PRNigeria Opens Application for 2025 Young Communication Fellowship PRNigeria, the country’s foremost privately-owned news agency, has officially opened applications for the 2025 edition of its acclaimed Young Communication Fellowship (YCF), aimed at nurturing a new generation of media professionals in Nigeria. The Fellowship, now in its...

BVN, NIN Sale: A Threat to National Security By Shuaib S. Agaka Just weeks ago, national alarm bells rang over the dangers of SIM recycling—where inactive mobile numbers are reassigned without proper verification, sometimes leading to unauthorized access to bank accounts and sensitive platforms. Now, with...

Digital Identity at Risk: The Silent Threat of SIM Recycling in Nigeria By Shuaib S. Agaka A few months ago, Mr. Y lost his mobile phone and, with it, his SIM card. At first, it seemed like a minor inconvenience. But months later, he discovered he...

The Nigerian telecom industry is making a strong recovery, contributing significantly to the country’s Gross Domestic Product, following a foreign exchange crisis that impacted the sector about two years ago.

NCC Directs Banks to Deduct USSD Fees Through Airtime The Nigerian Communications Commission has directed Deposit Money Banks to start deducting charges for unstructured supplementary service data transactions directly from users’ mobile airtime. According to an email from the United Bank for Africa to customers on...

Internet Data Consumption Declines After 50% Tariff hike The Nigerian Communications Commission report has revealed that Internet data consumption in Nigeria declined by 17,647 terabytes between January and April 2025, following the implementation of a new tariff regime that saw the cost of telecommunications services...