At the weekend in Lagos, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) received a cybersecurity promotion award at the maiden edition of the Cybersecurity Merit Awards hosted by the Cybersecurity Experts Association of Nigeria (CSEAN), which enumerated several steps taken by it to promote a safer Internet. The award, which was conferred […]
Telecomms
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has put up another two slots of spectrum in the 3.5GHz Spectrum band for auction before the end of 2022, to boost the deployment of Fifth Generation (5G) services in Nigeria. The process, which was made public on 21st October 2022 with the publication of […]
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, Thursday in Abuja, told a gathering designed for State Governors that the potentials of broadband are so enormous that if made available for their citizens, will be the best gift for their economic emancipation. Pantami told the state […]
20 individuals will leave with funds and training totalling N68 million (N68,000,000) to advance their hustles. MTN Nigeria formally launched a new campaign dubbed MTN Pulse “Blow My Hustle” as part of its mission to promote young, enterprising Nigerians. In the past, the mobile operator (MTN Foundation) launched various initiatives […]
The attention of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has been drawn to media reports of unilateral implementation of the recently approved 10 per cent upward tariff adjustments for some voice and data services by the service providers, on their networks. The consideration for 10 per cent approval for tariff adjustments […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Nigeria Startup Bill into law. Isa Pantami, Minister of Communication and Digital Economy announced this in a tweet on Wednesday, shortly after President Muhammadu Buhari signed. Pantami tweeted, “His Excellency, @MBuhari has just assented to Nigeria Start-up Bill. It has now become Nigeria Start-Up […]
All Nigeria State Governors are set to discuss how to empower the citizens with the latest telecoms technologies as they partake in the maiden edition of Broadband Technical Awareness Forum for Governors (BTAF), put together by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and slated for Thursday in Abuja. The programme, which takes […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has discovered, through social listening and environmental surveillance that a fraudulent letter, titled: “Certificate of Site Ownership”, for clearance of “Mast Transmission Antenna”, is being circulated by some unidentifiable individuals, and purporting that the letter was issued by the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC. The fraudulent […]
The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa CCIE has described the 2022 edition of the Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX) as the best outing for Nigeria given the visibility, participation, magnitude of benefits and number of startups brought to the annual tech event. Inuwa said […]
Despite the beehive of innovations at 2022 GITEX, a Nigerian Startup, Shap-Shap has clinched the trophy as the winner in the Mobility and Logistics Innovation category in the Supernova Challenge Pitch Competition. The CEO, Khalil Halilu who was among the two Nigerian startups to enter the final stage of the […]