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Nigeria Gets $5bn Line Of Credit Offer From India

Nigeria Gets $5bn Line Of Credit Offer From India Nigeria can explore $5bn line of credit with low interest rate from India, the Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Abhay Thakur, has said. Thakur made the disclosure when he visited the Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, according...

FG Plans NIPOST Reformation for E-Commerce, E-Governance

The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) is being reformed to strengthen and reposition it in order to undertake e-commerce and e-government services, as a strategic response to technological challenges that have affected mail services globally, the Minister of Communications, Alhaji Adebayo Shittu has said. Shittu, who...

Cyber Security: Shittu wants Internet Stakeholders to Prepare Against Attacks

The Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu has called on internet stakeholders to put measures in place to tackle all forms of cyber attacks in the country. Shittu told newsmen in Abuja that everyone as well as organisations was vulnerable to cyber criminals. He stressed the...

FG Tasks New NCC Board on Telecoms Service Quality

The Federal Government has charged the newly reconstituted board of the Nigerian Communications Commission to quickly address the rising incidence of poor quality of service in the telecommunications industry. Addressing the members at the inauguration of the board in Abuja, the Minister of Communications, Mr....

MTN Pays N80bn of N330bn Fine — FG

The Federal Government says MTN had paid N80 billion of the N330 billion fine imposed on it for failing to deactivate more than five million unregistered SIM cards. Speaking at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja, the Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo...

Govt shuns N144b Satellite, Shops for Two New Ones

With over N144 billion ($362 million) spent on its building and more on the construction of ground station infrastructure, the country’s communications satellite is still idle in the ongoing switchover from analogue to Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) broadcasting. The reason: there is no backup to...