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11 Oct
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has released new conditions for operators offering Closed User Group (CUG) services in the telecoms industry.
23 Sep
The African Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF) conference has ended in Abuja with a call to African leaders to ensure that the, “continent is connected with a free internet that is inclusive, safe and secure for all.” 
20 Sep 2023
The federal Government’s plan to have an inclusive information and communications technology (ICT) sector, enhance the digital economy and see more contributions of the industry to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) may be hampered by the refusal of states ....
19 Sep 2023
The Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) has stated that Nigeria can build a robust and inclusive digital payment ecosystem with active collaboration among key stakeholders Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof Umar Danbatta, while speaking at the 2023 yearly conference of the Finance Correspondent Association of Nigeria (FICAN) with the theme “Strengthening Digital Infrastructure for Efficient Innovative Payment System in Nigeria, held on Saturday in Lagos, said for Nigeria to advance its payment system, there is need for stakeholders to adopt a multidimensional collaboration in the system.
18 Sep 2023
Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice-Chairman (EVC), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has urged telecom stakeholders to develop innovative solutions that would promote digital inclusivity, protect online freedom and ensure security of interconnected world.
8 Sep 2023
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has confirmed that the impasse between telecommunication operators and deposit money banks (DMBs) over the accumulated N120 billion unstructured supplementary service data (USSD) debt has been resolved after the intervention of the Central Bank...
24 Aug 2023
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) disclosed that a major key achievement of some of the policies initiated by it, especially as it relates to local content development, is the ban on the importation of whole-body subscriber identification module (SIM) cards.
4 Aug 2023
To check rising energy costs ravaging the economy from which the telecoms industry is not immune, the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) is on the verge of introducing policies that would encourage the sector to adopt clean and sustainable energy sources.
25 Jul 2023
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has began a new roadmap to strengthen quality service regulations in the industry to meet up with the changes in technology development.
23 Jun 2023
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has called for stricter measures against rising telecommunications-linked financial crimes. NCC, therefore, directed telecoms operators to improve the security architecture of their networks to block unwarranted access.
15 Jun 2023
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has charged Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) and Internet Service Providers (ISP) on the security and safety of their network for consumers.
14 Jun 2023
The number of identified clusters across the federation without access to telecommunications services has reduced by 53.1 per cent as at the end of 2022.

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