Month: November 2023

Senate Begins Amendment Of Cybercrime Act ,As NUJ,NCC,Others Make Inputs

ADEOLA YUSUF

As the Nigerian Senate commenced the process to amend the Cybercrime Act 2015, Senate President Godswill Akpabio has disclosed how the country suffered financial losses as a result of cybercrime actors activities. Senator Akpabio made the disclosure in his remarks while declaring open a one-day public hearing on the Cybercrime (Prohibition and Prevention) Act (Amendment) Bill, 2023 at the Senate Complex, Abuja, on Wednesday. Akpabio, who was represented by the Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, harped on the need to establish a comprehensive legal framework to deter, investigate,…

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NCC Working With Network Operators To Improve Quality Of Service, Enhance Telecoms Consumer Experience –Maida

Abibat Babalola

ConsumerConnect reports Dr. Maida, stated this in his opening remarks at a stakeholders’ forum, which the NCC organised Thursday, November 16, 2023, in Lagos. The EVC/CEO of the Commission also assured the stakeholders that the industry regulator would continue to work with he telecoms operators to improve the Quality of Service (QoS) in the telecoms sector, so as to enhance telecoms consumers’ Quality of Experience (QoE) in the ecosystem. Earlier in his presentation at the stakeholders’ forum Thursday, Engr. Gbenga Adebayo, Chairman of the Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of…

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Telecom Operators Plan Tariff Hike

Abibat Babalola

Abuja, Nov. 18, 2023 – Telecom operators in the country may be forced to increase their tariffs if banks refuse to pay the N200 billion they owed members. Mr Gbenga Adebayo, the Chairman of the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), said this on Thursday when his members met with Dr Aminu Maida, the new Executive Vice Chairman of Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC). He urged Maida to intervene in the payment of the debts. According to the association, the debts, which currently stand at about N200 billion, were…

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NCC Releases List Of States With Highest Levies & Taxes Strangulating Telecoms Operators

Abibat Babalola

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has released the list of States, Local Government in the country with the highest levies and taxes that is making the telecoms operators in the telecoms industry unable to breath. The list showed how Governments in all levels of the Federation make it difficult for the telecoms companies to deploy infrastructure needed to drive the nation’s digital economy to the desired destination. According to a document of the NCC, sighted by TechnologyMirror, the Commission revealed that some of the states have established special Agencies for the purpose…

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NCC Vice Chairman, Maida Tasks Nokia To Invest In Nigeria’s ICT R&D

Abibat Babalola

A statement by Reuben Muoka, Director, Public Affairs and made available to Spark News said, Maida made the request when a delegation from Nokia Networks of Finland led by the Deputy Minister, Under-Secretary of State for International Trade from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Jarno Syrjala, visited the Commission recently to explore further opportunities for mutually-beneficial relationships. He told the delegation that the Nigerian government is keenly interested in harnessing Nokia’s capabilities through technology transfer to support Nigerian youths in technical skills. The Nigerian government is targeting training…

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NCC And Dubai Telecom Authority Forge Strategic Alliance for Telecom Transformation

Abibat Babalola

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), Aminu Maida, has expressed his enthusiasm for the remarkable strides in spectrum management and investment facilitation achieved by the Dubai telecom industry regulator. Maida spoke during a meeting with the Director General of the Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority, Majed Sultan Al Mesmar, on the sidelines of the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) in Dubai. Maida, impressed by the transformative progress witnessed under the leadership of the Emirate’s telecom authority, emphasized the need for a paradigm shift in operational strategies…

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Sterling One Foundation Partners Live Abundantly, British High Commission On Gender Based Violence

Ganiyu Amodu

Lagos, Nigeria, November 28, 2023: Sterling One Foundation, in collaboration with Live Abundantly and the Deputy British High Commissioner to Nigeria, has officially launched the 2023 edition of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence in Nigeria. The 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children Campaign, an annual United Nations initiative held annually from November 25 to December 10 (International Human Rights Day), aims to eradicate violence against women. The global campaign, established in 1991 by the Women’s Global Leadership Institute at Rutgers University, has…

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OAU Student Lands In Hospital After 58-hour Wash-a-thon

Ganiyu Amodu

The student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Subair Enitan, who embarked on a handwashing marathon to set a new Guinness World Record, has landed in hospital. Enitan had ended the marathon in the early hours of Monday. According to a post on the official X handle for the marathon, Enitan ended the marathon after 58 hours, surpassing her initial plan of 50 hours. READ ALSO Agbo-A-Thon: Lady To Cook Herbs For 300-Hours Traps They Set For You; 6 Tricks Of ATM Fraudsters Revealed No Drumming, Dancing At My Burial; Warnings Iyalode…

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Agbo-A-Thon: Lady To Cook Herbs For 300-Hours

Ganiyu Amodu

A young Nigerian lady based in Ibadan, Eniola Fagbemi Sisialagbo, is ready to set a new Guinness World Record for the longest cooking of Herbs (Agbo). Eniola, who is a businesswoman, shared her ambitious goal to kick off the ‘Agbo-A-Thon’ on Facebook, expressing her determination to secure a Guinness World Record at the end of the challenge. In her post, she announced that her proposed 300-hour Agbo-A-Thon had received approval from the Guinness World Record team, and she extended wishes of luck to herself. Although Eniola has not yet disclosed…

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Traps They Set For You; 6 Tricks Of ATM Fraudsters Revealed

Ganiyu Amodu

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says the rate of unauthorised withdrawals from bank accounts of customers has become alarming. The commission, through its Head, Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, stated this in a statement on Monday night. It noted that after some investigations, the commission found that such withdrawals are linked to Automated Teller Machine, Debit Card swapping or fraud. The statement read, “The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has been inundated with a barrage of complaints from well-meaning Nigerians concerning unauthorised withdrawals from their bank accounts, which investigations…

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