Business File: ALTON, NCC Launch Industry Compliance Forum to Prepare Telecoms for 2026 Tax Reforms

LR: Mr. Taiwo Oyedele, Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms; Abraham Oshadami, Executive Commissioner (Technical Services) for the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), (representative of Dr. Aminu Maida, Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Communications Commission); and Engr. Gbenga Adebayo, Chairman, Association of Licensed Telecom Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), at the Telecoms Industry Compliance Roundtable on November 25, 2025.

LR: Mr. Taiwo Oyedele, Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms; Abraham Oshadami, Executive Commissioner (Technical Services) for the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), (representative of Dr. Aminu Maida, Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Communications Commission); Obiageli Ugboma, Chief Risk and Compliance Officer, MTN Nigeria; and Engr. Gbenga Adebayo, Chairman, Association of Licensed Telecom Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), at the Telecoms Industry Compliance Roundtable on November 25, 2025.

From left: Representative of the Chairman of the Occasion, Mr. Nowel Ngala!; representative of Minister of Aviation, Mrs. Obiageli Orah; Guest Speaker/Former Director General, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, Dr. Harold Demuren and Chief Executive officer, SAPTCO Communication Limited, Mr. Sam Adurogboye, during the Inaugural Lecture to Unveil SAPTCO Communication Limited in Lagos.
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L-R: Fellow Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN), Tolu Akpomedaye; Past President, CITN, Mr. Samuel Agbeluyi;President, CITN, Mr. Innocent Ohagwa; Former Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwumi Ambode;Former Senior Partner , PWC, Mr. Uyi Akpata; and the Vice President, CITN, Mr. Simon Kato, at the CITN 2025 annual dinner and award night held in Lagos recently.

L-R: Henrietta Agun, board member, Goxi Microinsurance; Julius Odidi, representing Olusegun Omosehin, commissioner for insurance, NAICOM; Shina Gbadegeshin, MD/CEO, Goxi Microinsurance; Karimi Nthiga, Africa regional coordinator, Microinsurance Network, Kenya; and Sunday Thomas, founder, Dasunoth Consulting, at the 3rd Annual Goxi MicroInsurance Conference in partnership with Microinsurance Network, in Lagos, recently.

L-R: Ayorinde Adeonipekun, registrar and chief executive, Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS); Fiona Ahimie, 1st vice president; Oluwole Adeniyi, managing director, Stanbic IBTC plc; Oluropo Dada, 13th president and chairman of Council, CIS; Akeem Oyewale, 2nd vice president; Abayomi Oluyomi, Lagos State commissioner for finance; and Kasimu Kurfi, Council member, CIS, during the Special Induction of Oluyomi and Adeniyi as Associate Members of CIS in Lagos recently.

L-R: Olusesin Ogunyooye, head marketing, AXA Mansard; Hyoung Sub Ji, managing director, LG Electronics West Africa Operations; Jumoke Odunlami, chief distribution officer, AXA Mansard; and Yeeun Kim, assistant product manager, Eco Solutions, LG Electronics, at the LG Electronics and AXA Mansard free malaria insurance partnership press parley held recently in Lagos.

L-R: Temitope Jegede, chief executive officer, Tom Associates; Juliet Nwafor, managing director, Iceland Global Services; Tayo Adelaja, corporate affairs manager, Lagos, Nigerian Breweries plc; Assumpta Onyegbule, sales training and capability manager, NB plc; Nelson Emmmanuel, general supervisor, Krispoint Global Kitchen and Lounge; and Bernard Okokon, customer experience manager, NB plc, during the close-out ceremony for Nigerian Breweries Plc’s empowerment program tagged EDGE-“Empowerment to Drive Growth & Excellence”, designed to upskill its customers nationwide and held in Lagos, on Thursday.

L-R; Kingsley Edionwe, Dell Enterprise Product Manager, MITSUMI Distribution; Owolabi Akala, Head, Operations Solutions Implementation, Interswitch, receiving the award for the Fintech Category (Nigeria) on behalf of Patrick Okebu, Chief Information Officer, Interswitch; Comfort Oboh, Channels Manager, Bluechip Technologies; and Abiola Laseinde, Convener, the CIO & C-Suite Awards Africa, at the CIO & C-Suite Awards, which recently held in Lagos.

L-R: Funke Ijaiya-Oladipo, Group Finance Director, UAC of Nigeria PLC; Temi Popoola, Group Managing Director/ CEO, Nigerian Exchange Group; Folasope Aiyesimoju, Group Managing Director, UAC of Nigeria PLC; Alhaji (Dr.) Umaru Kwairanga, Group Chairman, Nigerian Exchange Group ; Suzanne Iroche, Independent Non-Executive Director, UAC of Nigeria PLC and Jude Chiemeka, CEO, Nigerian Exchange Limited, during the UAC “Facts Behind the Acquisition” presentation, held recently in Lagos.