FOR Nigerians willing to explore the Internet via Elon Musk Starlink platform, the firm has offered two alternative payment channels to order its hardware. Starlink, at the weekend, said Nigerians can use either Payday or barter, which are platforms that allow people to create virtual dollar cards and fund them with naira. Starlink is...
Read MoreBy Staff Reporter TWO directors of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Alhassan Haru and Efosa Idehen have been respectively redeployed to man the Technical Standards and Network Integrity (TSNI), and the Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement (CME) departments of the Commission in a move to further enhance operational efficiency and sustain regulatory excellence. In...
Read MoreA group, Kano North Renaissance (KNR), has congratulated the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, over his recent emergence as the regulator of the year at the prestigious Vanguard Newspapers Award. The award was presented to the professor of telecommunications in recognition of his outstanding contributions to...
Read MoreBy Favour Unukaso THE Nigerian Communications Commission’s Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT), in line with its mandate, has rolled out some advisories as cyber threat actors continue to devise means of compromising their targets, especially in the last five weeks. The latest of such advisories urged users to be mindful after attackers...
Read MoreBy Staff Reporter THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has called on innovators in the country to come up with indigenous solutions that will help the country bridge her digital divide. This is even as NCC restated its support to empower local innovators in the country. Speaking in Lagos, Tuesday, at third ‘Yearly ICT Innovation...
Read MoreTHE Federal Government through the National Population Commission (NPC) has signed a landmark deal with Nigeria’s integrated technology brand, Zinox, for the supply of the tech components and other accessories for the 2023 national census project, further justifying President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s commitment on local content promotion. The contract, worth over N85 billion, was...
Read MoreNIGERIA and Republic of Niger have signed a bilateral agreement in Abuja for coordination of frequency utilisation along their borders to ensure seamless deployment of services around within the two countries. The agreement signing ceremony was one of the highlights of the two-day Digital Economy Regional Conference, hosted by the Nigerian government and...
Read MoreTHE Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, is set to receive the 2022 Regulator of the Year Award at the highly-coveted Vanguard Personality of the Year Awards. Vanguard Newspaper Limited, the organizers of the event, has said that Danbatta would receive the award category at...
Read MoreBy Staff reporter THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has tasked old and new licensees on the need to deliver on their respective mandates by offering telecoms consumers the best of service. The Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, made this known in Lagos, Thursday, when Mafab Communications formally unveils its...
Read MoreTHE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement Systems (NIBSS) have unveiled Nigeria’s first National payment card named AfriGo. At the unveiling virtually yesterday, the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, said the card was designed to cater to local peculiarities that the existing card products have failed to cater to. Emefiele said...
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