The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Google LLC have strengthened their partnership to grow Africa’s burgeoning digital economy with the signing of a Letter of Intent during the Global Africa Business Initiative at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Analysts estimate that Africa’s digital economy is valued at $115 billion and project that […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), in keeping with its responsibilities under the enabling law, the Nigerian Communications Act (NCA) 2003, to manage Nigeria’s numbering resources, has announced new numbering format for fixed lines. A statement issued by the commission’s Director, Public Affairs, Reuben Mouka, disclosed that the process, Nigeria’s Fixed-Lines Numbering Format has changed from […]
President Bola Tinubu has advised foreign investors to explore for good returns the opportunities in the Nigerian economy through investments. Tinubu made the appeal on Wednesday in New York, when he rang the NASDAQ’s closing bell as part of the proceedings at the Executive Business Dialogue in the United States. Speaking at the event, the […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), in keeping with its responsibilities under the enabling law, the Nigerian Communications Act (NCA) 2003, to manage Nigeria’s numbering resources, has announced new numbering format for fixed lines. A statement issued by the commission’s Director, Public Affairs, Reuben Mouka, disclosed that the process, Nigeria’s Fixed-Lines Numbering Format has changed from […]
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Hon. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has commended the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for its regulatory roles for its dedicated efforts in promoting awareness and knowledge of Information Communications Technologies (ICT), among the Judiciary in particular, and the Nigerian public. The CJN made this remark at the 2023 edition of NCC-hosted […]
….Highlights Achievements So Far In Kano The national target to achieve 70% broadband penetration by 2025 is receiving renewed attention from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), which promises 50 per cent before the end of 2023, the commission’s Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has assured. The promise was one of the highlights […]
The Michael Imoudu National Institute of Labour Studies (MINILS) has decorated the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, with the award of Fellowship of the Nigeria Institute of Labour (NIL) under the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment. At the conferment ceremony in Abuja, which was part of the […]
The Federal Government has approved a review of the NCC Act 2003 to streamline Nigerian Communications Commission’s (NCC’s) regulatory roles in line with the Information Technology policy development and avoid overlapping of its functions with those of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA). The approval may not be unconnected with recent disagreements between NCC […]
The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has again cautioned telecommunication consumers on the rising trend of electronic frauds on telecom platforms across key sectors of the Nigerian economy. The NCC’s Director, Consumer Protection and Advocacy Unit, Consumer Affairs Bureau, Mr. Alkasim Umar, gave the warning during a sensitisation programme tagged: ‘Shine Your Eyes-No Fall Mugu’, in […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has approved the transfer of a 10MHz spectrum in the 2.6GHz spectrum band from OPENSKYS Services Limited (OS) to MTN Nigeria. It stated that approval of the 2.6GHz, which is designated for the deployment of terrestrial mobile broadband services, was conveyed to it by the regulatory commission on September 7, […]