Media & Telecoms

SuperSports Makes U-Turn, To Broadcast All 52 AFCON Matches

Multichoice, owners of Digital Satellite Television( DStv), have announced that its sporting channel, SuperSports will broadcast all 52 matches at the 2023 African Cup of Nations holding in Cote d’Ivoire. The announcement is coming after the company had last week stated that it…

10/01/2024

Glo Customers To Be Barred From Calling MTN Lines – NCC

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says Globacom customers will be barred from calling MTN lines owing to non-settlement of interconnect charges. This is according to a Monday statement by NCC Director of Public Affairs Department Reuben Muoka. “Globacom was notified of the application made…

09/01/2024

USSD Debts Hit #200b as Telcos Plan Cut Off

Telecommunications operators on Thursday disclosed that the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) debts owed them by Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) have now hit #200 billion. Speaking under the aegis of Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), the body said the debt…

17/11/2023

MTN System Error Causes Debt Cancellation As Subscribers Jubilate

Subscribers who had taken airtime or data loans from MTN may have to pay back the debt on their accounts as the initial debt cancellation was due to an error on MTN system. This is even as subscribers, who believed the telecom operator…

11/11/2023

NBC Issues Final Warning to Arise TV Over Insulting Remarks⁣

The National Broadcasting Commission on Friday issued a final warning to Arise Television over what it called the use of derogatory and incendiary remarks on its programmes. ⁣ In a warning letter dated October 6, 2023, and signed by NBC’s Director-General, Dr Balarabe…

07/10/2023

BON Warns Of TV Future If 600MHz Spectrum Is Sold To MTN

The Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) has condemned the approval of the sale of 600MHz broadcasting spectrum to MTN, a mobile telecommunication company. In a letter sent to the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris (Malagi), dated September 21, 2023, and signed…

06/10/2023

NCC Announces Change to Fixed Lines Numbering Format

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced a new numbering format for fixed lines. The new format will take effect on Monday, January 1, 2024. Under the new format, all fixed-line numbers will be prefixed with the number “02.” For example, to dial the existing…

20/09/2023

CBN, NCC Resolve N150b USSD Debt Impasse

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), working with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has finally resolved the lingering debt issue between mobile telecom operators (MNOs) and Deposit Money Banks (DMBs). The debt currently estimated at about N150 billion arose out of the use of the…

09/09/2023

ARCON DG Clarifies: Tinubu Wasn’t Behind Removal of ‘All Eyes on the Judiciary’ Billboards

The Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) has explained the removal of billboards featuring the slogan "All Eyes on the Judiciary," clarifying that the advertisements violated vetting guidelines and posed a risk of instigating public unrest. According to ARCON's Director-General, the advertising…

20/08/2023

N120bn Debt: Banks Offer Telcos Repayment Plan

Telecommunication firms are considering a repayment plan proposed by Deposit Money Banks to end the N120bn debt on the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data service. A source said the Central Bank of Nigeria was intervening in the dispute, and planned a meeting with both…

09/08/2023