The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has halted the allocation of frequency spectrum likely to be approved for 5G services by the International Telecommunications Union. This was...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that the number of active telephone lines in the country increased from 162,058,918 in September to 165,239,443 in October....
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) at the weekend received the report of a panel of seven experts on research blueprint set up in order to enhance...
The Director of Strategic Communications and Spokesperson for the President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation, Festus Keyamo has denied reports that the body has received a large...
Due to high cost of mobile data, over two billion people are said to have been cut off from the Internet. The Alliance for Affordable Internet...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says its partnership with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has led to the arrest of four pre-registered Subscriber...
Fresh facts have emerged on why the sale of 9mobile still lingers despite the declaration of Teleology Holdings Limited as the preferred bidder by Barclays Africa,...
Nigeria’s telecommunication giant, MTN Nigeria, has lost about one million subscribers in one month, according to Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The latest industry statistics released by...
No fewer than 40 million Nigerians in 200 communities across the country are being deprived access to the internet, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said on...
Some shareholders of 9mobile (formerly Etisalat) have warned against the sale of the telecommunication firm in view of a pending case before the Federal High Court...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC) to use telecommunications networks for the...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said the number of internet users in the country dropped in June by three hundred and forty seven thousand, six hundred...
Telecommunications subscribers across the four mobile networks in Nigeria spent an estimated N1.05 trillion on airtime in the first five months of the year, New Telegraph...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to protect critical National...
Although there have been sanctions against telecommunications operators involved in call masking, SIM-Boxing and related fraud, the menace still persists. About this time last year, The...
The implementation of data rollover policy by the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) takes effect today, even as the commission placed N5 million fine on defaulting operators....
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Monday stopped moves by South African mobile giant, MTN Group, to acquire the only surviving Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)...
Sunday Dare, Executive Commissioner of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), says it is a blessing for Nigerians to observe the Muslim Eid-el-Fitr celebration for the third consecutive...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has disbursed research grants worth N50 million to nine winners of the 2016 and 2017 Research Proposals from Nigerian Universities for...
The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Umar Danbatta, has said the commission would create a legal framework to regulate the provision and...
The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has barred over 750,000 numbers belonging to Vodacom Business Africa (Nigeria) Limited, Swift Telephone Networks and other telecommunication operators over masking...
The Board of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has approved two additional Infrastructure Company (Infraco) Licences. The two new Infraco licencees are Zinox Technology Limited for...
A potential battle is currently looming between the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Interconnect Exchange Operators over some alleged sharp practices going on in the telecommunications...
Still engrossed in the complex process of steadying ship and heralding a new chapter anchored on finding a new buyer, 9Mobile has been hit by new...
Contrary to reports making the rounds that the date for the planned sale of 9mobile has been shifted from January 16 to February 16, 2018, the...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has revealed that it was concerned by the inability of internet users to access their leftover data after expiration date, and...
Chief executive officers of major telecommunications companies have been invited to an emergency meeting in Abuja over persistent breach of national security with pre-registered SIM cards....
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says it has introduced new regulation to check rampant SIM swap fraud, especially regarding cases involving customers’ bank accounts. The commission...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Thursday revealed that the telecommunications sector contributed N1.6 trillion to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the second quarter of the...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has revealed that Nigeria maintains an abysmal ranking in global cybercrime as it places third only behind the UK and the...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has stopped plans by telecommunications provider, Globacom to offer free data to its subscribers on Friday, August 11, 2017. The commission...
Respite may have come the way of 9mobile, as feelers from the consortium of banks it owes $1.2 billon is that they are willing to wait...
Without fresh investments, the newly rebranded teleco, 9mobile, would not be out of the woods in the nearest future. This is based on the pressure the...
The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) is said to have succeeded in brokering a deal to resolve the impasse that has greeted Etisalat’s business relationship with its...
As the management team of Etisalat, led by its chief executive officer (CEO), Mr. Matthew Willsher, resigned, a fresh crisis is brewing over who takes total...
Before July 2017 comes to an end, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) would have announced successful firms to be licenced for telecoms infrastructure services, classified under...
Following the planned takeover of Etisalat Nigeria, a telecommunication firm, by a consortium of banks led by Access Bank, the regulatory agency has assured Nigerians that...
The mainstream of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP aligned to the Senator Ahmed Makarfi led National Caretaker Committee, NCC is set to trigger the alternative option...
Hope has come the way of the GSM provider, Etisalat Nigeria which is under threat of takeover by a consortium of banks for a $1.72 billion...
There is palpable tension, anxiety and frustration at the headquarters of Etisalat Nigeria, over the failure of the GSM to repay a loan of over $1.72...
Following news reports that a mobile phone operator in Nigeria, Etisalat, is having a running battle with a consortium of banks, which it obtained some loan...
One of Africa’s biggest mobile phone operator, MTN Group, has suffered its first annual loss in revenue projections in two decades, due mainly to a fine...
As Senators get closer to the passage of the first phase of the much-awaited Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), lawmakers have expressed their readiness to override President...
Despite claims by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) that it achieved a seamless exercise in sim card registrations; this has been discovered not to be the...
Five government departments and agencies, which failed to comply with the directive to remit all Federal government funds in their kitty have been given up to...
With the recent widespread condemnation that trailed the proposed hike in price of data tariff, the service providers and NCC have begun a blame game. It...
The Senate, on Wednesday, instructed the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) to immediately stop the planned increment of data tarrifs for mobile phone users. The Upper Legislative...
The proposed hike in the cost of internet data has been kicked against vehemently by Nigerians who describe the move as insensitive on the side of...
The Senate at plenary on Thursday turned down the nomination of Saidu Abubakar, a nominee for the board of the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC). It should...
The troubles of communications giant, MTN, in Nigeria has caused it to be downgraded to junk by the international ratings agency, Standard and Pauls (S&P). ...
