Over 2.4 billion citizens who reside in Asia, Africa and Nigeria do not have official identity that is not trackable to events or actions. Nigerian Communications Commission’s Director Public Affairs, Mr Tony Ojobo gave this hint in Lagos on Monday at the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, NIPR, during the commission’s Annual Second Directors Conference […]
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The Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu said plans are underway to expand the number of data centres in the country for a digital presence. The platform, apart from consolidating existing government ICT infrastructure, also enables MDAs to exchange data in a seamless manner while allowing each other to remain independent and maintain its privacy and […]
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), on Thursday said it has remitted about ₦133,426,062,786 to the consolidated revenue fund of the Federal Government in the last two years. The Commission’s Director of Public Affairs, Tony Ojobo, who revealed this in a statement yesterday noted that despite not having revenue generation as its primary mandate, the NCC […]
Read More The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has inaugurated 18 member inter-agency committee to deepen the impact of research and development on the telecommunications sector. According to the commission, the mandate of this committee is primarily to evaluate research submissions to aid the growth of the sector beyond where it is now. The committee, whose membership is […]
Read More The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has said that it has reduced the number of complaints emanating from telecom consumers in the country. The Head of Zonal Operations, Department of NCC, Mrs. Helen Obi, who made this known yesterday in Enugu during a road show to sensitise telecom consumers on their rights and privileges regarding the […]
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Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Garba Danbatta, disclosed in Abuja, yesterday, that the telecoms sector contributed a whopping sum of ₦1.549 trillion to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the economy in the second quarter of 2017, representing 6.68 per cent increase from what was recorded in the first quarter […]
Read More The rapidly declining average revenue per user (ARPU) for voice calls, continued constraint on access to foreign exchange (forex), government policy, naira devaluation, revenue loss to Over The Top (OTT) and others are reasons why a 100 per cent tariff hike on calls and data by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) would be inevitable from […]
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Organisers of the Sustainability, Enterprise and Responsibility Awards, otherwise known as The SERAS CSR Awards Africa has announced a list of 84 organizations that beat the deadline for the submission of entries for the 2017 edition. The list include Fidelity bank, GTbank, Diageo, Lafarge, Sahara Energy, Shell, Chevron, Tolaram group, 9Mobile, FCMB, FrieslandCampina, Multichoice, Access […]
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Nigeria’s apex communication sector regulator, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), said it has commenced a thorough check to determine the financial and technical status of all licensed telecommunications operators in the country. The essence of the periodic check, according to the commission, is to ascertain the financial and technical health status of telecoms operators as well […]
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Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says resolving the Etisalat debt issue is an incentive to attract the two billion dollars Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) expected from Mubadala of United Arab Emirates (UAE). Prof. Umar Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of NCC said this in a statement by Mr Tony Ojobo, the Director, Public Affairs of […]
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The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday gave regualory approval to to Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services Limited (EMTS), to officially rebrand from Etislat Nigeria to 9mobile. Its Director, Public Affairs, Tony Ojobo, said the regulator had been officially notified about the name change, adding that it has received the blessing of the regulator. The telco, in […]
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Nigeria now has 91 million internet users, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said. The NCC said internet users increased from 90,124,428 in April to 91,565,010 in May, an increase of 1,440,582. The telecommunications industry regulator made the disclosure in its Monthly Internet Subscribers Data obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday […]
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