Telecommunication subscribes may have to pay 40 per cent more than the current charges for calls, Short Message Service (SMS) and data. The Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) attributed the proposed increase on the rising cost of running a business in the nation. If the regulatory authority, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) approves the proposal, the price …

Telephone lines that are yet to be linked with the subscribers to the National Identity Numbers (NIN) have been deactivated. About 72.2 million such lines will be affected by the new measure. This follows the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari, a decision that was anchored on improving the worrisome security situation in the country. Terrorism, banditry, kidnapping and other criminal …