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- 11 Mar 2021
EFCC Arraigns Nine FIRS Top Shots for Alleged N4.5Bn Fraud
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned Peter Hena, former coordinating director of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and eight other officers of the agency before…
- 25 Feb 2020
NOTAP Saves Nigeria N240Bn in One Year
National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) has saved close to N240 billion in one year for the nation through its mandate of registering patents, according to Mohammed…
- 14 Sept 2017
NCC Sets Up 18-Member Inter-Agency Committee on R&D
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) recently inaugurated 18 member inter-agency committee to actualize and deepen the impact of Research and Development on the telecommunications sector. The…
- 9 Sept 2020
EFCC Puts Bankers on High Alert ahead of Edo Elections
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Benin zonal office, has advised Compliance officers of banks to report suspicious transactions to the Commission. This is coming as Edo State…
- 25 Aug 2017
Telecoms Sector Contributes N1.6Trn to GDP in Q2
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has revealed that the telecommunications sector contributed N1.6 trillion to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the second quarter of the year. This…
- 1 Jun 2022
ATCON Sets June 9 for its Conference on Actualization of National Broadband Target of 70%
The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has announced Thursday, June 9, 2022 as date for one of its flagship events – National Strategic Mobilization for the Actualization…
- 14 Apr 2017
Buhari Sacks PenCom, CPC Bosses, 21 Others
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday relieved the heads of 23 Federal Government agencies of their appointments and approved the appointment of their replacements. Key agencies of government…
- 29 Jan 2023
Danbatta Bags Vanguard's Regulator of the Year Award
Prof. Umar Danbatta, executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), was at the weekend in Lagos, decorated with the 2022 Regulator of the Year Award at the prestigious 11th…
- 27 Nov 2022
22 Institutions, Others Set to Enjoy N16.7bn Broadband Access Projects
More than 22 institutions in the country, comprising 18 universities, and six polytechnics, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), drawn evenly from the six geopolitical zones in the country,…
- 29 May 2019
Huawei Global ICT Competition, 3 Nigerian Students Emerge Winners
Three Nigerian students have emerged among the top three winners in the Global Final of Huawei ICT Competition, concluded on 26 th of May at the company’s headquarters in Dongguan, China. The…
- 6 Aug 2019
NBC Grants Broadcast Licence to Bayero University
The National Broadcasting Commission has granted a Direct Satellite Broadcast (DSB) licence to Bayero University, Kano (BUK). The Director-General of NBC, Ishaq Kawu, on Tuesday, said the licence…
- 30 Nov 2009
Glo Broad Access Receives Commendations
The launch of Glo Broad Access last week has received commendations from stakeholders in the information and communications technology. Notable among them is Alhaji Aliyu Bilbis, honourable Minister…
- 28 Sept 2020
ATCON Reaffirms Date for National Dialogue on telecoms and ICT
The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has enjoined its entire stakeholders to take note of the new date for the National Dialogue on Telecommunications and ICT Sector in…