Category: Technology

Cable Equiano: Pantami, Danbatta pledge enabling policy environment for wider connectivity

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The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), and the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, have promised to continue to drive policy initiatives that promote investment in infrastructure in the Nigerian telecom industry in order to deepen connectivity to enhance the nation’s growth and development.   The duo stated this on the sideline of the reception marking the landing of the Equiano undersea Cable System in Nigeria at the Open Access Data Centre at Lekki in Lagos. Pantami…

ipNX visits NCC, applauds Commission for Efficient Regulatory Services

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Key members of the top echelon of the Management of ipNX, a licensee of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), were at the Commission yesterday for a courtesy visit.   The delegation from ipNX, led by the Group Managing Director, Ejovi Aror, praised the Management of NCC for its superlative regulatory activities, describing the Commission’s actions as marked by efficiency and effectiveness.   Aror also hinted about the company’s plan to expand its operations in Nigeria, in a manner that will heighten the role of the telecom sector in the growth…

Internet Safety Advocate, Rotimi Onadipe Informs Internet Users Worldwide What To Do To Reduce Online Dangers In Society

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The Founder of internet safety magazine and CEO of Onadipe Technologies, Mr. Rotimi Onadipe has informed internet users all over the world what to do to reduce online abuse e.g. internet fraud, cyber bullying, online pornography, cybersex, online gaming addiction etc. which are now prevalent among youths and our society in today’s technology age.   Onadipe, whose published articles on internet safety are in several news platforms and have been used by many stakeholders, researchers, scholars, authors and many academic outlets around the world, shared his expert opinion with Nigerians…

NCC urges Consumers to Protect Telecom Infrastructure, Others

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has emphasised that telecommunications consumers in Nigeria have a major role to play in complementing efforts being put in place to ensure effective protection of telecommunications infrastructure. This is important to sustain and improve on the quality of service delivery by the service providers.   The Commission made this request and assertion recently at a sensitization programme it organized at Wannune, Tarka Local Government Area of Benue State. According to the Commission, aside from the role of the law enforcement agencies in protecting telecom infrastructure,…

NCC, Google partner to drive Nigeria’s Digital Transformation

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Google Global Services Nigeria have expressed determination to work together toward advancing the actualisation of auspicious national targets for ubiquitous broadband access in furtherance of Nigeria’s digital transformation policy. This aligns with and gives unambiguous expression to NCC’s strategic vision plan centering on strategic partnership and collaboration with necessary stakeholders in order to achieve regulatory objectives.   The two organisations made the commitment when a delegation from Google Global Services Nigeria paid a courtesy visit to the Commission’s Head Office in Abuja recently to…

NYSC DG tasks Store Officers on deployment of ICT solutions

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The Director-General of National Youth Service Corps, Major General Shuaibu Ibrahim has charged Store Officers in the Scheme to embrace the deployment of ICT tools in this discharge of their official duties.   He said this will keep them abreast with methods of stock inventory and analysis in accordance with global best practices.   He stated this while declaring open the 2022 NYSC Store Officers Workshop, with the theme; “Employing The Use of ICT For Effective Store Management”, held in Abuja.   General Ibrahim, whose address was read at the…

Major Reasons Why so many People fall Prey to Online Scams and How to avoid falling Victim !

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Scam is simply defined as an illegitimate or deceptive plan of making money, particularly by tricking unsuspecting victims e.g. individuals, companies or organisations.   With the advancement of technology, particularly the invention of high tech devices everywhere e.g. smartphones and other Internet of Things (IoT) devices, there is no doubt that we now live in an age where almost anything seems possible, good, easy, cheap and available. The scammers are aware of this development and they are also taking advantage of the situation to trick unsuspecting victims to giving their…

Encomiums as Okodu bows out of NCC

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Durojaiye Anthony Okodu is an unusually calm, friendly, stylish and very considerate staff of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). A man without negative airs, yet he carried himself with the avuncular grace. His physical persona is marked by an exceptional gait that matches his physique. A man of naturally tall framing devoid of excessive fat that makes him able to move swiftly and magisterially. Importantly, Okodu’s humility and affable disposition easily endear him to everyone. So, expectedly, last Friday, April 8, 2022, staff of NCC gathered at the imposing auditorium…

Unblocking SIM Cards require SIM Linkage – NCC … says Commission not recruiting

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)has announced that telecoms consumers, whose Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards are barred from making calls, that affected SIMs will not be unbarred by the service providers until they are linked with the National Identification Numbers (NINs) of the SIM holders. NCC said “This information has become necessary in view of a viral web link (https://bit.ly/NCC-Sim-Unbar-Gov-Ng) being circulated on social media and on some websites. The link and accompanying narrative represent patent misinformation and disinformation certainly designed to mislead the general public about the SIM cards…

NCC awards N233M Research grants, Professorial Chair Endowments to Nigerian Universities

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Consistent with its recognition of the academia as a central stakeholder in its commitment to linkages and local development sphere of the Nigeria’s telecommunications sector, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has awarded fresh research grants and endowed professorial chairs in some Nigerian universities in the sum of N233 million.   From the total sum, N172.5 million was awarded to support 13 proposals found to have met the stipulated criteria in the advertised 2021 Request for Proposal (RfP) for Telecommunications-Based Research Innovations from Nigerian Tertiary Institutions (research grant) Programme. Additionally, three…