The House of Representatives’ Committee on Communications is interfacing with the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to avert the nationwide protest scheduled 4 February 2025, over the 50 per cent hike in telecom tariff. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) recently approved a 50 per cent tariff increase for telecommunication companies, citing prevailing operational costs. Miffed by the development, …

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has disclosed that the failure of telecommunications companies to purchase 5G spectrum licences was largely responsible for its low revenue generation in 2024. The NCC’s Director of Financial Services, Yakubu Gontor, and its Chief Executive Officer/Executive Vice Chairman, Aminu Maida, revealed this during the 2025 budget defence before the National Assembly Joint Committee on Communications …

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the administration of President Bola Tinubu and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) over what it described as the ‘arbitrary, unconstitutional, unlawful, unfair, and unreasonable’ 50 per cent increase in telecom tariffs. The NCC recently approved the tariff hike, which raised the cost of a one-minute call from N11 …

Minister of Finance and the Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, has said that the tariff in the telecommunications sector would be reviewed periodically. Edun spoke to Arise TV, yesterday at the ongoing 2025 World Economic Forum (WEF), in Davos, Switzerland. The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, had on Monday, granted approval to telcos to implement a 50 per …

The Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, on Tuesday defended the decision to approve a 50 per cent tariff hike for telecom services, despite widespread backlash and legal threats from advocacy groups and subscribers. Minister Tijani, who appeared before lawmakers to defend the ministry’s budget, explained that the tariff hike was driven by broader economic pressures, including …

Nigerians are to pay more for data, calls and Short Message Service (SMS), following the 50 per cent hike in end-user tariffs approved for service providers by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday. The nod, which was half of the Mobile Network Operators’ (MNOs’) demand, came shortly after a virtual meeting of Industry Consumer Advisory Forum (IACF), which is an …

Nigerians may soon experience an increase in the cost of telecom services, with the price of 1GB of data potentially rising to N560 under a proposed tariff adjustment. The Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, during a recent appearance on national TV, revealed that while telecom operators were pushing for a 100 per cent hike in tariffs, …

The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, has said that a potential tariff increase in the telecommunications sector should not exceed 60 per cent. He emphasised the need to balance the sustainability of the sector with affordability for Nigerians. Tijani made this known during an interview on Politics Today on Channels Television on Wednesday. When asked if …

Barely a week after killing two police officers, terrorists belonging to Lakurawa group have killed three staff of a leading telecommunication firm. The insurgents were said to have invaded a construction site at Gumki village in Arewa Local Government Area of Kebbi State. It was gathered that the deceased were installing a surveillance mast for the Nigeria Immigration Service in …

Amid the ongoing debate surrounding the proposed tariff increase by telecommunications companies, 9mobile’s Chief Executive Officer, Obafemi Banigbe has weighed in, emphasising that the telecom sector has been a key contributor to Nigeria’s GDP and a cornerstone of the nation’s digital economy over the past two decades. He noted that the growth experienced in the industry had attracted significant capital …