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NCC renews commitment to industry collaboration, inclusiveness

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says it will continue to consult stakeholders on issues affecting telecommunication service deployments and developments. Prof. Garba Danbatta, NCC’s Vice-Chairman, gave the assurance while receiving delegation from Food Basket Foundation International, on Monday in Abuja. Danbatta said this is in line with NCC’s culture of inclusiveness, collaboration and partnership as […]

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National TeleCom

FG removes excise duty for telecoms services

By Abdulfatah Babatunde The Federal Government, on Tuesday, announced the removal of excise duty on the telecom sub-sector of Nigeria’s Digital Economy Industry. Prof. Isa Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, announced the removal at a press briefing on Tuesday in Abuja. “This is in line with recommendations of the committee constituted to review […]

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National TeleCom

Nigeria records 7m cyber threat on May 25 – Pantami

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantermi, says the country recorded about seven million threats in the Nigerian cyberspace during the last presidential election. Minister’s spokesperson, Uwa Sulaiman quoted him as revealing the huge cyber threat in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. According to the statement, the minister inform the public about […]

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National TeleCom

NCC approves harmonised shortcodes, directs implementation

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed mobile network operators (MNOs) to begin implementation of approved harmonised shortcodes (HSC) to provide certain services to telecom consumers. Reuben Muoka, NCC’s Director of Public Affairs announced the directive in a statement mailed to The NewsZenith on Monday. The directive is in line with the commission’s consumer-centric approach to […]

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National TeleCom

World Consumer Rights Day: NCC spotlights renewable energy

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has concluded arrangements to mark the 2023 World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) in Abuja. NCC will use the special day to spotlight its regulatory initiatives on clean energy usage in the telecoms sector. Reuben Muoka, NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, announced this in a statement, made available to The NewsZenith on  […]

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General Security TeleCom

National Security: NISS seeks collaboration with NCC

The National Institute of Security Studies (NISS) has sought collaboration with the Nigerian Communications Commission for enhanced application of Information and Communication Technology towards improving national security. NISS’s Director of Research Estimates and Library Services, Dr Adegboyega Karim, made the request when he led delegation to NCC. The delegation was on a fact-finding mission to […]

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Foreign News TeleCom

LIT to connect 20m underserved Africans with internet

Liquid Intelligent Technologies (LIT) has announced a new collaboration to deliver internet access to 20 million underserved people in Africa by the end of 2025. LIT, in a press statement issued on Thursday, said the internet access would be provided in collaboration with Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq “MSFT” @microsoft). APO Group, a communication consultant e-mailed the […]

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General Science & Technology TeleCom

NITDA seeks collaborative funding to improve digital economy

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has called for collaboration with multinational stakeholders towards developing Nigeria’s digital economy. The Director-General of the agency, Kashifu Inuwa, made the call at the 2023 NITDA/Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) stakeholders engagements forum, on Tuesday, in Lagos. Kashifu appealed to the stakeholders to imbibe a sense of responsibility […]

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Science & Technology TeleCom

NCC redeploys 2 directors, others

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) at the weekend announced the redeployment of two directors and other senior officers to key departments in the commission. The redeployment is contained in a statement issued by Reuben Muoka, Director of Public Affairs at NCC. Under the new arrangement, Dr Alhassan Haru moves to the Technical Standards and Network […]

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Science & Technology TeleCom

Nairaxi emerges winner in NCC’s young innovators’ competition

Nairaxi, a mobile ridesharing app, that enables users to request taxi and bus rides tagged has emerged overall winner at the young innovators’ competition. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) organised the competition at the Digital Bridge Institute, Oshodi, Lagos. The company took the coveted prize, valued at N2 million. Kingsley Eze, Co-Founder/Chief Executive Officer and […]

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