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Lagos, Dec. 24, 2024 – Dr. Aminu Maida, the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), has advised telecom companies to reduce electronic wastes generated by ICT tools.  Maida gave the advice recently in Lagos at the 2023 ITREALMS E-Waste Dialogue. He was represented by Dr. Lawal Bello, the NCC Director of Technical Standards and Network Integrity. Maida said this advice became imperative because of tremendous changes and developments going on in the ICT environment. He said Nigeria stood to benefit more by taking …

Lagos, Dec. 24, 2023 – At the conclusion of the World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC) 2023, Nigeria joined the rest of the World to sign unto the Final Act WRC-23 which constitutes a record of the decisions taken at the conference. The Final Act comprises both the new and revised provisions of the Radio Regulations, an international treaty governing the use of the radio-frequency spectrum and satellite orbits. Dr. Bosun Tijani, the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, represented Nigeria and was joined by Dr. Aminu Maida, the Executive Vice …

Aminu, Dec. 21, 2023 – Dr. Aminu Maida, the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of the Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) will unveil  his strategic plans for the telecom sector in January 2024. Maida made the promise in Abuja on Wednesday during a courtesy call by the officials of the Abuja Chapter of the Nigeria Information Technology Reporters’ Association (NITRA). He promised to tackle the challenges affecting the telecom sector like poor quality of service and bring improved services to subscribers. “Regarding our direction, I want to thank Mr. President …

Abuja, Dec, 19, 2023 – The Nigerian Communications Commission has directed all mobile telecommunication operators in the country to deregister all phone lines without the National Identity Numbers (NIN) and those with unverified NINs. This was disclosed in a corporate notice that MTN Nigeria filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited revealing the directive from NCC and the attached deadlines for the barring. The statement, signed by Uto Ukpanah, the Company Secretary for MTN Nigeria, said: “This is part of an industry-wide directive that requires phone lines for which the subscribers have …

Kano, Dec.17, 2023 – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says multiple taxes are hindering the achievement of many of the lofty goals in the telecom sector. Adewolu Adeleke, the Executive Commissioner for Stakeholder Management at the NCC, said this at a Regional Workshop on Multiple Taxation and Regulations held in Kano. He said multiple taxation had been an impediment to the development of the telecom industry as well as the overall national economy. Adeleke described the multiple taxes as the many irregular, often duplicated and sometimes hastily posed taxes and …

Abuja, Dec. 15, 2023 – Two Nigerians have been elected into the executive positions in the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). The two, Abraham Oshadami and Lasis Salami Lawal, were elected at the just concluded World Radio Conference in Dubai.  Oshadami, the Director of Spectrum Administration at the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) was elected the Vice Chairman of the ITU’s Radiocommunication Advisory Group (RAG). Lawal, the Acting General Manager and Project Manager, Navigation Project Office of the Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited, was elected Vice Chairman of the ITU-R Study Group Four …

… Visits Minister to discuss priority areas Abuja, Dec, 14, 2023 – Dr. Aminu Maida, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has pledged that transparency will form the bedrock of his leadership as Nigeria’s chief telecom regulator. He said this would ensure a solid foundation for building a resilient, accountable and efficient institution. Maida spoke during a courtesy visit to the Hon. Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani in Abuja recently to brief the minister on his activities, vision, and strategy since his …

Abuja, Dec. 12, 2023 – The leadership of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is excited about Nigeria’s impressive performance at the ongoing International Telecommunications Union (ITU)’s World Radio Communications (WRC) Conference 2023 The event, holding in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, had two Nigerians elected into leadership positions, while some other delegates from the Commission were elected into Working Groups.  Dr Aminu Maida, the Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, speaking on the sidelines of WRC 2023 in Dubai,  announced  that the Director of Spectrum Administration at NCC, Engineer Abraham Oshadami, has been …

Abuja, Dec. 8, 2023 – Dr. Aminu Maida, the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigeria Communications Commission, says competition is key to the healthy growth of the telecoms sector. Maida, who said this on Wednesday when he received a delegation of management of Airtel Networks Limited in Abuja, said the Commission would give closer attention to managing the competition in the industry. “We are more inclined to promote competition by creating a level-playing ground for all our licensees,” he said.  The NCC boss explained that the Commission is looking at all sides …