Tech

Abuja, March 13, 2024 – Dr Bosun Tijani, the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, has called on stakeholders to drive the digital economy to achieve the “Renewed Hope Agenda” of the current administration. The minister made the call during the inauguration of a 17-man ministerial delivery task team to evaluate and report performance of the digital sector. According to him, the digital sector is pivotal and impacts immensely on the various sectors of the economy such as health, education and power, among others. Tijani, who was represented by …

Lagos, March 6, 2024 – Telecom operators are planning to begin the second phase of phone line disconnection on March 31. Gbenga Adebayo, the Chairman of Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), said this on Tuesday. He told journalists that the second phase of SIM card disconnection would focus on subscribers who submitted their NIN, but the name on the NIN did not correspond with the names on the multiple SIM cards that are linked to the NIN.  “All SIM cards without NIN have been disconnected, and it …

Abuja, Feb. 29, 2024 -The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is not extending the February 28 deadline for the linkage of the Subscribers’ Identity Modules (SIM) with the National Identity Numbers (NIN). Reuben Muoka, the NCC Director of Public Affairs, told journalists in Abuja on Thursday that the Commission would not change its stance on the matter. The Commission said it had given adequate notice to subscribers through various platforms of its intention to bar lines that had not been linked with NIN. Gbenga Adebayo, the Chairman, of the Association of …

Kaduna, Feb. 28, 2024- The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is fully committed to fostering an enabling environment for telecommunications industry where local content and innovation can thrive. Dr Aminu Maida, the Chief Executive of the NCC, said this in Kaduna at the NCC Special Day at the just concluded 45th Kaduna International Trade Fair He said this had remained the most critical thrust of the Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy. “We cannot overemphasize the fact that robust local content value chain will not only create economic opportunities but …