Chronicling NCC’s performance since 2015 to date (1)
On August 4, 2015, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari as the Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the regulatory authority for telecommunications in Nigeria. He was subsequently confirmed by the Senate on…
Business Hilights review of key regulatory feats by NCC in 2019 (Part 1)
Amongst Federal Government agencies in Nigeria and with special regards to digital economy which is central to emerging knowledge transition, lead regulatory body, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) under the leadership of Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has covered several mileages…
FG unveils committee for new 5-year National Broadband Plan
Just as industry watchers have decried the delay of the Federal Government in coming up with new National Broadband Plan (NBP) following the expiration of former one since 2018, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Pantami, while…
ECC setup earns NCC boss, Nigeria’s Security & Emergency Mgt. Ambassador
The Executive Vice Chairman, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has been recognised as Nigeria’s Goodwill Ambassador for Security and Emergency Management in Nigeria. This stemmed from his significant contribution to the Federal Government’s agenda aimed at…
Banks’ must compensate victims where e-Fraud prevention mechanisms fail—NCC
More details have emerged from the working recommendations of the multi-sectorial Committee on e-Fraud inaugurated by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The Commission made it clear that time for forcing bank customers to bear the brunt of digital security errors…
Expert differs with NCC boss on Africa’s readiness for 5G
Whereas the Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Garba Danbatta, yesterday told the global community that African continent holds the ace and that 5G is the next frontier of investment, leading industry analysts have faulted…
Danbatta, NCC boss, joins list of policy executives to speak at ITU Telecom World, 2019
Effective Monday next week, global players in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry will converge in Budapest, Hungary on September 9, 2019, when the International Communication Union (ITU) hosts its yearly telecommunications event, ‘ITU Telecom World 2019,’ at the…
Just in: NCC returns N44bn 2018 operating surplus, remits N7.3bn spectrum fee
In the spirit of compliance with the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2007 (FRA 2007), the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), today, Monday, July 15, 2019, announced the remittance of about N51.3 billion to the Federal Government’s Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) in…
Rebased 190m population figure jumps Nigeria teledensity to 91% in March
…As active subscribers drops to 173.7m With the latest population figure of 190 million given by the National Population Commission (NPC), up from the 140 million population of 2006, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has re-aligned the computation of the…
NCC, FRCN join forces to drive corporate governance compliance in telecoms
As part of reforms to deepen Quality of Service (QoS), the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has sealed understanding to partner with the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN) to strengthen compliance by players in the telecoms sector on national and…
