Category: Technology

Danbatta woos Investors at GITEX Africa on Nigeria’s Broadband Future

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The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has invited international telecom companies and potential investors to take advantage of the opportunities presented by Nigeria’s population of over 200 million people to invest in its telecom sector, especially in infrastructure provisioning for broadband.     Danbatta, who spoke at the inaugural edition of the Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX) 2023, which ended in Marrakesh, Morocco recently, said Nigeria presents a stable political and economic conditions.     Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and…

NCC tasks Telcos on Network Security, Consumer Safety

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) and Internet Service Providers (ISP) in the country to comply with regulatory frameworks emplaced by the Commission towards ensuring security and safety of their networks for telecom consumers. The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, gave the charge at the 2023 annual Nigeria DigitalSense Forum, focused on Internet Governance for Development, which took place in Lagos recently. Addressing stakeholders at the event, Danbatta said one of the regulatory framework put in…

Nigeria’s Telecom Access gaps drop by 53% – Danbatta

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The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Commission, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta said the number of identified areas of clusters across Nigeria without access to the telecommunications services has been reduced by 53.1 per cent as at the end of 2022.   NCC EVC disclosed this at a recent telecoms industry stakeholders forum in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state.   Prof Danbatta, who was represented at the forum by the Head, Pre-Licensing at the Commission, Usman Mamman, said from 207 clusters of access gaps in 2013, the industry has…

Danbatta bags APPON Award, assures of Broadband support for e-Procurement

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The Association of Public Procurement Practitioners of Nigeria (APPON) has conferred the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, with the “Excellent Service Delivery and Accountability Award”. The award was in recognition of Danbatta’s outstanding performance and contribution to the canons of the public procurement profession in Nigeria by ensuring that the NCC complies strictly with the provisions of the Public Procurement Act (PPA) 2007. He received the award at the 3rd Annual National Conference and Awards Ceremony organized by the…

Premium Times Books unveils new Title on Cyber Politics, Nigerian Elections

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Premium Times Books, the book publishing arm of the Premium Times Group, announced the release of a new title, Cyber Politics: Social Media, Social Demography and Voting Behaviour in Nigeria. The book, written by Omoniyi P. Ibietan, is officially making its way to physical and online bookshop Monday morning in a unique alignment with the symbolic rituals of June 12, Nigeria’s Democracy Day. In 460 pages spread over 12 chapters, Cyber Politics: Social Media, Social Demography and Voting Behaviour in Nigeria gives expression to a critical phase within the distinct…

NCC holds ‘Talk To The Regulator’Forum in Bayelsa, reiterates commitment to service delivery

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Prof Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman, Nigeria Communications Commission NCC, said the commission , in keeping with its mandate, created opportunities to interact with its licensees on industry issues and new trends via stakeholder fora, with a view to gathering relevant information that would further advance the development of the industry, while improving regulations and service delivery to telecom consumers. Prof Danbatta disclosed this in a Keynote address delivered at the NCC ‘Talk-To-The Regulator’Forum for the Year, 2023, holding in the South-South, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. EVC stated that the telecom…

NCC reiterates commitment to Digital Job Creation for Youths

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In line with one of the pillars of the National Digital Economic Policy and Strategy, (NDEPS 2020-2030), which is to further accelerate economic growth in digital literacy and skills, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said it remained fully committed to the effective and efficient implementation of the Federal Government’s policy direction in repositioning the youth for the digital era job opportunities through a programme tagged, Digital Job Creation for Youths (DJCY).   Over 2,000 Nigerian youths have, so far, benefited from this programme from the Six (6) Geopolitical Zones…

NYSC AT 50: DG seeks NITDA’s support for new ICT Centre

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The NYSC Director General, Brigadier General YD Ahmed has appealed for technical assistance and ICT equipment from the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) for a smooth take-off of the new ICT centre situated at NYSC National Directorate Headquarters in Maitama, Abuja. General Ahmed stated this today when he led some management staff of the Scheme on a courtesy visit to the Director General of NITDA, Malam Kashifu A. Inuwa at his office in Abuja. The DG thanked the agency for its support for the Scheme over the years, especially…

NCC debunks online report on incurred deficit in 2021 budget

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The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has refuted an online publication with a headline titled: “NCC Incurs a Deficit of N17bn, Spending N35.2bn on Personnel, Consultancy Fees”.   The commission in a statement signed:by its Director of Public Affairs, Reuben Muoka decribed the online publication as fake and misleading.   The statement read in full;   The Commission is concerned with the inability of the online publication to accurately interpret the contents of its 2021 Annual Reports which have been made public. As a result, the publication gave a wrong impression…