The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has decided to suspend its planned disconnection of Glo subscribers from calling MTN lines for 21 days.JAMB Result This decision follows the commission’s earlier Pre-Disconnection Notice on January 8, 2024, stating that MTN Nigeria Communications Plc. was approved to commence phased disconnection of Globacom Limited from January 18, 2024.JAMB Portal … Read more
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reiterated that there are no plans to increase telecom tariff due to subsidy removal. LEADERSHIP reports.Information Guide Nigeria Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, the executive vice chairman, (EVC), NCC gave the assurance at the weekend while receiving Titans of Tech(ToT) award in Lagos. Danbatta said: “NCC has said that it … Read more
The Nigerian Communications Commission’s (NCC) Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) has warned WhatsApp users in Nigeria about the app.Information Guide Nigeria The commission said the platform has become the primary target of hackers and scammers looking for ways to gain unauthorized access to users’ accounts. It warned Nigerians to be security conscious while on … Read more
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that telecommunications companies lost a total of 12 million internet subscribers in 2021.Information Guide Nigeria This was due to the national identification number (NIN) linkage policy. THE CABLE reports that according to its latest report titled, ‘2021 subscriber/network data annual report’, NCC said a total of nine million … Read more
Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has, once again, paid an inspection visit to the site of the ongoing construction of the Digital Industrial Park (DIP) project in Kano State, where he received an unambiguous assurance from the contractors that the project will be finished by January 2023.Information … Read more
Telecoms operators activated 983,174 telephone lines by the end of August, which increased the number of active subscriptions from 208,969,445 in July to 209,952,619 one month later.Infomation Guide Nigeria The activation of the lines caused the country’s teledensity to increase by 0.52 percent, from 109.47% in July to 109.99 percent in August, according to the … Read more
Nigerians will soon start paying 12.5 per cent tax on telecommunications services as the federal government plans to implement five per cent inclusive excise duty on telecommunications services in Nigeria. PREMIUM TIMES reports. Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Finance Budget and National Planning said this at a stakeholders’ forum on implementation of excise duty on … Read more
Govt Can’t Deny Us Access To Firearms, Let Alone Stop Us From Buying Fuel – Bandits’ Leader A notorious bandit leader, Bello Turji, has said that the government cannot stop them from bringing fuel since they have been unable to stop illegal firearms in circulation.Information Guide Nigeria According to DAILY TRUST, Bello Turji spoke in … Read more