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- 27 Jun 2021
We’re Leveraging NigComSAT-1R to Linkup Hinterlands Says Alale @NDSF2021
Dr. Abimbola Alale, managing director and chief executive officer, Nigerian Communications Satellite (NigComSAT), has said they are leveraging NigComSAT-1R to provide complimentary solutions for an…
- 6 Jun 2021
Nwakanma, Alale Line-up for 2021 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum
Nnenna Nwakanma, chief Web Advocate at the World Wide Web Foundation,and Dr. Abimbola Alale, managing director of the Nigerian Communications Satellite, (NigComSAT), have been lined-up to speak at…
- 14 Mar 2014
NIGCOMSAT Assures MDAs, Others of Adequate Bandwidth Supply
Ms. Abimbola Alale, acting managing director, Nigerian Communications Satellite (NIGCOMSAT) limited, has assured that the company has enough bandwidth for corporate organisations and government…
- 5 May 2021
NCC Inks MoU with NIGCOMSAT for Deployment of 5G Services Across Nigeria
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Wednesday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nigerian Communications Satellite (NIGCOMSAT) Limited for the deployment of 5G services…
- 6 Sept 2014
NigComSat Hands Over DTH Platform to PPTV
After a series of update meetings between the Nigerian Communications Satellite (NigComSat Ltd) Board and Platinum Plus Television Ltd (PPTV) management on June 5 and August 8, the Management of…
- 18 Feb 2022
9PSB CEO Calls for Targeted Content to Accelerate Nigeria’s Financial Inclusion
The Chief Executive Officer, 9PSB, Branka Mracajac has emphasized the need to pay close attention to content creation as an important factor in driving and accelerating financial inclusion in the…
- 19 Sept 2021
NIGCOMSAT to Launch 2 Satellites to Replace NigComSat 1-R Satellite
Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT), will launch two new satellites, NigComSat-2 and NigComSat-3 in 2023 and 2025 respectively to replace the current NigComSat 1-R, which is…
- 21 Feb 2015
NIPOST Targets 40m Nigerians in Financial Inclusion Programme
Mallam Ibrahim Mori Baba, post master general of Nigerian Postal Services (NIPOST), has said that the Post will bring over 40 million rural people into the financial market with the establishment of…
- 18 Feb 2020
NigComSat Accounts Full of Errors, Management Incompetent- Reps
House of Representatives said it will place Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NigComSat) on status enquiry to determine its financial state after the lower house uncovered some…
- 18 Jun 2021
Nweke Applauds NCC, NigComSAT Over MoU on Digital Cooperation
Mrs. Nkem Nweke, executive director, Operations at DigitalSENSE Africa, has applauded the recent Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Nigeria…
- 21 May 2018
NIGCOMSAT, FUT Minna Ink Agreement on Tech Innovation
Nigerian Communications Satellite (NIGCOMSAT) Ltd. and the Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the view to strengthening technological…
- 18 Dec 2018
NIGCOMSAT, FUT Minna Sign MoU to Strengthen Technology in Nigeria
The Nigerian Communications Satellite (NIGCOMSAT) Ltd. and the Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna has entered into collaboration with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)…
- 13 Oct 2020
Beware of Malicious Websites- NigComSat
Nigeria Communication Satellite (NigComSat) Limited has warned Internet users to be cautious of malicious and dangerous websites. This is coming as Nigeria marks international cybersecurity awareness…
- 17 Feb 2014
FG Sacks Ahmed-Rufai, NigComSat Boss
The board of directors of Nigerian Communications Satellite (NigComSat) Ltd, managers of Nigeria’s hybrid geostationary satellite has asked Engr. Timasaniyu Ahmed-Rufai , managing director, to…
- 8 Sept 2019
NIGCOMSAT to Deepen Access, Affordability of Satellite Internet with PortaBilling
Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT) has taken on a new approach in to delivery of satellite connectivity solutions by establishing an eco-system of Virtual Internet Service…
- 15 Dec 2019
Task of Advancing ICT Industry, a Collective Responsibility – Pantami
Dr. Isa Ali Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy has declared that the onerous task of expanding the frontiers of growth in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT)…
- 5 Jan 2020
Pantami Explains Reasons for Digital Economy Drive in Nigeria
Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has justified the necessity, appropriateness and significance of the re-designation of the Federal Ministry of…
- 30 Jun 2020
Pantami Inaugurates Ministerial Inter-agency Committees on Completed Projects
Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has inaugurated two inter-agency committees with the mandate to review, collate, commission and communicate in local…
- 23 Jul 2020
NCC’s Kaduna Emergency Communication Centre, Five other IT Projects Commissioned by Pantami
The Kaduna Emergency Communication Centre (ECC) built by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), alongside five Information Technology projects by other agencies under the Ministry…
- 28 Jul 2020
ATCON Converges Stakeholders On 70% Broadband Target
The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria, ATCON, has announced date for its inaugural Sectoral Forum aimed at bringing together telecom and ICT stakeholders to brainstorm on meeting…
- 20 Aug 2020
Reps Probe NigComSat’s Failed $500m Satellite 1-R
The House of Representatives Committee on Insurance and Actuarial Matters, has began its investigation into the failed $500 million launch of the Satellite 1-R, as well the N180.9 million insurance…
- 18 Sept 2020
Satellite Operators Push New Signal across Africa, Indian Ocean Regions
The Agency for Air Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA), has started to broadcast a Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS) signal over Africa and Indian Ocean (AFI), providing its…
- 25 Oct 2020
Pantami, Industry Stakeholders Restate Commitment to Digital Economy
Dr lsa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy, and industry stakeholders have re-emphasized their unflinching commitment to support the drive by the Federal Government to…
- 13 Nov 2020
NIGCOMSAT Hosts First Space-Sector Innovative Challenge
Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT) have on Friday launched the first edition of Hackathon ActinSpace Challenge to help drive innovative ideas in the Nigerian space sector. In…
- 4 Feb 2021
Finance Act 2020: NCC, Sister Agencies to Strengthen Collaboration with FIRS
An inter-agency committee set, up by Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy, to discuss areas of collaboration between the agencies of the Federal Ministry of…
- 26 Feb 2021
Pantami Dismisses 5G COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory
Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has again dismissed allegations making the round that Fifth Generation (5G) technology was the root cause of COVID-19.…
- 18 Apr 2021
NigComSat Trains 600 on VSAT Installation
Nigerian Communications Satellite Ltd (NIGCOMSAT) has completed the 6-day training of the 600 persons in Gombe, Abia, Kano, Ekiti, Kebbi, Lagos and Bauchi states. Dr Isa Pantami, minister of…
- 23 Apr 2021
Pantami Commissions NCC's Emergency Communication Centres in Enugu, Ogun
Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has commissioned the Emergency Communication Centres (ECC) established by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in…
- 6 Jun 2021
NIGCOMSAT Partners Others to Test-Run SBAS Helicopter in Cameroon
Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT); the Agency for Air Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar; and Thales Alenia Space, recently carried out a Satellite-Based Augmentation…
- 8 Jun 2021
NCC, CPN Support Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on IG4D 2021
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN) have drummed support for the 12th Nigeria DigitalSENSE Africa Forum on Internet…