Media & Telecoms

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…

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Pantami has rejected the imposition of five per cent tax on the telecom sector. Speaking in Lagos at the ongoing forum organised by the Nigeria Office for Developing the indigenous Telecom Sector (NODITS), an…

The executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Telecommunications Commission (NCC ) Professor Umar Garba Danbatta has said that the commission has invested as much as N500 million to fund Research within the Nigerian University system. He maintained that the commission has invested…

The Federal Government on Thursday said Nigerian subscribers would start paying 5% tax on every calls, SMS, data and other telecommunication services. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed stated this during a stakeholders forum on the implementation…