The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has dedicated its Consumer Toll-Free Number 622, to serve as 2023 Presidential Election Incident Hotline. The Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this was in view of the importance attached to the upcoming presidential election The Executive Vice-Chairman (EVC) of the xommission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, said this in a statement […]
A decision by the United States to ban China Telecom from operating in the country on national security concerns is “malicious suppression”, Beijing said today, warning it would damage a tentative thaw in relations. Tensions are high between the world’s two biggest economies on a plethora of fronts, including trade, human rights, Taiwan and the […]
As the October 31 deadline date for the linkage of National Identity Number (NIN) with Subscribers Identification Number (SIM) approaches, chaotic scenes have intensified at registration centres, especially the telecommunications outlets nationwide. This is even as registration agents, at some of the telecoms sales outlets and National Identification Management Commission (NIMC) centres, have continued to […]
Telecommunication subscribers are clamouring for a two-month extension of the October 31 deadline for National Identity Number-Subscriber Identity Module data verification. The President of the National Association of Telecoms Subscribers, Adeolu Ogunbanjo, highlighted the need to further the deadline of the SIM-NIN exercise to allow for the full implementation of the security policy. He said, […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has unveiled a new Strategic Vision (SVP Implementation) Plan (2021-2025) which will define the thrust of the Nigerian telecommunications industry in line with the federal government agenda for the sector. This was the crux of the event organized to jointly launch the new Vision and a book written by the […]
