More than 2000 Nigerian youths from the Six Geopolitical Zones of the country have been trained in digital job acquisition in an intervention programme promoted by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) while the ongoing edition of the programme has 600…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has ordered members of the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) to disconnect Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) if they fail to pay the debt owed to Operators for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD)…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has sensitised traders in Ibadan, Oyo State capital on how to reduce data usage on mobile telecommunications network. Its Head of Consumers Affairs, Mr Ayanbanji Ojo, made this known at the NCC third edition of…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has been made aware of a fake LinkedIn account that is being attributed to our Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Prof Umar Garba Danbatta. We wish to categorically state that the said LinkedIn…
The Nigerian Communications Commission has debunked the news making the rounds that it incurred a deficit of N17billion in its 2021 budget. This was disclosed in a statement made available to Nigerian NewsDirect. It read, “The attention of the Nigerian…
THE Nigerian Copyright Commission, NCC says it is intensifying antipiracy drive and enforcing stiffer penalties for copyrights infringement and abuse of all literary works in the country. Dr John Asein, the Director-General, NCC, made this known in a statement on…
By Ibiyemi Mathew The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has dismissed allegations that it is responsible for monitoring contents on social media. The telecoms industry regulator made this submission came during a recent visit of the National Civil Society Council of…
By Ibiyemi Mathew The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has refuted allegations that it leaked a phone conversation between the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi and the Presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church, David Oyedepo. Recall…
The Nigerian Communications Commission’s Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) has recommended that users of the popular messaging app, WhatsApp, set up Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) to avoid falling victim to account takeover by hackers. In an advisory issued on Tuesday,…
The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has reiterated the Commission’s commitment to continually drive initiatives that accelerate broadband deployment to increase penetration and make internet connection readily available…
