The Central Bank of Nigeria and Nigerian Communications Commission have jointly approve the introduction of new charges for customers using the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data services (USSD). This was contained in a statement released on Tuesday and jointly signed by the apex bank’s Acting Director, Corporate Communications, Osita Nwanisobi; and …
Read More »Nigeria Telcos to Suspend USSD Services to Banks Over Debt
The Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) have threatened to disconnect the banks from the USSD services by March 15 over indebtedness. Millions of Nigerians use the shortcode platform to access banking services daily through their phones, but the telcos say they are being owed by the banks. In …
Read More »Pantami Launches Improved NIN Slip, Mobile App
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami has approved the development and release of an improved National Identity Number (NIN) slip and a Mobile App. This is part of the Federal Government’s policy to improve the process of obtaining NIN and linking it to SIM, …
Read More »In 5 Years, NCC Remitted N362.34bn Revenue to FG
The Executive Vice Chairman, of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Umar Danbatta, on Friday said the Commission remitted over N362.34bn as revenue in five years to the Federal Government’s consolidated revenue account. Danbatta made the disclosure in his presentation to Course 29 Participants at the National Defence College Abuja. In …
Read More »Average Cost of Internet Data Reduces to N487.18 in 2020
The average cost of 1GB of data has reduced from the January 2020 cost of N1,000 to N487.18 in November, 2020, a report by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) submitted to the Minister Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has revealed. A statement by Dr Femi Adeluyi …
Read More »NCC Directs Suspension of Sale, Registration, Activation of New SIM Cards
In line with the Federal Government’s desire to consolidate the achievement of the SIM Card registration exercise of September, 2019, the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), has directed the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to embark on another audit of the Subscriber Registration Database …
Read More »AfCFTA: Stakeholders Target African Digital Market by 2030
Stakeholders in Nigeria’s information and communications technology sector have expressed confidence that beyond achieving the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement, Africa could succeed in having a single digital market by 2030 if all hands are on deck to build infrastructure that would position the Continent as the top …
Read More »MTN, 9mobile Get Trial Approval for Roaming Service
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has granted approval for two mobile network operators (MNOs) to carry out trial on National Roaming Service for a period of three months, beginning from August 1 and ending on October 31. Ikechukwu Adinde, NCC Director, Public Affairs, said this in a statement on Sunday …
Read More »Buhari Sacks Copyright Commission’s Chairman, Clinton Jaja
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Chairman of the Governing of the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), Dr. Tony Clinton Jaja. Dayo Apata, Solicitor-General of the Federation, conveyed Buhari’s directive in a letter dated 15 October, 2020, and forwarded to Jaja himself. The body of the letter reads: “I have been …
Read More »Copyright Board Members Disown Chairman’s Petition Against DG
Board members of the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) have denied endorsing a letter by their Governing Board Chairman, Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja, to sack the Director-General of the Commission, Mr. John O. Asein. Jaja, in a letter dated 22nd September 2020, had requested that President Muhammadu Buhari, should suspend Asien, …
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