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NCC Moves to Review Telecoms License Structure

Ayomide Oyewole 18/06/2021

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has initiated the process for the review of existing licensing structure in the Nigerian telecommunications industry. The move was a demonstration of NCC’s responsiveness to global trends and the dynamics in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) ecosystem. The Director, Public Affairs at NCC, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, in a statement, […]Read More

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FG Releases Fresh Guidelines for Stolen SIM Cards Replacement.

Ayomide Oyewole 04/01/2021

The Federal government has released fresh guidelines for the replacement of SIM cards that are damaged, stolen or lost as part of efforts to tidy up the processes of obtaining fresh cards. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economic, Dr Isa Ibrahim Pantami approved the new guidelines following the recommendation of a Ministerial Task Force […]Read More

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NCC Promises Robust ICT Infrastructure for Economic Development

LTV 28/09/2020

For even development of the country and the economy, Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has pledged that his organisation would continue to promote the deployment of robust Information and Communications Technology (ICT) infrastructure nationwide. He gave the assurance in a presentation titled, “Communication Technology for Service Delivery […]Read More

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NCC Decry Continued Fraudulent SIM Registrations

Ayomide Oyewole 17/04/2019

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, in March 2011 issued directives to telecom service providers to commence Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards registration nationwide. NCC Mobile phone subscribers in Nigeria were urged to register their SIM cards with only appointed agents. The Commission also directed that all SIM cards, irrespective of the network, were to be […]Read More

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NCC To Disburse Subsidy Money To InfraCos.

Ayomide Oyewole 25/03/2019

abuja—The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, yesterday announced that it had concluded plans to disburse money to Infrastructure companies, InfraCos, to facilitate provision of affordable internet services in the country. ADVERTISING NCC Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, spoke weekend when he received a delegation from the United States Trade and Development Agency […]Read More

INEC Engages EFCC, FIU, CBN, Others To Track Campaign Finance

Ayomide Oyewole 12/02/2019

ANTI-GRAFT agencies, financial institutions and other agengies have been urged by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to assist in tracking campaign finances of political parties and their candidates. The agencies are: Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) […]Read More

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Internet Users In Nigeria Hits 111.6m

Ayomide Oyewole 21/01/2019

Internet users in Nigeria increased marginally to more than 111.6 million in December 2018, the Nigerian Communications Commission has said. The NCC made this known on Monday in its Monthly Internet Subscribers Data for December posted on its website. The data showed that overall internet users increased to 111,632,516 in December 2018 from the 108,457,051 […]Read More

Nigeria Confirms Readiness for 5G roll-out by 2020.

Ayomide Oyewole 29/11/2018

Against all odds, Nigeria has confirmed her readiness to roll out 5G network by 2020. The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Unarmed Danbatta, stated this in Abuja, on Thursday at the Workshop on the future of industry: Driving Innovation and Growth, organised in partnership with the Global System for mobile […]Read More

NCC Raises Alarm Over Vandalism Of Infrastructure.

Ayomide Oyewole 09/11/2018

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has warned against vandalism of telecommunication infrastructure, stressing that the act is compromising Federal Government’s efforts toward achieving 30 per cent broadband penetration in 2018. Miss Helen Obi, the commission’s Head of Zonal Operations in Niger, said this at a one-day sensitization programme on “Protection of Telecommunication Infrastructure” on Thursday. According […]Read More

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Nigerian Government Tells MTN To Pay $2bn Tax Arrears

Mariam Harun 05/09/2018

The Federal Government has asked MTN Nigeria to pay taxes of $2bn (N700bn), six days after the Central Bank of Nigeria ordered it to repatriate $8.13 billion ‘illegally taken out of the country’. The telecom company said in a brief statement that the Attorney General’s office gave “notice of an intention to recover the $2 […]Read More