The Federal Government is going ahead with the activation of 5-G technology to strengthen the telecoms industry in Nigeria. This was made known by the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Umar Garba Danbata. He was speaking at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited in Abuja. He said…
The National Identity Management Commission has warned that those who fail to link their mobile phone with their National Identification Number so will pay a huge price. The warning was issued as the deadline for linking of telephone lines with the National Identification Number draws near. The warning was made in a message on Twitter by the…
Reactions are trailing the directive by the Nigerian Communications Commission for mobile telephone users in the country to register their National Identification Numbers with their service providers. The NCC also directed the mobile telecom service providers to block any SIM card that is not attached with a National Identification Number within two weeks. However; the House of…
The Federal Government has granted a two-month licence-fee waiver for terrestrial broadcast stations in the country as part of efforts to ease the negative effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the broadcast industry. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, announced the waiver during a meeting in Abuja between the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, and the…