Media & Telecoms

NBC Cautions Broadcasters Against Hate Speech, Inflammatory Remarks

National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has cautioned broadcasters and journalists to shun hate speech and inflammatory remarks ahead of the forthcoming general election to ensure peace and harmony in the country. The zonal director, NBC, Kaduna zone, Mallam Jamilu Yahaya Jega gave the warning…

18/01/2023

Airtel Gets 5G Licence, Mafab Begins Test-Run

Airtel Networks Limited has paid the Nigerian Communications Commission $316.7m for 100 MHz of spectrum in the 3500MHz band for the deployment of fifth-generation network and 2x5MHz of 2600MHz to boost its fourth-generation coverage in the country. The firm stated this in an…

10/01/2023

USSD: Telcos Threaten to Disconnect Banks’ Subscribers as Debts Rise to N80bn

The accumulated debt from the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) banks are owing the telecommunication companies (telcos) has risen to N80 billion as at November this year. The Chairman, Association of Licenced Telecom Operators of Nigeria (ATCON), Mr. Gbenga Adebayo, who revealed the…

28/12/2022

Nigeria’s Telecoms Subscribers Hit 214 Million

The number of active telecommunication subscribers hit 214.35 million in October, according to new industry statistics from the Nigerian Communications Commission. This is the highest number of recorded telecoms subscribers in the nation since the total number of subscribers peaked at 207.58 million…

05/12/2022

NITDA Issues Safety Advisory to Nigerians Over Alleged WhatsApp Data Breach

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has advised Nigerians to be on alert while using WhatsApp as their data could be exposed due to the recent alleged breach on the platform. Unconfirmed reports revealed that nearly 500 million WhatsApp users’ mobile phone numbers were…

04/12/2022

FG Earns $500m From 5G Spectrum Auction

The Federal Government has generated over $500 million from the 5G spectrum licence auction, Communications and Digital Economy Minister, Ali Pantami, has said. Pantami stated this at a news conference on the implication of unauthorised use and sale of private mobile radio, on…

03/12/2022

NCC Commits To Gender Equality in IT Space

The executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Professor Umar Danbatta, has reiterated the Commission’s commitment to ensure a balance in the representation of females in the information technology (IT) ecosystem. According to a statement issued yesterday by the NCC Director…

01/12/2022

Election Results: Nationwide e-Transmission Possible, Says Telcos

The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria has assured Nigerians that the deployment of the Biometric Voter Accreditation System and electronic transmission of results of the 2023 election are possible with the quality of telecoms architecture available in the country. ATCON, the umbrella…

28/11/2022

NCC Raises Reserve Bid Price for 5G Spectrum Auction from $194.7m to $273.6m

Having successfully auctioned the initial two slots in the 3.5GHz spectrum in December 2021, to MTN Communications Plc and Mafab Communications Limited beginning from a fixed reserve bid price of $194.7 million, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has raised the reserve bid…

16/11/2022

NBC Fines Arise TV over Report on Tinubu

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has fined Arise Television N2 million over a fake report about the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu. The TV station had aired a report that the Independent National Broadcasting Commission (INEC) was investigating…

15/11/2022