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·     Says broadband penetration to hit 50% by year-end L-R: Executive Commissioner, Technical Services, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Ubale Maska; Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, VDT Communications Limited, Biodun Omoniyi; Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta and President, Association of Telecom Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), Tony Emoekpere, at Telecom Executives and Regulators Forum hosted …

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said it remains committed to its regulatory role of continually implementing requisite reforms to strengthen the communications sector in Nigeria. The Executive Commissioner, Stakeholder Management at the NCC, Adeleke Adewolu, stated this while addressing stakeholders at the combined second and third quarters 2023 meeting …

Nigeria is set to play host to 54 African nations and other continental Internet governance stakeholder blocs at the 2023 Africa Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF 2023) in Abuja from 18th to 21 September, 2023. This year’s event, being the 12th edition of the annual forum, is being hosted by the …

Beyond providing essential emergency response services to the Nigerian public, the Emergency Communications Centres (ECC), being implemented by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) now provide employment placements for many Nigerian youth and professionals, as well as offering informal business activities to the citizens across the Country. The ECC’s, which have …

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is set to showcase achievements so far recorded in the promotion of indigenous content in the telecommunications sector at the second edition of the Nigerian Telecommunications Indigenous Content Expo (NTICE 2023), which holds in Lagos from August 22-24, 2023, at Landmark Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. …

The attention of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has been drawn to some misleading comments on social media which falsely claimed that “ MAFAB Communications, one of the companies granted Fifth Generation (5G) licences by the Commission is yet to roll out the service, nearly two years after obtaining a …

From Left: Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Communications Commission and Dr. Dasuki Arabi, Director General, Bureau of Public Service Reform, during the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony to strengthen collaborations between the agencies at the NCC’s Head Office in Abuja recently  (26th July 2023) For …

L-R: John Odeyemi, Chairman, Board of Trustees and past President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI); Dr. Michael Olawale-Cole, President & Chairman of Council, LCCI; Alkasim Umar, Director, Consumer Affairs Bureau, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC); Gabriel Idahosa, Deputy President, LCCI; Prof. Muhammed Abubakar, Managing Director, Galaxy Backbone Limited and  Leye Kupoluyi, Vice President, LCCI, during the 9th edition of the Information, …

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) wishes to draw public attention to a fraudulent LinkedIn Account impersonating the person, and office of the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta. The account was obviously created by some unscrupulous and criminal elements with a view to defrauding unsuspecting members of the …

The Lamido of Adamawa, Dr. Muhammadu Mustapha, has commended the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on a range of its telecom consumer protection initiatives, including the recent Village Square Dialogue (VSD), which held at the weekend in Yola, Adamawa State. Kakakin Adamawa, Prof. Abubakar Tahir, who represented Lamido Adamawa at the Consumer Conversation …