The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has said that it does not have the constitutional power to prosecute offenders of Twitter suspension order issued by the Federal Government. It will be recalled that the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, had in a statement, issued on Saturday, June 5, directed […]
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has urged Nigerian youths to leverage Internet/broadband access to unleash their potentials for innovation and creativity, as well as their quest for job opportunities and skills acquisition. The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Commission, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, made the call during the presentation […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN) have drummed support for the 12th Nigeria DigitalSENSE Africa Forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D), slated for Thursday, June 10, at the Golden Tulip Hotels Essential, International Airport Road, Lagos. Confirming this in Lagos, the […]
The President of the African ICT Foundation, Mr. Tony Ojobo is to speak at the 21st Infopoverty World Conference focusing on “How to build a fairer and more inclusive Digital Society?” will be held on December 3, 2021 at the UN Headquarters in New York and live streamed on the […]
The umbrella body of telecommunications providers in Nigeria says it is currently engaging ‘stakeholders’ to resolve the ban on Twitter, a microblogging platform. In a statement signed by the President of Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), Ikechuckwu Nnamani, it stated that the move is to ensure “a speedy […]
Users of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) services in Nigeria have started getting notice of N6.98 charges for each transaction session. This follows the agreement reached in March between the deposit money banks and the telecommunication firms after the intervention of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigerian […]
Following Friday’s indefinite suspension of Twitter’s operations, two days after the social media giant deleted a tweet from President Buhari’s verified account, the Nigerian Communications Commissionn has ordered telecoms operators tp block access to Twitter. This was confirmed by the chairman of the The Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of […]
As part of its Corporate Social responsibility, the Nigerian Communications Commission donated 100 pieces of NCC branded mattresses, and 10 mobile phones, to corp members at the NYSC FCT orientation camp in Kubwa Abuja. The Executive Vice Chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof Umar Danbatta, who was represented by Dr […]
Nigeria’s upper legislative chamber, The Senate, has taken further steps towards strengthening the legal status for the country’s National Emergency Number 112, being implemented by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) though it’s Emergency Communication Centres (ECC). The Senate Committee on Communications recently organised a one-day public hearing where stakeholders gathered […]
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has cautioned telephone users against giving out personal information to strangers online under the guise of being polite or of good behaviour . The Commission, in its latest online safety guide, said that it is not every information that is seen online that is true saying […]