The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has granted telecommunications operators in Nigeria the approval to disconnect banks over N120 billion unstructured supplementary service data (USSD) debt, according to the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON). ALTON Chairman Mr Gbenga Adebayo in Lagos said in a statement on Friday that the Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) would disconnect banks if they failed …

Billionaire Twitter owner, Elon Musk has said that he has hired a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the social media platform he acquired in last October. Musk, who announced in a Twitter post on Thursday, said the new CEO will be starting in six weeks while his role will transition to being the Executive Chair, an oversight role. He …

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has sensitised traders in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, on how to reduce data usage on mobile telecommunications network. At the third edition of Market Conversation held at Bodija International Market, Ibadan on Wednesday, NCC’s Head of Consumers Affairs, Mr Ayanbanji Ojo said that there would be excessive use of data when some apps were running …

The Director General of Gavel Institute of Parliamentary Studies (GIPS), Comrade Fatai Jimoh has expressed delight at the objective manner with which the Senate Committee on ICT and Cyber Security conducted its rescheduled public hearing on a Bill for an Act to repeal and re-enact National Information Technology Development Agency (NITD) Act, 2007. Jimoh  said that “the public hearing actually …

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami has asked telecommunication firms and other stakeholders in the sector to ignore any attempt to impose a five per cent excise duty on telecom services. According to the minister, the sector has been excluded from excise duty tax with approval from President Muhammadu Buhari, which was announced on the 21st March, …

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has disclosed that the agency does not seek to regulate telecoms business, but regulate Information Technology for development. The agency’s spokesperson, Mrs Hadiza Umar explained that as a result, telecommunications operators would be excluded from the NITDA Bill currently being debated at the National Assembly. Umar better clarified this position in an interview …

Lagos, Ogun, Kano and Oyo States, and the Federal Capital Territory were the top five locations with mobile internet subscriptions in Nigeria last year. Collectively, the five areas accounted for 33.52 per cent (51.90 million) of the mobile subscriptions (154.85 million) in the country in 2022, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The NBS had revealed …

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that Nigeria’s active voice subscribers rose to 222,571,568 in the fourth quarter of last year from 195,463,898 in the corresponding quarter of 2021. This, the bureau said, indicated a growth rate of 13.87 per cent. According to the bureau’s “Telecoms Data: Active Voice and Internet, Porting and Tariff Information Q4 2022″ report published …

Elon Musk’s Twitter regulations have caused a commotion in the social media community, with Twitter starting to remove the verification badges of famous personalities as he had promised. The verification badges of Afrobeat icons Davido, Burna Boy, and Wizkid are among those that have disappeared, indicating that they did not comply with the new rules. Twitter also removed the verification …

9mobile, Nigeria’s innovative and customer-friendly telecommunications company, affirmed that its business is on the path of a resurgence following the enormous investments into its network operations and a strong commitment by the board and management to aggressively reclaim market share. This assertion was made at its annual Channel Partners Conference which held recently at the Marriott Hotel Ikeja, Lagos. On …