The Japanese Government has announced plans to boost cooperation with Nigeria and other Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries by investing about $30 billion in Nigeria and others between now and year 2025. The Japanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Matsunaga Kazuyoshi, made this disclosure at an event organized by the Japanese Embassy to commemorate the 63rd birthday […]
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, on Tuesday reported that over 6.9 million hacking attempts by cybercriminals were recorded in public websites during the Presidential and National Assembly elections conducted on February 25 nationwide. Noting that the hacking attempts during the day is a huge surge from the daily attempts of […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Monday directed mobile network operators (MNOs) to commence implementation of approved harmonized short codes (HSC) for providing certain services to telecom consumers in Nigeria in furtherance of its consumer-centric approach to telecoms regulation in the country. The Commission, in a statement issued by its Director, Corporate Communications, Rueben Muoka, […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has concluded arrangements to host an event to mark the 2023 World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) in Abuja with spotlight on its regulatory initiatives on clean energy usage in the telecoms sector. World Consumer Rights Day is celebrated on March 15 every year as a means of raising global awareness about consumer […]
Yellow Card has launched additional five coins to its app to provide a wider-range of cryptocurrencies for its growing customers in Africa. The latest launch by the firm with a presence in 16 African countries allows customers to view and trade over seven digital assets including Bitcoin (BTC), Tether (USDT), Ethereum (ETH), USD Coin (USDC), […]
Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) in the country have commenced processes for the implementation of harmonized uniform shortcodes for telecommunication services in line with the regulatory initiative of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) aimed at ensuring uniformity across all networks. The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), which gave this hint in a statement […]
The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, on Monday disclosed that Nigeria’s digital economy had attracted about $4.4 billion investments over the past four years. Inuwa gave this hint at a media chat organized by the Ministry of Women Affairs with the theme ‘DigitALL: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality’ […]
The National Institute of Security Studies (NISS) has solicited the cooperation of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in the deployment of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) tools and solutions for improved national security. Speaking during a visit to the Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, in Abuja, the Institute’s Director, Research Estimates […]
As the recent monetary policy measures of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and electioneering campaigns continue to constrain economic activities nationwide over the past few weeks, researchers at Proshare Nigeria Limited have projected that the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will slow down to 2% in the first quarter this year. This is far […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the telecoms industry regulator, has reported that in 2021 there was a drop in capital inflow (Foreign Direct Investment) into the Nigerian telecoms industry, decreasing from $942.863 million in 2020 to $417.481 million the following year. The Commission, in its ‘2021 Subscriber/Network Data Annual Report’ published on Friday, indicated that […]