Media & Telecoms

The National Broadcasting Commission has delayed the shutdown of broadcast stations it said have not renewed their licenses. On Friday the Commission had threatened to revoke the broadcast licenses of Silverbird TV, AIT, Raypower FM, Rhythm FM and other stations over failure to…

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) yesterday revoked the licences of the AIT/RayPower FM, Silverbird TV and 50 other broadcasting stations across the country over N2.6 billion indebtedness to the regulatory body. In a swift reaction, the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON), the Nigerian…

DAAR Communications PLC, the parent company of Africa Independent Television (AIT) and Raypower Networks, has said that it is in talks with the National Broadcasting Commission to resolve its licence issue. The NBC had revoked operating licences of AIT, Raypower and those of…

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has revoked the broadcast licences of Silverbird TV, AIT, Raypower FM, and Rhythm FM amongst others over failure to renew their broadcast licences amounting to N2.66 billion. A statement by NBC on Friday noted that the move followed…

Telecommunication subscribers, under the aegis of the National Association of Telecoms Subscribers, have vowed  to challenge the legitimacy of the proposed five per cent excise duty on telecoms services in court. According to them, the excise duty on telecom services, which would translate…

Nigeria’s broadband usage has continued on the rise, moving up from 40.9 per cent in February 2022 to 44.5 per cent in July 2022, a figure considered hopeful for achieving the national broadband target of 70 per cent in 2025. Executive Vice Chairman…

The Nigerian Communications Commission’s Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) has flagged a new malware, HiddenAds, which has infiltrated Google Play Store that can impact device performance and jeopardize users’ privacy. In its advisory of August 8, 2022, NCC-CSIRT classified the virus, first…

The Federal Government will generate about N160.46bn from excise duty on telecommunication services in 2023. According to the Nigerian Communications Commission, the combined revenue of operators in the GSM, Fixed Wired, and Internet Service Providers was N3.21tn in 2021. If the government implements…

Few days to the deployment of the Fifth-Generation (5G) network in Nigeria, investigations have shown that the licensees, MTN Nigeria and Mafab Communications, may not be ready to deploy the service from August 24, as a result of lingering infrastructural and licensing…

The Chairman, Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), Prof. Adeolu Akande, has expressed worries over incessant theft and vandalisation of telecommunication infrastructures across the country. This is just as he said the persistent challenges consumers were experiencing while making calls were mostly caused by the…