FG's Virtual Institutions Train 36,000 on IT Skills -Pantami A large proportion of the 36,000 Nigerians who enrolled for Information Technology (IT) skills acquisition in the virtual institutions established by the Federal Government (FG) have completed their training and since been certified, Dr. Isa Ali...

Banks Owe Telcos N17bn For USSD Access – NCC     The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, says commercial banks in the country owe telecommunication over N17bn for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data access. This debt, according to him, accumulated following the regulator’s...

NCC Revises USSD Pricing, Says 20 Seconds Costs N1.63   The Nigerian Communications Commission has revised the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data pricing to allow mobile network operators and financial institutions negotiate mutually beneficial rates. The Executive Vice Chairman, NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, said the commission amended the...

Global PR Award: NAF, NCS, NCC Emerge Finalists The Nigerian Airforce (NAF), Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) are among finalists of Golden World Award in Public Relations for the Year 2020. The announcement was made through email messages to the finalists by...

Danbatta's Reappoinment and Pantami’s Broad Vision By Mohammed Kabir Given the hype, hyper-attention and the spin given to the imaginary wrangling between the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami and the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), Professor Umar...

NCC Plans 5G Policy, Seeks Stakeholders’ Inputs     The Nigerian Communications Commission has commenced plans to develop a policy for the commercial deployment of fifth generation technology and is seeking the inputs of stakeholders. The commission, in a statement on Thursday, explained that the trial conducted on...