The Federal Executive Council approved the National Blockchain Policy for Nigeria during its meeting today, the 3rd of May, 2023. This followed the presentation of a memo by the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami). The process of developing the Policy involved robust stakeholder […]
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The attention of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has been drawn to an online publication with a headline titled: “NCC Incurs a Deficit of N17bn, Spending N35.2bn on Personnel, Consultancy Fees”. The Commission is concerned with the inability of the online publication to accurately interpret the contents of its 2021 […]
The Federal Government has declared Friday and Monday, April 7 and 10, 2023 as public holidays to mark the Easter celebration for 2023. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration in Abuja, Wednesday. Aregbesola, in a statement signed by the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Shuaib Begore, on Wednesday, urged […]
The Federal Government has approved the sum of 24.2bn for the provision of broadband internet connection in at least 20 airports, 43 schools and six marketplaces nationwide. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Pantami, announced this on Wednesday while briefing State House reporters after the federal […]
According to the committee it formed to review the duty’s applicability to the telecom sector, which is regarded as already being overburdened with taxes and other levies, the Federal Government has announced the removal of excise duty for the telecom sub-sector of Nigeria’s digital economy industry. Minister of Communications and […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN has expended N114.17bn to beneficiaries under its 100-for-100 Policy on Production and Productivity since the starting point of the intercession. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, disclosed this in a statement issued by after the last Monetary Policy Committee meeting held in Abuja. According to […]
The adoption and release of the final Information Memorandum (IM) to direct the future auction of the remaining lots of the 3.5 gigahertz (GHz) Spectrum for the development of Fifth Generation (5G) services in Nigeria have been announced by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The Commission previously released a draft […]
The Federal Government has issued a service-wide circular dated 7th November 2022 with Ref No. SGF/OP/l/S.3/Xll/186, directing all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of government to comply with the provisions of the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR). The Circular which was signed by the Secretary to the Government of the […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has completed arraignments to host an engagement session with stakeholders to discuss and provide more insight into the Draft Information Memorandum that will guide the process. The proposed auction of two lots in the 3.5GHz Spectrum for the deployment of 5G services, set to take […]
According to the Central Bank of Nigeria, all significant naira notes have been redesigned, and they will go into circulation by December 2022. The N100, N200, N500, and N1000 denominations are impacted. At a news conference on Wednesday, CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele made this announcement. According to him, a request […]