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Biafra Nations League, BNL has cautioned former President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, John Nnia Nwodo to stop making statements that could annoy Igbo speaking people of Delta State. Nwodo had in his reaction to the recent appointment of service chiefs, thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for snubbing Igbos. President Buhari sacked the former service chiefs on Tuesday and this came after many months of public pressure. The old security heads were replaced by Major-General Leo Irabor, Chief of Def...

Share The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it has tightened the noose against cases of data depletion and wrong deductions of consumers’ credit through an ongoing forensic audit instituted by the commission to ensure maximum protection for consumers. The Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Professor Umar Danbatta, stated this when he received Man of the Year 2020 Award from MoneyReport magazine recently in Abuja. The EVC said while consumer protection remains a key focus area of ...

January 28, 2021 January 28, 2021 The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it has tightened the noose against cases of data depletion and wrong deductions of consumers’ credit. Towards this end, the Commission is carrying out on-going forensic audit to ensure maximum protection for consumers. The Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, stated this when he received Man of the Year 2020 Award from MoneyReport magazine recently in Abuja. The EVC, according to the Direct...

Vanguard News ICT: Sector in need of stability in 2021 On By Prince Osuagwu The Nigerian telecommunications sector is in dire need of stability. Several incursions of the ministry of communications and Digital Economy, into the functions and activities of the otherwise independent regulator of the sector, the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, have not only dimmed the vibrancy of the sector but have also put noticeable fear in the minds of foreign investors. Valid as the objectives of so...

Vanguard News Forensic audit ongoing on data price deflation ― NCC boss On •Prof Umar Garba Danbatta Professor Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice-Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has said that forensic audit was ongoing on data price deflation in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that reduction in data price was made in 2019. He said that the commission needed to get to the root why consumers were experiencing data deflation and the possibility of compensa...

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MVNOs otherwise called Mobile Virtual Network Operators are to launch mobile services in Nigeria as President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration opens the telecoms market to more competition. Technology Times can confirm that the Nigerian Communications Commission planned licencing rounds will introduced MVNOs offering mobile services on the back of existing mobile network operators (MNOs), MTN Nigeria, Airtel Nigeria, Glo Mobile and 9mobile and others, in what is seen as imminent shakeup of t...

Punch Newspapers Sections Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The number of active telephone subscribers across the country has risen to 208 million, the Nigerian Communications Commission said on Thursday. It also stated that third generation (3G) and fourth generation (4G) base transceiver stations deployment in Nigeria had increased from 30,000 to 53,460. The commission further revealed that fibre optic transmission cables expanded from 47,000km to 54,725km in the last five years, resulting in improved...

Nigeria’s towers on third and fourth-generation mobile technologies otherwise known as 3G and 4G respectively, including optical fibre networks, have grown in the last five years, the telecoms regulator says. Within the last five years, 3G and 4G base deployment in Nigeria has increased from 30,000 to 53,460 to boost the nation’s transmission capacity for delivery of broadband and telecoms services, Professor Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) d...

Emma Okonji Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has disclosed that the third generation (3G) and fourth generation (4G) Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) deployment in Nigeria has reached 53,460, up from its initial 30,000 in 2020, while fibre optic transmission cables expanded from 47,000 kilometres to 54,725km in the last five years. The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, who disclosed this in Abuja yesterday, while receiving the new Permanent Secretary of the Feder...