Fed Govt Licenses 203 Agents To Boost NIN Enrolment       The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), has approved the licensing of 173 private sector Agents and 30 State Governments/Public Sector Institutions to conduct enrolment of Nigerians and legal residents into...

Reps Urge Extension of SIM Card Registration, NIN Linkage Deadline         The House of Representatives yesterday urged the federal government to extend the deadline for the synchronisation of subscribers’ SIM card registration with their National Identification Number (NIN) by telecommunication service providers to 10 weeks. The Minister...

Telecoms Contribution To Nigeria’s GDP Doubled In Eight Years - NCC Data         The contribution of the telecommunications sector to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) doubled in the last eight years, according to data obtained from the website of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). According to the...

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...

NCC Celebrates MTN’s N1trn Gains In Capital Market         The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is counting the gains of the listing of MTN in the Nigerian Stocks Exchange (NSE) market, asserting that investors have “raked in approximately N1 trillion in price appreciation and dividends since April...

At a time when many Nigerians are complaining about the dwindling fortunes of the nation’s economy, with its attendant high cost of living, any legislation that seeks to increase their burden even in the short-run could be resisted. As with most capitalist societies, with a...