Dissatisfied by the ruling of Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court, Lagos that the Nigerian Commissions Commission (NCC) should pay the sum of N500million as damages to All Progressive Congress (APC), counsel to the NCC, Mr. Paul Usoro (SAN), has gone to the court of Appeal to appeal against the judgment; Citing eight grounds for the appeal, the Learned Counsel said [...]
Court orders NCC to pay fine of 500m to APC
A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to pay a fine of 500 million Naira as damages to the All Progressives Congress (APC) for illegally outlawing the party’s presidential campaign fund-raising platform. The presiding judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Buba, gave the order in his ruling on Tuesday, subsequent to a [...]
NCC announces MainOne Cable as infrastructure company for Lagos region
Dr Eugene Juwah, the Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), on Thursday said MainOne Cable won the licence as the infrastructure company (infraco) for Lagos region. Juwah made the disclosure at the 4th Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Industry Stakeholders’ Forum, organised by the Ministry of Communication Technology in Lagos. He [...]
APC threaten court action against NCC over ban on fund raising
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday said it would institute a legal process against the National Communications Commission (NCC) to challenge the shutdown of some of its fund raising platforms. This was disclosed in Abuja by Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State during a meeting of the Fund Raising Directorate of the APC Presidential Campaign Organisation. According [...]