Category: ICT

NCC to Slam N200,000 per subscriber penalty on TelCos over NIN Crime

ADEOLA YUSUF

A  proposed fine of N200,000 awaits any mobile communications services provider which fails to verify and validate biometric, National Identity Number and other personal information of each subscriber to its  services, according to the Nigerian Communications Commission  (NCC). A proposed draft regulation on registration of telephone subscribers 2020 recently published on NCC’s website states that    a  licensee who fails to verify and validate biometric, NIN and other personal information before activation is liable to a penalty of N200, 000 for each subscription medium in breach of these requirements.” According to…

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Excessive Time on Facebook Can Lead to Depression – Study

ADEOLA YUSUF

Excessive time on Facebook can lead to depression – Study   A study by social psychologists at the University of Michigan has shown that excessive time on Facebook can lead to depression. The study conducted in 2013, tracked the Facebook use of 82 young adults over a two-week period. “When we feel like we are outside a circle of safety, with no sense of belonging and no sense that others love and care for us, we feel out of control, abandoned and left for dead. And when we feel that…

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Nigeria Damns Critics, Advances 5G deployment Nationwide

ADEOLA YUSUF

Antagonists of 5G have earlier blamed COVID-19 outbreak on the network   The Nigerian Government has advanced moves for the deployment of the Fifth Generation Network, otherwise called 5G across the country. Platforms Africa reports that some antagonists of 5G network have earlier blamed COVID-19 outbreak on the network. They have claimed that vaccination against COVID-19 might include injection of microchips into human system to tag them, a claim that has been thouroughly dispelled by researchers and scientists. The Nigerian Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim-Pantami,…

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NCC, FIRS others to boost e-Government adoption

ADEOLA YUSUF

ICT industry players such as the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), and Galaxy Backbone will be promoting e-Government adoption at the 2021 Nigeria e-Government Summit. The summit is scheduled to hold September 29, 2021 at the Sheraton Hotel in Lagos With the theme; ‘eGovernment Adoption in Nigeria: Opportunities and Challenges.’ Organisers, DigiServe Network Services Limited,said the event would discuss the need to reposition government agencies and parastatals to enable them take advantage of advances in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to improve service delivery to Nigerians.…

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NCC cautions Centres on NIN registration amidst COVID-19 Spread

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has advised telecoms subscribers to observe the Coronavirus guidelines and protect themselves during the ongoing National Identification Number (NIN) enrollment process in various centres across the country As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the independent national regulatory authority for the telecommunications industry, appealed to Nigerians to adhere strictly to the stipulated COVID-19 guidelines. The Commission, in a consumer education and protection cum public sensitisation material containing a message posted on its Facebook page on the necessity to…

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Nigeria Mulls New Legislation to Criminalise Vandalism of ICT Infrastructure

ADEOLA YUSUF

In its efforts at ensuring that telecoms consumers continue to have access to high quality services by telecoms operators, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has updated and released both the Quality of Service (QoS) and Measured QoS KPI Data for Operators in the telecommunications sector in the country. The Commission is constitutionally empowered to establish the minimum Quality of Service (QoS) standards in service delivery for the telecommunications industry in Nigeria. In the updated documents released by the Commission on their corporate Website the Commission stated the QoS standards are…

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NCC mulls hearing on Registration of Telephone Subscribers Regulations, others

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has concluded plans to hold a Public Hearing on its Draft Registration of Telephone Subscribers Regulations, SIM Replacement Guidelines, and The Spectrum Trading Guidelines. The Public Hearing is targeted at getting relevant inputs on the issues from the public for effective regulation of the sector. In the Public Notice obtained from The Daily, www.thedaily-ng.com, the Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Commission, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, stated: “Public Inquiries on the Draft Registration of Telephone Subscribers Regulations, SIM Replacement Guidelines and The Spectrum Trading…

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Numbers of Nigerians’ Mobile subscriptions hit 187.4m

ADEOLA YUSUF

Sustaining its increase for the second month after five months of decline, mobile subscriptions across the four GSM networks in Nigeria rose by 195,313 in July 2021, Platforms Africa, which reports this, quoted the latest industry data released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), this brought the total mobile subscriptions in the country to 187.4 million. Earlier in June, the four network operators, MTN, Airtel, Globacom, and 9mobile had activated a total of activated 580,082 new lines which brought the database to 187.2 million. Impacted by the government’s suspension of…

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Do these, Do not do that, NCC Warns Nigerians As Internet Scam Rate Surges

ADEOLA YUSUF

Mobile subscriptions across the four GSM networks in Nigeria rose by 195,313 in July 2021, a report by Platforms Africa showed.   The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has urged citizens to be extra cautious before sharing personal information on the internet. The warning comes in the wake of many cases of compromised mail, hacking and outright scamming of many internet users in recent times ”The (NCC) wishes to call on all Internet users to think twice before submitting personal information on any website’’, a post on the NCC website advised.…

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NCC Underscores Benefits Of Digital Literacy To Socio-Economic Development

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Executive Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has listed the benefits of promoting digital literacy to the country. He reeled out the benefits while delivering the first Annual Lecture of the Bichi Emirate titled, “Digital Literacy as a Veritable Tool for Social and Economic Transformation” in Bichi, Kano State, held recently. small: we’re social Danbatta noted that digital literacy provides the confidence required by individual citizens to utilise digital contents and tools, adding that it also helps citizens to effectively…

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