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Nigeria’s 5G Revolution Stalls as Affordability and Infrastructure Lag Behind

Promise Eze 29 October 2025 0

Nigeria may be Africa’s largest smartphone market, but its transition to next-generation connectivity remains painfully slow. Despite having more than 170 million active mobile users, which is the highest on the continent, only about 3 percent of them, roughly five million people, currently use

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NCC seals bookshops, arrests suspects in Ibadan over piracy

Tunde Opalana 21 September 2025 0

Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has raided bookshops in Ibadan, Oyo State, over the sale of pirated books, arresting several suspects and sealing multiple outlets. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the operation, carried out on Saturday, was led by the Oyo State Coordinator of NCC, Mrs Oluropo Oke, with support from operatives of […]

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NCC proposes new flexible licensing framework to boost telecom innovation

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BY MOTOLANI OSENI The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has unveiled a draft General Authorisation Framework designed to foster innovation and support emerging technologies across the nation’s telecommunications landscape. Targeted particularly at startups and digital services not covered by existing licences, the proposed framework seeks to provide a more adaptive

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NCC, stakeholders deepen efforts to tackle rural connectivity challenges

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BY MOTOLANI OSENI The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has joined forces with the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and several institutional stakeholders to address the persistent challenges facing rural network connectivity in Nigeria. This collaboration culminated in a two-day high-level workshop held in Abuja from June 3 to 4, 2025, which focused

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NCC Directs Telcos To Make USSD Deductions From Subscribers’ Airtime

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BY PATRICK WEMAMBU (With Agency Report) The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed telecommunications companies (Telcos) to make unstructured supplementary service data (USSD) deductions from Bank customers’ airtime. This is according to a directive from the NCC confirmed by United Bank for Africa (UBA). The charges will no longer be deducted from

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NCC shifts USSD charges to airtime in N250bn dispute between banks, telcos

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BY MOTOLANI OSENI The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) to stop deducting charges for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) transactions directly from customers’ bank accounts, signalling a major regulatory shift that follows years of unresolved debt and conflict between banks and mobile network operators (MNOs).

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NCC pushes for overhaul of 2003 Act to reflect Nigeria’s digital realities

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 29 April 2025 0

BY MOTOLANI OSENI The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has begun reviewing the Nigerian Communications Act of 2003, citing the need to align the regulatory framework with fast-evolving technologies and digital ambitions. Speaking at a stakeholders’ colloquium in Lagos, Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Dr Aminu Maida, said the current law has grown outdated in

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NCC gives telcos 90 days to refund unclaimed airtime to subscribers

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BY MOTOLANI OSENI The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has issued a 90-day compliance window to telecommunications operators as part of a bold regulatory initiative to resolve the long-standing issue of unutilized and unclaimed subscriber recharges. This announcement was made during a high-level virtual stakeholder engagement forum held on Tuesday, aimed at

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Mobile technicians urge NCC to enforce phone registration to curb theft

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 1 April 2025 0

BY MOTOLANI OSENI The Association of Mobile Communication Device Technicians of Nigeria (AMCODET) has called on the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to mandate mobile phone registration at the point of purchase to curb theft and enhance security in the country’s mobile device market. AMCODET President, Mr Kehinde Apara, made the appeal in Lagos, stressing that […]

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Tariff hike boosts telecoms profitability amid economic challenges

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BY MOTOLANI OSENI The recent 50 per cent tariff hike approved by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is set to bolster the profitability of telecom operators, offering a lifeline to an industry grappling with currency devaluation and soaring operational costs. While the sector played a key role in Nigeria’s economic recovery from the 2020 recession, […]

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Why Nigerians need to Brace up for 50% Telecom Tariff Hike. – Tech. Expert

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 22 January 2025 0

By Dooyum Naadzenga Tech expert, Bosun Ayeni analyses the implications of the 50 % telcos tariff hike. With the approval, January 20, 2025 by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) of a staggering 50% increase in tariffs for mobile network operators (MNOs), marking the first major adjustment since 2013. The decision comes amidst rising operational costs […]

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NCC approves up to 50% tariff adjustment to support telecom sector

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 21 January 2025 0

BY MOTOLANI OSENI The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has approved requests from telecommunications operators for tariff adjustments of up to 50 per cent. This move, made under the powers granted to the NCC by Section 108 of the Nigerian Communications Act, 2003, aims to address rising operational costs and ensure the long-term sustainability of the […]

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PMCRG urges NCC to release 2022 telecom competition report for sector growth

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BY MOTOLANI OSENI The Pervasive and Mobile Computing Research Group (PMCRG) at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) has called on the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to make public the findings of its 2022 study on Nigeria’s telecommunications competition landscape. In a statement issued on Monday, signed by Adeniran Oluwaranti, coordinator of PMCRG Africa Centre of

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100% of SIM cards used in Nigeria locally manufactured – NCC

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 24 June 2024 0

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says 100 per cent of the SIM cards used in the country are manufactured locally. Engr. Babagana Digima, the Head, New Media and Information Security, NCC, said this at a training for media executives in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the two-day training had the title: […]

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HoR tells NCC to introduce pay-as-you-go policy for internet providers

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By Tom Okpe The House of Representatives has directed the Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC, to initiate a policy of Pay-As-You-Go to all Internet Service Providers, ISPs, in the country. The House further said it is to minimise high level of exploitations by the service providers, services not rendered. The House also urged the NCC and […]

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NCC: Pioneering digital transformation for Nigeria’s future

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By Motolani Oseni In Nigeria, a burgeoning tech-savvy and upwardly mobile population is harnessing the benefits of digital technologies. Driven by rapidly expanding internet access and a steady broadband penetration rate of about 43 per cent, the nation’s digital economy is set for significant growth, positively impacting various sectors and enhancing connectivity and

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NCC reveals what will happen to barred lines after 180 Days

Ihesiulo Grace 5 March 2024 0

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has revealed that over 40 million telephone lines barred because owners failed to link their SIM cards with their National Identification Number (NIN) will soon be unable to make calls. According to the NCC Director of Public Affairs, Reuben Mouka, on Tuesday, if the affected lines are not acted upon […]

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NCC Directs MTN, Glo, Airtel, other networks to start blocking SIM cards without NIN

Ihesiulo Grace 28 February 2024 0

The National Communication Commission (NCC) has directed telecom operators in Nigeria to disconnect telephone subscribers who have not linked their National Identification Numbers (NIN) by February 28, 2024. This directive was further reiterated today by the Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Dr Aminu Maida. Maida, who spoke during the NCC’s Special Day at the […]

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Nigeria’s 5G subscriptions hit 2.3m in December 2023–NCC

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 27 February 2024 0

By Motolani Oseni The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has disclosed that the fifth Generation (5G) subscriptions in the country have increased to 2.3 million as of December 2023, from 500,000 recorded in September 2023. The Commission in recent data, stated that the country’s total active subscriptions for telephone services, stood at 224.7 million at the […]

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NCC: Nigeria getting it right on telecom reforms

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At a time when the various sectors of the economy are taking the hit from the economic challenges and the cost-of-living crisis besetting Nigeria, the telecommunications sector has remained a beacon of hope in the ability of the country to get it right. In addition to the good foundation that was laid by successive leadership […]