The Nigerian Communication Commission ( NCC) says combatting e-fraud on telecom platforms and building consumer confidence in the digital economy require a collective effort.ncc Prof. Umar Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, said this during the 2nd Quarter 2023 Industry Consumer Advisory Forum (ICAF) meeting in Lagos...
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By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has invited international telecom companies and potential investors to take advantage of the opportunities presented by Nigeria’s population of over 200 million people to invest in its telecom sector, especially in infrastructure...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) and Internet Service Providers (ISP) in the country to comply with regulatory frameworks emplaced by the Commission towards ensuring security and safety of their networks for telecom consumers. The Executive Vice Chairman and...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) says the number of identified areas of clusters across Nigeria without access to the telecommunications services has been reduced by 53.1 per cent as at the end of 2022. The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has been conferred with the “Excellent Service Delivery and Accountability Award” by the Association of Public Procurement Practitioners of Nigeria (APPON). The award was in recognition of Danbatta’s outstanding performance and...
Premium Times Books, the book publishing arm of the Premium Times Group, is pleased to announce the release of a new title, Cyber Politics: Social Media, Social Demography and Voting Behaviour in Nigeria. The book, written by Omoniyi P. Ibietan, is officially making its way to physical and online bookshop...
By OFFOR CALLISTUS, Abuja – The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has flagged off the first Talk-To-The Regulator Forum for the Year, 2023, holding in the South-South, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Professor Umar Danbatta, in his keynote address, acknowledged the crucial contribution of the...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), will be conferred with the esteemed National Productivity Order of Merit (NPOM) Award, among other notable Nigerians. The announcement was made in an advertorial signed by the Director General of...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Federal Government has unveiled 4,366 digital economy projects implemented in different part of the country as part of efforts to consolidate the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS). The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, who unveiled the projects...
Telecommunications Operators in Nigeria say they have been granted approval by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to disconnect banks over N120 billion Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) debt. This was made known in a statement signed by Mr Gbenga Adebayo, Chairman of the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says it has been inundated with frequent complaints from consumers on fast depletion of their internet data. Its Chairman, Board of Commissioners, Prof. Adeolu Akande, made this known on Thursday at the NCC fifth edition of Campus Conversation held at the University of Ibadan....
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says it is fully committed to the effective and efficient implementation of the Federal Government’s policy direction in repositioning the youth for the digital era job opportunities through a programme tagged, Digital Job Creation for Youths (DJCY). Executive Vice...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has approved unified USSD codes for all mobile networks in Nigeria. The harmonized shortcodes (HSC) will work across all mobile networks in the country. This means all mobile network services will be using the same customer care number, the same...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has commenced nationwide training of another batch of 600 youths in ICT to make them relevant in the new digital age. This is contained in a statement issued by the NCC and made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Ibadan. The News Agency of...
By CALLUSTIS OFFOR – Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, on Thursday, led a delegation of top officials of the Commission on condolence visits to the families of two prominent Nigerians who recently passed away. The visits were to the families of...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says it is not the regulator of the contents of the social media networks that many stakeholders have complained about. The Director, Public Affairs of the Commission, Mr. Reuben Muoka, stated this while receiving members of the National Civil...
The Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy is set to spend its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of N41.6 billion in the provision of broadband connectivity in higher institutions, airports and markets. Speaking at a news briefing on Thursday in Abuja, the Minister, Prof. Isa Pantami stated that the N41.6billon...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Mr Mele Kyari, the Group Managing Director of Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) are among Nigerians to be honoured with merit awards on Thursday, in Lagos. The event is the public...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has debunked reports making the rounds on social media that it allegedly tracked and leaked the audio conversation of the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi. It would be recalled that Mr. Obi has also distanced...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission’s Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) has recommended that users of the popular messaging app, WhatsApp, set up Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) to avoid falling victim to account takeover by hackers. In an advisory issued on Tuesday, NCC-CSIRT noted that WhatsApp,...