The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), has approved the licensing of 173 private sector Agents and 30 State Governments/Public Sector Institutions to conduct enrolment of Nigerians and legal residents into the National Identity Database (NIDB) on behalf of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). […]
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The House of Representatives has asked the National Communications Commission (NCC) to extend the 31st December deadline issued to sim card owners to submit their National Identification Numbers (NIN) to their network providers to prevent blocking. The motion was moved on Wednesday during plenary by the House Minority Leader, Ndudi […]
In its bid to validate its stance as a forward-looking independent telecommunications regulatory agency, the Nigerian Communications Commission(NCC), has given a heads-up it is mulling a Developmental Programme For Assistive Technology In Telecommunications, Cyber Era has learnt. The programme will hold virtually 10.00am on December 10, 2020, according to […]
The Twitter account of the Nigerian Communications Commission, @NgComCommission, has been restored. This followed a temporary suspension by Twitter, a decision taken to ensure the safety of the account owner, NCC and its thousands of followers. Twitter’s security features had interpreted the multiple Online staff Internet Protocol (IP) logins as […]
Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), has announced plans to reward tremendous use and application of IT in governance to deserving executive Governors, during the National Information Technology 2020 Merit Awards (NITMA) National President of NCS, Prof. Adesina Sodiya disclosed this at the press briefing in Lagos, he stated that annually the […]
As the demand for mobile internet service exploded following the success of 2G, 3G,4G and then, the rise of 5G, The Nigerian Communications Commission, (NCC), has assured Nigerians that the ongoing 5G technology consultation would address issues of health myth and security related worries. This was mentioned at the Capacity […]
Following the great effort by the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission in growing the telecommunications industry, the Emir of Bichi, Alhaji Nasir Ado Bayero recently, commended Proffessor Umar Garba Danbatta and the agency for “the sound leadership and regulatory focus propelling the growth of telecoms sector in […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has been ranked highest in terms of compliance to ethics and integrity among other sister agencies under the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy. The outstanding performance of NCC is contained in the recently released Ethics Compliance and Integrity Scorecard (ECIS), 2020 released by […]
The Chief Executive Officer, Medallion Communications Limited, Engineer Ikechukwu Nnamani has emerged as the new National President of the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON). His election took place at the Association Annual General Meeting (AGM) and National Executive Council Elections held in Lagos. Engr. Nnamani emerged for the […]
The Chief Executive Officer of Medallion Communications Limited, Engr. Ikechukwu Nnamani, was recently, given a special recognition at Nigeria Tech Innovation & Telecom Awards (NTITA 20202) According to Instinct Wave, who is the organizer of the annual award, the Medallion Boss was given the special recognition for his huge contributions […]