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March 18, 2019 No Responses

Buhari Signs First Executive Order on Local Content in ICT

President Muhammadu buhari has signed the executive order that will see the use of Nigerian software in the financial and banking sector of the nation’s economy. The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu on Monday in Lagos, made...

March 8, 2019 No Responses

Buhari extols virtues of Osinbajo, as VP clocks 62

On the occasion of 62nd birthday anniversary of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, President Muhammadu Buhari has described his relationship with his vice as one of a special bond. The President, in a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media...

February 4, 2019 No Responses

NCC Helps 92,000 Subscribers to Resolve Complains with Telecoms Operators

As part of its consumer protection activities, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has received and satisfactorily resolved 92,757 service-related complaints escalated to it for resolution by aggrieved telecommunications consumers in the past t...

January 28, 2019 No Responses

US, UK & EU Coordinated Statements On The CJN – OUR STANCE

The Presidency notes with interest the coordinated statements of the US, UK and EU linking the suspension of CJN Onnoghen to the conduct of the upcoming elections. We appreciate the concerns voiced by the three statements and accept that the...

December 20, 2018 No Responses

Scholarship: Nigerian students in Russia send SOS to FG

Scholarship Nigerians studying in Russia under the Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) say that they are finding it increasingly difficult to continue with their scholarship in that country. Under the BEA scholarship, the Russian Government takes care of the s...

December 13, 2018 No Responses

MTN Pays N165Billion to Settle Fine in Nigeria

Telecommunications giant, MTN has paid N165billion out of the N330 billion imposed on it, Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta stated on Thursday. Danbatta however said the government was weighing op...

November 21, 2018 No Responses

NCC to Telecoms Operators: Pay Your Annual Operating Levy or…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has decried the non-compliance of telecommunications operators to the payment of the Annual Operating Levy (AOL). The Director, Licensing and Authorisation, NCC, Ms Funlola Akiode, said during the Annual Stakeholder...