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- 23 Jun 2022
NCC Appoints Reuben Muoka as Director of Public Affairs
The Management of the Nigerian Communications Commission has appointed Reuben Muoka, an innovative journalist and consummate public relations practitioner, as its new Director of Public Affairs…
- 11 Sept 2022
NITRA Hails Muoka, Ibietan on NIPR Fellowship
The National body of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Journalists under the aegis of the Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association (NITRA) in Lagos, has applauded the stride…
- 28 Jan 2017
Ojobo is The Authority Newspaper Public Affairs Spokesperson of the year 2016.
Mr. Tony Ojobo, director of Public Affairs (DPA) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has been named the most outstanding Public Affairs Spokesperson of the year 2016 by the…
- 8 Sept 2022
NIPR Fellowship to Muoka, Ibietan, Meritorious - Danbatta
Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has hailed the conferment of the Fellowship of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations,…
- 5 Jan 2014
NNPC Says $10.8Bn not Missing
The $10.8billion out of $49.8billion is not missing but being reconciled, according to Dr. Omar Ibrahim Farouk, general manager, Media Relations Department, Group Public Affairs Division, Nigerian…
- 26 Mar 2023
Funso Aina named ‘Innovator of the Year' in Europe, Middle East and Africa
Funso Aina, MTN Nigeria’s Senior Manager, External Relations, and one of Africa’s most decorated media and public relations professionals, has been announced ‘Innovator of the Year’ in the brands…
- 22 Dec 2018
MTN Appoints Aina Senior Manager, External Relations
MTN Nigeria has appointed Mr. Funso Aina, as Senior Manager, External Relations. Having joined MTN Nigeria in January 2009, Aina was, until his latest appointment, the company’s Public…
- 2 Aug 2020
Encomiums as Sonny Aragba-Akpore Bows Out of NCC
It was encomiums galore recently as Management and Staff of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) bid the Commission’s Head of Media Management and Public Relations, Sonny Aragba-Akpore,…
- 25 Feb 2016
NCC Urges New Media Practitioners to Study Cybercrime Act
Social Media Week Lagos 2016 has provided the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) opportunity to explain its regulatory postures with regards to social media, freedom of information (FoI), and…
- 16 Jul 2017
AMACOS ’92 Alumni to Mentor MAPOLY Students
The 1992 set of the Association of Mass Communication Students of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, has concluded arrangements to hold a mentoring programme for the students of the department…
- 30 Jul 2014
Stakeholders Set For 1st Nigerian Lubricant Summit
Stakeholders are gearing up towards the promotion and development of the downstream sector of the Nation’s Oil and Gas Industry coupled with the need to enhance local content in the Petroleum Sector.…
- 5 Sept 2025
MTN MIP Fellows Embark on Transformative Study Tour in South Africa
Twenty Nigerian media professionals and digital creators are embarking on a week-long study trip to South Africa as part of the MTN Media Innovation Programme (MIP). The fellowship is designed to…
- 28 Oct 2021
Sierra Leone's Telecoms Regulator Visits NCC for Benchmarking
Nigeria's global ranking as a model in telecom regulation, and her status as a leading light of operational efficiency, solidarity and collaborative partnering in sub-regional and Continental…
- 25 Jun 2024
Alleged Blackmail of Zinox Chairman and Access Bank by Benjamin Joseph: The Full Story
By Adamu Sanni, Public Affairs Analyst An undue reprieve came the way of Mr. Benjamin Joseph, an indigene of Enugu State and Managing Director of Ibadan-based Citadel Oracle Concepts Limited, on…
- 7 Oct 2013
512 Muslim Pilgrims Escape Death as Air Tragedy is Averted
A major air disaster was averted yesterday in Sokoto as a Boeing 747 belonging to Kabo Air Limited lost two of its tyres while landing at the Sir Abubakar III International Airport, Sokoto. This is…
- 1 Jan 2020
Mobile Money Subscribers Hit 9.25m in 6 Months
The number of subscribers to the 23 Mobile Money Operators (MMOs) in the country stood at 9.25million as at the first half of this year, Alhaji Umaru Ibrahim, managing director and chief executive of…
- 21 May 2021
Prof. Sodiya to Chair 2021 DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance in June
Prof. Adesina Sodiya, President of the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) is to preside over the 2021 edition of the Nigeria DigitalSENSE Africa Forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D),…
- 29 Feb 2016
Fears NCC May Regulate OTT Services Are Misplaced- Danbatta
Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), said that fears in some quarters that the Commission is out to regulate over the Top (OTT) services…
- 6 May 2022
NCC Rallies Media Stakeholders to Enhance Effective Reporting of Telecoms Industry
Consistent with its strategic objective of stakeholder collaboration and partnering, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) recently met a section of stakeholders in the mass media industry.…
- 25 Oct 2022
NCC Receives Cybersecurity Award, Votes for Safer Internet
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) at the weekend in Lagos, received a cybersecurity promotion award at the maiden edition of Cybersecurity Merit Awards hosted by the Cybersecurity Experts…
- 30 Jan 2022
NCC Alerts on New SMS-Based Malware
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has again alerted telecommunication users of a new high-risk, critical and Short Messaging Service-based malware, TangleBot, infecting Android mobile devices…
- 30 Jan 2022
NCC Alerts Nigerians on TangleBot, New SMS-based Android Malware Unleashed by Cybercriminals
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has warned the general public against a new high-risk, critical short message service–based malware, TangleBot, infecting Android mobile devices. Dr.…
- 29 Dec 2024
Sanctions on Air Peace, Other Were for Consumer Protection Infractions, Not Safety- NCAA
Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, (NCAA), has said that the sanctions initiated against five airlines recently were for consumer protection-related infractions, and not for safety concerns. Recalled…
- 24 May 2020
NCC Reacts to Claims of Ejecting NDC from Abuja Building
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has denied throwing out Nigeria Diaspora Commission (NDC), from its building in Abuja. Prof. Umar Danbatta, executive vice chairman (EVC) of NCC NCC made the…
- 20 Jun 2025
NCC to Name, Shame Telecom Infrastructure Vandals
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has vowed to intensify its collaboration with security agencies to arrest and prosecute individuals vandalising the country’s Critical National Information…
- 18 Apr 2017
Employment Racketeering Reports: Our Story- NITDA
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has denied wrong-doings following employment racketing reports circulating in some section of the media. The Agency described the…
- 18 May 2022
Engr. Gbenga Adebayo to Review 'Sagacity of a Digital Revolution'
Engr. Gbenga Adebayo, chairman of the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) would be reviewing the latest book in the industry, entitled ‘Sagacity of a digital…
- 4 Sept 2017
Fact Check: Alleged NK Threat to Nigerians, Who Owns @DPRK_News Account?
By now, you must have heard or read about the alleged warning from the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK) that Nigerians should stop making mockery of the Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un or…
- 5 Oct 2021
NCC Campus Conversation Moves to University of Abuja
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has held the maiden edition of the Campus Conversation at the University of Abuja. Campus Conversation is featured as an important part of NCC’s new…