

In our series of viewpoints from African journalists, writer Sola Odunfa considers the difficulty of making a phone call in Nigeria. If you must make a call to anybody’s mobile phone in Nigeria, you need to be understanding and patient … read more »

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Oil Subsidy And Oil Deregulation A Lesson From Obasanjo Communication And Phone Subsidy And Deregulation

January 9, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

I was one of those people who fought against President Obasanjo De-regulation of the communication and phone industry and I was really angry and hurt on the hardship it was going to cause the common man in Nigeria in year … read more »

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On going Concerns: The irresponsible witches of Nigeria

November 17, 2010 by benim

From penis-stealing and ‘killer’ GSM calls in Lagos, to the mindless exorcism of ‘child-witches’ in Akwa-Ibom, to the bone-strewn forest shrines of Okija, to the stories of Abacha’s and Turai Yar’Adua’s armies of imported marabouts, to the principalities-and-powers fixation of … read more »

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