NCC Extends Barring Of Glo Subscribers From Calling MTN Lines By 21 Days

NCC has extended the period during which Globacom subscribers can call MTN by 21 days. This follows the commission’s initial plan to bar Glo subscribers from calling MTN lines. Reuben Mouka revealed that an agreement has been reached to resolve all outstanding issues. Eko Hot Blog reports that the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced … Read more

NCC Gives Fresh Directives To MTN, Airtel, Others On SIMs Without NIN

Eko Hot Blog reports that  telecommunications firms such as MTN, Globacom, Airtel and others have been charged by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to fully bar phone lines without National Identity Numbers and those whose NINs have not been verified. This was disclosed in a corporate notice MTN Nigeria filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited, … Read more

Asake, Kizz Daniel, Chike Become Globacom Ambassadors

Eko Hot Blog reports that Nigeria’s foremost telecommunications giant, Globacom has endorsed Asake, Kizz Daniel and Chike as brand ambassadors of the company during the week at the company’s corporate headquarters, Mike Adenuga Towers, Victoria Island, Lagos. The management of Globalcom said “in our tradition, we believe in the strength of a nation lies in … Read more

Forbes: Dangote, Rabiu, Adenuga Makes Africa Richest People List

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Forbes analysts attributed Dangote’s retention of the top spot to the “surge in housing developments in Nigeria and…  EKO HOT BLOG reports that Forbes has named Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, the richest man in Africa for the 11th consecutive year. According to Forbes in its latest report on the … Read more

BREAKING: Pantami Announces Date For Deployment Of 5G Network In Nigeria

Pantami, 5G Pantami NIN Slip

Pantami revealed that there were about 16,000 reported outages by mobile network operators from January 2021 to July 2021. EKOHOTBLOG reports that the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Mr. Isa Pantami, has said that the Five Generation (5G) network will be deployed in Nigeria in January 2022. The minister, who added that the deployment … Read more

Globacom To Rebuild Ota-Idiroko Road, Says Fashola

Mobile telecommunications giant, Globacom, has offered to reconstruct the 64 km Ota-Idiroko road in 2022, using Federal Government’s Tax Credit Scheme. The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, announced this on Wednesday during an inspection tour of the ongoing reconstruction of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. “From Ota to Idiroko, we don’t have a contract there, … Read more

Globacom: Business Woman Crushed To Death By BRT In Lagos, Driver Flees

Pastor (Mrs) Grace Okeleke a business woman and wife of the Head of Public Relations, Globacom, Andrew Okeleke is dead.  According to The Punch, Mrs Grace Okeleke who was crushed to death in Monday by a driver of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) identified as Collins Nnodi has gone into hiding after the incident. It … Read more