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Abuja, March 25, 2024 – Nigeria has called for a coordinated and multilateral approach by countries in the West African region to protect shared telecommunications infrastructure, and diversify connectivity to ensure uninterruptible connections. His call followed recent undersea cable cuts that challenged connectivity in many countries in the West African region. Dr. Aminu Maida, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), made the submission in a statement delivered at the 21st West Africa Telecommunications Regulatory Assembly (WATRA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) which held in Freetown, Sierra Leone, from …

Abuja, March 18, 2024 -The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says the voice and data services of telecom operators affected by the cable cuts have been restored. Dr Reuben Muoka, the NCC Director of Public Affairs, announced this in a statement in Abuja on Monday. He said that services were restored following their disruption on March 14 which affected data and voice services due to cuts in undersea fibre optics on the coasts of Cote d’Ivoire and Senegal. “We are pleased to announce that services have now been restored to approximately …

Abuja, March 18, 2024 – The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) are collaborating to enhance the processes of the National Identification Number (NIN)-SIM linkage.  This strategic collaboration was announced in a joint statement by the NIMC and NCC in Abuja on Monday. In recent times, the NIN-SIM linkage exercise has become subject of national discourse, reflecting the critical importance of aligning SIM registrations with individuals’ unique national identification numbers. Recognising the significance of this initiative in enhancing security and improving service delivery, both NIMC …

Lagos, March 15, 2024 – Massive internet outages have been reported in Nigeria following damage to international undersea cables supplying the country with connectivity. Telecommunications companies and a number of banks which rely on the affected cables for internet services have been affected by the outage. According to reports, the damage affected major undersea cables near Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire and has led to internet downtime across West and South African countries. The undersea cables affected are the West Africa Cable System (WACS), the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE), MainOne, …

Abuja, March 15, 2024 – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has blamed the recent disruptions of telecoms services on cable cuts long the West African coastline. The NCC said a combination of cable cuts, resulting in equipment faults on the major undersea cables along the West African Coast, had negatively impacted data and fixed telecom services in several countries of West Africa, including Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Cote de Ivoire, among others. The cuts occurred somewhere in Cote d’Ivoire and Senegal with attendant disruption in Portugal. Cable companies, the West African …

Lagos, March 13, 2024 – Dr Bosun Tijani, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has extoled the revolutionary opportunities inherent in investment in digital economy. The minister made the appeal in Lagos on Tuesday at the groundbreaking ceremony of NXTra Data Center project of Airtel Africa in Nigeria. He said revolutionary opportunities abound for business and the economy in a future driven by connectivity via data centers such as NXtra and powered by technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI).  “Data is a key driver in our economy. Not only …

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 …