NASS Kicks As NCC Raises Wage Bill By N12bn         The National Assembly (NASS) has queried the Nigerian Communications Commission over a sharp increase in its proposed wage bill between for 2021. The parliament also criticised the hike in the financial provision for consultancy services. While the...

DSS, EFCC, NDLEA, Pantami, Others Bag 2020 Security Awards for Outstanding Performance ...NAF, NCS, NCC bags international public relations award The Department of State Services (DSS), Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Airtel Nigeria, among others have been conferred the 2020 Security and Emergency Management Awards...

Fed Govt Suspends Sales, Activation Of SIM Cards         The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has ordered the suspension of the sales and activation of new SIM cards by telecom operators. NCC in a statement on Wednesday said the suspension was to allow an audit of the Subscriber...

Phone Subscribers Increased By 54.2m In Five Years – NCC         The National Communications Commission on Wednesday said active phone subscribers in Nigeria grew by 54.2 million in the last five years. NCC’s Executive Vice Chairman, Umar Danbatta, said this when he led the commission’s board of...

House Summons Finance Minister, Others Over Non-audit Of 801 MDAs, 110 Foreign Missions         The House of Representatives has expressed concern and dissatisfaction over the inability of the office of the Auditor General of the Federation (oAuGF) to audit 801 federal agencies and parastatals and Foreign...

NCC Contributes N2.27trn To Nigeria’s GDP - Danbatta         The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has said that the contribution of the telecommunication sector to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has risen from 8.5 percent in 2015 to 14.3 percent as at September 2020, amounting to...