The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, has said that the Ministry has inaugurated no fewer than 1,667 Information Communications Technology (ICT) centres across the country. He also said more than 455 other projects were ongoing in different parts of the country. Pantami disclosed this when […]
The former Chairman, Governing Board of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Otunba Olabiyi Durojaiye is dead. He died at the age of 88. The Story gathered that the Fourth Republic senator on the platform of Alliance for Democracy (AD) in 1999, died on Monday as a result of COVID-19 complications. […]
The Executive Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has identified major benefits in promoting digital literacy in the country. Delivering the first Annual Lecture of the Bichi Emirate titled, “Digital Literacy as a Veritable Tool for Social and Economic Transformation” in […]
Addressing Top Journalists & Media influencers in Lagos yesterday, Amb. Cornell Udofia said, Nollywood’s Glamorous bad boy, Jim Iyke is out again with a blockbuster that will thrill movie lovers for a long time & all hands are on decks to stage a world class Premier that will be remembered […]
. In Strings Of Operations, NDLEA Seizes 2,504.8kg Of Narcotics In Edo, Ondo, Kaduna, Kano, Kogi A major drug dealer wanted for attempting to export 69.65kilograms of cocaine, heroin and cannabis to the United Kingdom through the NAHCO export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos, has been […]
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, working with the Military and other security forces, have arrested one 22-year-old female suspect, Gloria Okolie, for her complicity in the series of deliberate and well-coordinated attacks on security formations, other critical national infrastructure including INEC offices and killing of security operatives in the […]
The former Public Affairs Director of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Mr Tony Ojobo has sent condolence message to the family of the late Chairman of the NCC board, Alhaji Ahmed Joda. Mr Tony Ojobo who served the commission for more than three decades says the late Ahmed Joda was a […]
The Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has commended Nigeria’s youth-friendly telecom provider, 9mobile, for driving initiatives that empower Nigerian youths, especially in digital skills acquisition. Professor Danbatta gave the commendation while delivering a lecture at the launch of the Digital Bichi Emirate Initiative and graduation […]
The Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy and its departments and agencies have collectively generated a total of N1.05 trillion in the last two years. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, disclosed this on Thursday during the 12th batch, virtual commissioning of eight projects in Abuja. […]
Earlier this year 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari launched the National Policy for the Promotion of Indigenous Content in the Nigerian Telecommunications Sector, which is aimed at increasing local participation in the sector and reducing capital flight. The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, as the industry regulator is central to the implementation […]