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- News9 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…
- News13 Aug 2024
Osun Urges NCC to Sanction MTN over Unpaid Statutory Taxes
The consultant to the Osun State Government on telecommunications infrastructure, Mr. Rotimi George Taylor, has urged the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) to sanction MTN over unpaid dues of…
- News9 Jul 2024
12 Nigerian ISPs Unable to renew license in 1st Half of 2024
The number of active Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Nigeria has dropped from 252 in May to 242 in July, according to the latest data from the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC). While two…
- News7 Jun 2024
Reps Urge Probe of Telcos over Alleged Extortion of Consumers
House of Representatives has said that there is need for the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) to investigate the operations of telecommunications companies operating in the country over poor…
- News1 Jun 2024
NCC Directs Telcos to Audit Billings to Address Data Depletion Complaints
Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has said that mobile network operators (MNOs) have been directed to audit their billing systems, to address consumer complaints about data depletion. The…
- News18 Jan 2024
NCC Mulls Regulation to Criminalize Use of Mobile Phones for Fraud
Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) is tinkering with a regulation that will make it a criminal offence for anyone to use their mobile lines for fraud. Aminu Maida, executive vice chairman, NCC…
- News30 Oct 2023
Solaris, Knownow, Specxs win NCC's talent hunt
Three companies, out of 81 companies that contested at the Nigerian Communication Commission's inspired technology innovation talent hunt competition, shared the N30 million prize money equally. Nine…
- News12 Oct 2023
NCC Restores Regulatory Services to Globacom
Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has restored regulatory services to one of its licensees, Globacom Limited after it successfully cleared its outstanding debt obligations to the Commission for…
- News22 Jun 2023
NCC Moves to Deepen Connectivity with Starlink Partnership
Umar Danbatta, the executive vice chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communication Commission ( NCC) said the commission is considering engaging with Starlink to extend connectivity to rural areas in the…
- News27 May 2022
NCC Says 40 Telecom Structure are Vandalised Daily in Nigeria
Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has revealed that it receives over 40 vandalisation reports on telecom structures across the federation daily. It said the situation underlines the need for…
- News11 Oct 2021
NCC's Regulatory Instruments Set to Facilitate 5G Deployment, Tackle Insecurity - Danbatta
Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), has declared that three of the Commission's regulatory instruments are set to offer enabling…
- News16 Mar 2021
NCC Plans Regulations on eWaste
Prof. Umar Danbatta, executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), has said the commission is concluding processes to issue regulations on electronic waste. Danbatta, who…
- News16 Dec 2020
Reps Ask NCC to Extend Deadline on Blocking SIM Cards without NIN
House of Representatives has asked the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) to extend the deadline for the provision of the National Identification Number (NIN) by telecommunication service…
- News11 Nov 2020
FG Plans to Crash Data Cost to Aid eLearning
Prof. Adeolu Akande, chairman, Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), said on Wednesday that cost of data in Nigeria will soon crash, to aid e-learning. Akande, speaking at a lecture in Ibadan, the…
- News18 Oct 2020
NCC Reviewing InfraCo Framework, Funding Options
The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has constituted a committee to review the framework for the licensing of Infrastructure Companies (InfraCo) and recommend sustainable funding options for…
- News15 Oct 2020
NCC Rallying Stakeholders to Formulate 5G Policies- Danbatta
Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) is working vigorously with multi-sector stakeholders to formulate policies for the 5th generation (5G) mobile network, according to Prof. Umaru Danbatta,…
- News17 Sept 2020
NCC Threatens Illegal Users of GSM Boosters with Arrest, Prosecution
Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has warned telecom consumers to desist from using illegal GSM boosters. The commission also said that anyone caught using a GSM booster without obtaining…
- News20 Feb 2020
Fashola Berates NCC for Defending Telcos Poor Qos Provisioning
Mr Babatunde Fashola, minister of Works, has slammed the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), for openly protecting telecoms companies over increasing cases of dropped calls. Fashola, said that…
- News13 Feb 2020
NSCDC Partner NCC to Stop Circulation of Pre-Registered SIM Cards
Jigawa Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) to curb the circulation of…
- News31 Jan 2020
NCC Stops Unauthorised Transmission on 5.4GHz Frequency Band
Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), said it curbed unauthorized transmission on the 5.4GHz Frequency Band. The 5.4 GHz band is designated for unshared, coordinated and protected use of wireless…
- News19 Dec 2019
NCC Opens Spectrum Windows for Drones, 5G Operation
Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) will soon allocate the required spectrum for the operation and management of drones and 5G in Nigeria. Also the 60 GHz Spectrum band to boost the imminent…
- News9 Dec 2019
NCC Sets Up 112, ECC in FCT, 17 States
Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has established Emergency Communication Centres (ECC) across 18 States of the country including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The ECC are operational in…
- News14 Nov 2019
Tame Menace of Unregistered SIM Cards, Speaker Tells NCC
Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the House of Representatives has tasked the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) to ensure the registration of all SIM cards in the country. The speaker said…
- News6 Aug 2019
NCC Fines Airtel, 9mobile N127m for Infractions
Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has fined Airtel Nigeria and 9mobile a total of N127 million for contravening its laws. According to the Commission’s latest enforcement report, Airtel…
- News21 Jun 2019
Gov. Obaseki Commends NCC over Internet Code of Practice to Curb Cybercrimes
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state has commended Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) for establishing an Internet Industry Code of Practice for internet service providers in the country to…
- News10 Jun 2019
NCC Targets 70 Per Cent Broadband Penetration by 2024
The next national broadband plan will see the country reaching 70 per cent broadband penetration by 2024, according to Prof Umar Danbatta, executive vice chairman, Nigerian Communication Commissions…
- News14 May 2019
NCC Partners Security Agencies, NSA, Others to Combat Cybercrimes
The Nigerian Communication Commission, NCC, said that it was partnering security agencies, the National security Adviser, Mohammed Babagana Monguno, and others towards combating the menace of…
- News5 Apr 2019
Kidnappers Using Pre-Registered SIM Cards to Commit Crimes – NCC
Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has disclosed that kidnappers use unregistered SIM cards to commit crimes. He however…
- News29 Mar 2019
Nwokike, NCC Spokesman Retires from Service
Nnamdi Nwokike, director of public affairs at the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) and eleven other senior staff retires from the commission effective from April 1, 2019. It would be…
- News8 Jan 2019
Stakeholders call for Interconnect Settlement Scheme to Address Indebtedness
Stakeholders in the telecommunications ecosystem have urged the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) to establish Interconnect Settlement Scheme to address indebtedness in the industry. …