LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The People’s Democratic Party, PDP caucus of the House of Representatives Tuesday called for the prosecution of the head of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC for allegedly lying to the country on the possibility of electronic transmission of election results. The Leader of the Caucus, Rep. Kingsley Chinda, made the call Today…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Experts in the telecommunications industry have expressed opposition to the move by the Federal Government to licence over-the-top and social media platforms in the country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, had in a statement last Friday directed the National Broadcasting Commission to immediately commence the process of licensing all…
LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Communications Commission has denied reports that mobile subscribers will be required to submit the international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) of their phones to it from July, 2021. In a statement on Friday, the Director of public affairs of the NCC, Ikechukwu Adinde, said the commission did not at any time…
NIN: NCC Clears Air about Mass Disconnection of Telecom Subscribers LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said that it’s has been drawn to numerous publications in both print and electronic media regarding the unfounded fears of mass disconnection of telephone subscribers as a result of the ongoing linkage of SIM Registration Records with the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Citizens Common Advocacy International, an Abuja based non-profit has approached the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja for an order of interim injunction to stop the implementation of the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) regulation directing telecommunication companies to disconnect mobiles lines of Nigerians by 30th December 2020 for failure to link National…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government to block SIM cards that are not synchronized with the National Identity Numbers, NIN. The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, gave telecommunications operators in the country two weeks to block SIM Cards that are not registered with the National Identity Numbers, NIN. This was made known in a statement by…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Telecommunication operators in Nigeria said yesterday that the directive by the Federal Government that cost of data should be reviewed downward in five days is “unrealistic and insensitive” considering the high operating cost in the country. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, yesterday, directed the Board…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-National Communication Commission has stated that persons must provide his/her National Identity Management Commission, NIMC National Identity Number, NIN in order to register for GSM telephone SIM card. Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, NCC, who made the statement at the third annual conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers…