Tag: NCC

NCC Craves Stakeholders Comments for key regulatory instruments’ Review

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has craved more comments and inputs from stakeholders on the review opf three key regulatory instruments. Platforms Africa reports that the Executive Commissioner Stakeholders’ Management, NCC, Barrister Adeleke Adewolu, who said this in his remarks at the public inquiry on three (3) regulatory instruments held on October 5, 2021 at the conference hall, NCC headquarters, Abuja, noted that thi8s is to ensure that the regulatory instruments issued by the Commission are in consonance with the best practices in the industry. “The draft of all the…

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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, NESG Mull Ties to Boost Telecoms Impact on Nigeria’s Economy

ADEOLA YUSUF

L-R: Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) and Nnanna Ude, Leader, National Assembly Business Environment RoundTable (NASSBER), Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG), during the NESG courtesy visit. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG) are considering possible areas of increasing collaboration to enhance the impact and contribution of telecommunications sector on Nigeria’s socio-economic development. This was the crux of deliberations during a courtesy visit by a delegation of the National Assembly Business Environment Round Table (NASSBER), a policy unit at NESG…

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NCC Deepens Judicial Collaboration in Tackling Telecoms Service Challenges

ADEOLA YUSUF

Danbatta receives commendation on nation’s digital transformation   In a bid to further protect telecoms infrastructure in the country, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has restated its commitment to continue to strengthen collaboration with judicial institutions in Nigeria. The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Commission, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, gave the assurance during a courtesy visit by a high-powered delegation of the Kano State Judiciary to the chief telecom regulator at the NCC Kano Zonal Office, in Kano, over the weekend. Addressing the judicial delegation, Danbatta said, while the…

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Nigeria embargoes New SIM Cards’ Sale for MTN, Glo, others

ADEOLA YUSUF

  The Nigerian Government has directed telecommunication companies across the country to halt the sale registration and activation of new Subscriber Identity Module, known better as SIM card. Thw Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), which issued this embargo in a statement to Platforms Africa, explained that the directive had become imperative to pave way for an audit of the Subscriber Registration Database. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, said that the move was to allow the commission focus on the task ahead and ensure all bottlenecks are…

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How Nigerian Telecoms Agency raked-in N344.71bn in 5 Years – Danbatta

ADEOLA YUSUF

  The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has told the House Committee on Telecommunications how the telecoms agency contributed to the revenue drive of the Federal Government by generating and remitting N344.71 billion to the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) in the last five years. Danbatta stated this while briefing the Committee members, led by their Chairman, Hon. (Prince) Akeem Adeyemi, during a legislative oversight function on the Commission in Abuja on Wednesday, October 28, 2020. The EVC, who attributed the successes of…

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MTN, 9mobile Roaming Trial license in Nigeria expires October 31

ADEOLA YUSUF

  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is set for a review of three months’ trial of National Roaming Service granted two mobile network operators (MNOs), MTN and 9mobile as the approval ends by the end of October. The approval, it would be recalled, was granted for a period of three months, commencing from August 1, 2020 and to end by October 31, 2020. A statement by the Commission stated that the two telecoms companies are Mobile Telecommunication Network (MTN) Nigeria and the Emerging Markets Telecommunication Service Limited (EMTS), trading as…

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