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- 21 May 2026
NCC Begins Review of Nigeria Telecoms Policy after 26 Years
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has commenced a review of Nigeria’s 26-year-old telecommunications policy, saying the current framework no longer reflects the realities of the country’s…
- 9 Feb 2026
NCC Begins Overhaul of Nigeria’s Telecom Policy, 26 Years After
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has officially begun a review of the National Telecommunications Policy 2000 (NTP), nearly three decades after its adoption, citing rapid technological shifts…
- 18 Aug 2021
NCC’s InfraCo Policy Meant to Promote Local Investments – Danbatta
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), is vigorously promoting local investment in digital infrastructure and competition in the provision of accessible high speed broadband infrastructure,…
- 22 Mar 2010
What Stakeholders Expect as Telecom policy is Under Review
For any transformation or development to take place in any sector of an economy be it in developed or developing countries such as Nigeria, a legal framework is required to guide such transformation.…
- 28 Oct 2019
Danbatta Seeks Fully Adoption of e-Government in Service Delivery
Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, executive vice chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has said that the introduction of e-government applications has been beneficial to the process of…
- 5 Dec 2022
Digitisation Policy Drive Impacting the Country Positively - DG NITDA
Kashifu Inuwa, director general of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) ,has said that the digitisation policy drive of the Federal Government as contained in the National…
- 4 Dec 2022
Telecom Policies Enhancing Digital Access, Media and Knowledge P.roduction – Danbatta
Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has said that diligent implementation of various telecommunications policies, strategies and regulatory…
- 27 Oct 2019
NCC at @ Egov Conference, Harps on of Use of ICT
Prof. Umar Danbatta, executive vice- chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that the ability of the government to provide electronic services to citizens is hinged on the…
- 25 Oct 2019
Pervasive Broadband Penetration Key to Effective e-Govt Services, says Danbatta
Prof. Umar Danbatta, executive vice chairman (EVC), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reiterated that the Commission's drive for pervasive Broadband penetration is crucial to deepening…
- 21 Dec 2017
Huawei Says More Fibre Optic Cable Deployment Needed To Boost Broadband
By peter oluka Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., has called for improved fibre optic cable deployment to boost Nigeria’s broadband initiative and even deepen economic growth. Mr. Frank Li, the managing…
- 4 Apr 2013
el-Rufai Responsible for Nitel’s Death, Former Workers Claim
Some former chief executives, union members and retirees of failed national carrier, the Nigeria Telecommunications Limited (Nitel) have joined the war of words over the failure of national carrier…
- 28 Jun 2023
Regulatory Imperatives for Sustaining the Revolution in the Communications Sector
By Tony Ojobo The telecommunications industry has undoubtedly witnessed tremendous growth and development in Nigeria. It is a sector that directly impacts every aspect of human life, business,…
- 12 Nov 2019
Domicilation of NBC in Ministry of Information and Culture; a Grave Misplacement
by Kayode Ahmadu All players in the broadcasting value chain from equipment manufacturers to content providers are being affected by the impact of rapid evolution of broadcast technology and…
- 26 Mar 2019
FG Banks on TV White Spaces for Rural Connectivity
The federal government has approved the use of TV White Space (TVWS), as a new technology in a bid to extend broadband internet coverage, especially to rural communities and other far-flung…
- 26 Jul 2021
Anambra Wins BoICT ‘eGovt Solutions Implementation’ of the Year Award
Anambra State Physical Planning Board (ANSPPB) has won the Beacon of ICT (BoICT) ‘eGovernment Solutions Implementation’ award 2021. L-R: Barrister Chukwunweike Francis Maduekwe, executive chairman of…
- 1 Sept 2008
Nigeria May Not Meet ICT Target by 2015 - Minister
Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki Nakande, minister of state for Information and Communications said that Nigeria and other African countries may not achieve the 2015 Information and Communication Technology…
- 7 Apr 2016
FG, WATRA Ink Agreement on Telecommunications Regulation
Federal government and West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Assembly (WATRA) on Wednesday in Abuja signed an agreement on adopting a comprehensive framework for the regulation of…
- 4 Jun 2021
FG Targets 90 Per Cent Broadband Penetration by 2023
Federal government hopes to achieve 90 per cent broadband penetration in the country by 2023, according to Isa Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy. Uwa Suleiman, spokesperson for…
- 7 Mar 2022
Ndukwe, Chairman MTN Nigeria Receives Independent Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr Ernest C. Ndukwe, Chairman, Board of Directors, MTN Nigeria, was honoured with lifetime achievement award at the 2021 Independent Awards held at the Convention Centre of the prestigious Eko Hotel…
- 8 Dec 2015
#CVExpo15 Focuses on Africa’s Biggest Technology Market
Technology users, mobile consumers, business professionals, the media, entertainment stars and other delegates, on Tuesday, converged on Lagos at the maiden Computer Village exhibition with focus on…
- 6 Jun 2023
Danbatta, Adebayo, Rudman, Uzor lead speakers to NDSF 2023
The multiple award-winning Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, the chairman, Association of Licensed…
- 23 Jul 2019
Buhari Taps Sunday Dare, NCC EC as Minister
President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Mr Sunday Dare, executive commissioner (Stakeholder Management) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) as the ministerial nominee from Oyo State.…
- 7 Jun 2010
Competition and Service Delivery in Telecoms
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has severally re-instated its desire to continue to encourage competition in the sector. It does this through licensing of several operators in different…
- 19 May 2008
Nigeria heads AU Ministers Bureau on ICT
John Odey, minister of Information and Communications, has in Cairo, Egypt, emerged the chairperson of the Bureau of African Ministers of Communications and Information Technologies under the…
- 29 Dec 2014
‘Right of Way’ Issues Frustrate Broadband Penetration
Stakeholders in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector have listed several obstacles frustrating broadband penetration in the country and chief among them is the…
- 10 Mar 2013
Why and How Broadband Internet is Expensive
Nigerians will have to wait a little longer for affordable high-speed internet service otherwise known as broadband internet because there are still many roadblocks, people who should know have said.…
- 22 Sept 2022
Danbatta Applauds Media for Aiding Telecom Awareness
The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Professor Umar Danbatta, has said that the level of awareness of the potentials of telecommunications products and services is a…
- 25 Apr 2016
Stakeholders Worry over Roadblocks to Broadband Penetration
Nigerians will have to wait a little longer for affordable high-speed internet service otherwise known as broadband internet because there are still many roadblocks, people who should know told…
- 23 Nov 2017
Bharti Family Pledges 10% of Wealth To Philanthropy
By peter oluka The Bharti Family, which has built one of India’s leading business enterprises, today pledged a part of their personal wealth for philanthropic purposes. The Family has decided to…
- 8 Sept 2008
Stimulating Investment in Telecoms
Nigeria as one of the largest and fastest growing markets offers particularly attractive opportunities, starting with the fact that less than 40 percent of the country has been covered with…