Media & Telecoms

Nigeria has been re-elected as a council member of the International Telecommunication Union, by the United Nations specialised agency that oversees global telecommunication operations. The election of Nigeria and other countries, on Monday, into different regional groups that constitute the ITU Council, was…

Telecommunications operators are threatening to withdraw their services to banks and other financial institutions in Nigeria due to their unwillingness to pay their debts. To this end, bank customers will not be able to make ATM withdrawal or do transfers as well as…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday warned the public as original equipment manufacturer (OEM), Lenovo, said it had discovered vendor vulnerabilities in some of its products, which it said could lead to information disclosure, privilege escalation, and denial of service. These affect Lenovo…

The Nigerian Communications Commission‘s Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) has advised users of video telephony platform, Zoom, to install the latest update of the software from its publisher’s official website following the discovery of vulnerabilities that allows a remote attacker to exploit…

Operatives of the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) have arrested a suspected broadcast pirate, Mr Ajaye West William for illicit redistribution of broadcast signals belonging to various right owners, in violation of the Copyright Act. In an anti-piracy operation executed at the weekend, the…

The Nigerian Communications Commission’s Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) has identified five malicious Google chrome extensions that surreptitiously track online browser’s activities and steal their data. According to a statement issued yesterday by the NCC’s director of public affairs, Reuben Mouka, the…

New statistics show that more Nigerians are making calls and surfing the Internet as telecommunications operators activated and reactivated 2.47 million telephone lines in July. According to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), in the latest industry subscription data released at the weekend, active…

The Nigerian Communications Commission has attributed poor telecom services to the destruction of telecommunication infrastructure and facilities in the country. The Vice Chairman, NCC, Umar Danbatta, said this at the 2022 edition of the Youth, Civil Society and Stakeholders Summit, held in Abuja,…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has issued an amended Determination of Mobile (Voice) International Termination Rate (ITR) for implementation in the Nigerian Telecommunications Industry effective from September 1, 2022. The ITR for voice services paid for terminating international calls on local networks in…

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has announced a temporary suspension of shutdown notice issued to African Independent Television, Silverbird Television and 50 other broadcast stations. NBC had, on Friday last week, announced the revocation of operation licences of the 52 broadcast stations over…