Not less than 180million lines are now linked with the National Identity Numbers (NIN), according to statistics by Prof Umar Danbatta, the executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). Professor Umar Danbatta made this known today while delivering his address during the Public Inquiry on three Regulatory Instruments […]
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WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook are currently down for many users. The three apps which are all owned by Facebook, and run on shared infrastructure all completely stopped working shortly before 5pm. Other products that are part of the same family of apps, such as Facebook Workplace, also stopped working. When […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has announced that the suspension on Twitter’s operation in Nigeria has been lifted. The president disclosed this in his Nigeria’s 61st Independence Day broadcast obtained by TECHlife media According to President Buhari, while efforts were ongoing to prevent further misuse of social media, the suspension of Twitter operation […]
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has signed into law the State VAT Bill as passed by the Lagos House of Assembly. The Governor signed the “bill for a law to impose and charge VAT on certain goods and services” at about 11. 45 am today, Friday, September 10, 2021.By […]
The telecommunications Giant,MTN Nigeria has announced the renewal of its Unified Access Service (UAS) and Spectrum for wireless local loop 900MHz and 1800MHz band licences by the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC. The news of the renewal is contained in a notice by MTN Nigeria signed by the Company Secretary, Mrs […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed all telecommunications providers to shut down services in Zamfara State from today, September 3, 2021. This, the telecoms regulator said became imperative to address rising insecurity in the State. This came as the last move that may totally shut down every economic activity […]
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. […]
TECHlife with Ugo reports that the Federal Government (FG) has said that the ban placed on the operations of the microblogging site, Twitter, will be lifted “in a matter of days”. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made this known after the week’s virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) […]
The Management of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has released a statement announcing upcoming 2021 Cyberbullying Survey and Child Internet Usage Survey to gain insights into the level of safety in cyberspace and how this can be improved for telecom consumers. The following details the news, structures, projects and activities being […]
The attention of the Nigerian Communications Commission has been drawn to a recent statement on an online publication credited to the Managing Director/Chief Executive Office of Airtel Nigeria, Mr Segun Ogunsanya, to the effect that the mobile operating license of Airtel has […]