Nigeria Slashes Internet Data Cost by 50% Nigeria Slashes Internet Data Cost by 50% December 10, 2020 | by Samuel Nwite | The Federal Government of Nigeria announced today that it has succeeded in slashing the cost of internet data by 50%, a development which has seen the cost of 1GB data reduced from N1,000 to less than N500. The announcement was made by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ibrahim Pantami, who said the development was in line with the directive he gave to the regulatory agency (NCC) to put measures in place to reduce the average cost ...