NCC hands new mandates to Haru, Idehen, others

By 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 More

Group congratulates NCC boss on ‘Regulator of the Year’ award

A 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 More

NCC rallies innovators on indigenous solution for Nigeria’s digital divide

By 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 More

NCC boss receives Vanguard’s Regulator of the Year award today

THE 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 More

NCC tasks licensees as Mafab targets 100 5G sites by February

By 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 More

More Nigerians on national database as NIN issuance hits 95m

  By Staff Reporter MORE Nigerians have been identified and added to the national database as the figure of National Identification Number (NIN) issued by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) rose to 95 million as of January 22. According to data obtained from the NIMC, the commission was able to enroll 21.3 million... Read More

Mafab begins 5G operations as Musk’s Starlink comes to IXPN

By Staff Reporter EXCEPT for any last-minute change, Mafab Communications may have kept to its promise of January roll out of the Fifth Generation (5G) network service in Nigeria as the firm would by the end of this week unveil its network logo in Lagos. Sources within the Nigeria telecoms industry, who are conversant... Read More

Danbatta’s exemplary leadership in public service recognised

By Favour Unukaso THE Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission, (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta was at the weekend in Lagos, decorated with an Award of Exemplary Leadership in Public Service. The award was conferred on Danbatta at the 12th Anniversary Lecture and Award of Nigerian NewsDirect, one... Read More

Nigeria’s active telephone lines hit 222m as telcos share 25.1m subscribers in 2022

    By Staff Reporter TELECOMS operators in Nigeria added some 25.1 million telephone lines to the country’s network in 2022, statistics from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) have revealed. These 25.1million included new lines that were activated and those who were reactivated after they were barred due to their non-compliance with the NIN-SIM... Read More

NCC, NLRC renew partnership, move against unapproved lottery, others

  By Favour Unukaso THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Wednesday in Abuja, signed a revised Memorandum of Understanding with the National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC), with provisions to deter unapproved lottery and gaming practices on telecommunications platforms through information and intelligence sharing. Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, noted that the... Read More