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The Federal Government had announced that the price of data has been reduced by more than 50 percent following a directive that the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) should put in place measures to that effect. A statement from the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ibrahim Pantami, said the price of data of 1GB had been reduced from N1000 to N487, beginning from last November. Pantami said it was in line with the directive he gave to NCC to put measures in place to reduce the average cost of data in the country. The average cost of 1GB of data has been reduced from...

•Subscribers protest suspension of new registration Emma Okonji Following the earlier directive issued by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on the suspension of new SIM card registration by network operators, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, on Monday, issued a fresh directive that makes it compulsory for all SIM cards to be linked to National Identity Number (NIN). The minister, who gave the fresh directive on Monday in Abuja when he convened an urgent meeting of key stakeholders in the communications industry, gave telecoms operators two week...