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- 11 Aug 2015
Shake Up @ NCC as Danbatta, New NCC Boss Redeploys Staff
Prof Umar Garba Danbatta, executive vice chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reshuffled 53 management staff and reversed the deployment of some staff made in the twilight of his…
- 9 Sept 2025
Telecom Sector Attracts over $1Bn Investments – NCC Boss
Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), has reported that reverting to market-driven pricing in the industry has attracted about $1 billion new telecoms infrastructure investments in Nigeria in…
- 27 Apr 2024
FG to Fnalise National Intellectual Property Policy Soon– NCC Boss
Dr John Asein, director-general, Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), has said that the federal government is taking steps to finalise its National Intellectual Property (IP) Policy and Strategy for…
- 29 Nov 2020
NCC Boss, Danbatta to be Honoured with Prestigious Zik Prize
Prof. Umar Danbatta, executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), is billed to be honoured with the prestigious Zik Prize in the Professional Leadership category in Lagos,…
- 28 Jul 2021
Danbatta, NCC Boss Decries Damage, Theft of Telecom Infrastructure
Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, executive vice chairman (EVC), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said it is worried by continuous wilful damage of telecom infrastructure, telecoms equipment…
- 29 May 2017
Danbatta, NCC Boss Secures MTN N221m Waiver in Kano
A timely intervention by Prof Umar Garba Danbatta, executive vice chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has secured a permit fee waiver of a whopping N221 million for MTN Nigeria in…
- 27 May 2018
Unijos to Confer Honorary Doctorate Degree on Danbatta, NCC Boss
Prof Umar Garba Danbatta, executive vice chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), is among the notable Nigerians that the University of Jos, Nigeria will confer an honorary degree on…
- 11 Sept 2019
Africa Holds the Ace in 5G Investments, Says NCC Boss
Prof Umar Garba Danbatta, executive vice chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that Africa holds the ace for 5G investment, going by its large number of unconnected population.…
- 26 Jan 2020
NCC Boss Says Professionalism is Key to Quality Service Delivery
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is paying special attention to professionalism because of its strategic role in quality service delivery, according to Prof. Umar Danbatta, executive vice…
- 16 Mar 2009
NCC Boss Identifies Wireless as Option for Broadband
Engr. Ernest Ndukwe, EVC, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has stated that Nigeria’s option to realizing ubiquitous broadband penetration across the country within a reasonable period…
- 3 Jun 2018
Danbatta, NCC Boss to be Inducted Fellow Nigeria Academy of Engineering
Another feather will be added to the academic cap of Prof Umar Garba Danbatta, executive vice chairman (EVC), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), as the Nigeria Academy of Engineering, the apex…
- 27 Aug 2018
Danbatta, NCC Boss Calls for Policies to FastTrack Digital Growth
Prof. Umar Danbatta, executive vice chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has called on stakeholders in the telecommunication sector to put in place right polices to fast track digital…
- 15 Nov 2023
Maida, NCC Boss Applauds Project Train 3M on ICT Skills
Dr. Aminu Maida, Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has applauded the proposal by the Hon. Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun…
- 4 Aug 2015
Buhari Refuses to Renew Juwah’s Tenure, Appoints Danbatta New NCC Boss
President Muhammadu Buhari has also approved the appointment of Professor Umaru Garba Danbatta as the new executive vice chairman and chief executive of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)…
- 24 Sept 2020
Danbatta, NCC Boss, Bags Prestigious Zik Prize
Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, executive vice chairman and chief executive of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has emerged the winner of the 2019 Zik Prize, in the professional leadership…
- 3 Nov 2020
Danbatta, NCC Boss Gets Commendation for Community Devt, Nation Building
Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has been commended for his role in community and national development through his Danbatta Charity…
- 8 Aug 2015
Danbatta, New NCC Boss Resumes, Pledges to Tackle QoS
Professor Umaru Damabatta, newly appointed executive vice chairman and CEO of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), who has resumed duty in acting capacity pending confirmation by the…
- 5 May 2022
NCC Boss, Danbatta, Receives Award on Impactful Leadership
The trove of garlands for the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, swelled again as he received "Leadership Excellence and Economic…
- 23 May 2016
Lawyers Call for Sack of NCC Boss over MTN
Lawyers under the auspices of Alliance for the Defence of Democracy in Nigeria want Prof Umar Danbatta, executive vice chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission, (NCC), sanctioned “for getting…
- 4 Nov 2020
Stakeholder Engagements Key to Broadband Implementation- NCC Boss
Prof. Umar Danbatta, executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has said that government is putting greater emphasis on continuous engagement of different stakeholders…
- 13 Aug 2020
Board Writes Buhari to Suspend NCC Boss over Interference
Dr Tonye Clinton Jaja, chairman, governing board, Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), has written to President Muhammadu Buhari, over the interference John Ohireime Asein, director general of the…
- 19 Aug 2020
Danbatta, NCC Boss Receives Distinguished Award from ATCON
Prof. Umar Danbatta, executive vice chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has received a Distinguished Award from the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON).…
- 4 Mar 2019
Danbatta, NCC Boss, Congratulates Buhari on Victory
Prof Umar Garba Danbatta, executive vice chairman. Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari, over his recent victory at the 2019 presidential election.…
- 12 Mar 2024
Gwandu, Ex-NCC Boss Loses Mother
Dr. Bashir Gwandu, former executive vice chairman (EVC) of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and who until a few months ago was also EVC of the National Agency for Science and Engineering…
- 22 Jun 2013
Juwah, NCC Boss Rings Worries over Multiple Cables in Lagos
Eugene Juwah, executive vice chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has decried the landing of all submarine cable in Lagos and said that there was the need to situate the cables in other…
- 16 Sept 2016
9 Key Points in Danbatta, NCC Boss' Speech At NITRA Seminar
Professor Umar Danbatta, executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Friday raised nine notable issues with regards over-regulation in the country's telecommunications…
- 27 Jun 2021
Danbatta, NCC Boss to Keynote 2021 BoICT Lecture Series
Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, executive vice chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has agreed to set the tone for this year’s Beacon of Information and Communication Technology (BoICT)…
- 10 Jun 2018
Danbatta, NCC Boss Assures of Resolution of N165Bn Interconnect Debt
Prof. Umar Danbatta, executive vice chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has said that the commission was taking pragmatic steps to resolve the N165 billion interconnect debt owed by…
- 15 Mar 2018
Workers Seek Sack of NCC Boss over Alleged N406m Fraud
Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) of Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), has called for the removal of Afam Ezekude, director general, for alleged maladministration and…
- 21 Jan 2017
Danbatta, NCC Boss to Deliver UNN’s 46th Convocation Lecture
Prof Umar Garba Danbatta, executive vice chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), will on Thursday January 26, join the league of eminent Nigerians who deliver the Convocation Lecture of…