NCC and CBN direct banks and telecoms to resolve N250bn USSD debt. 60% of pre-API invoices due by January 2025, full payment by July 2025. 85% of post-API debts to be paid by December 31, 2024. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have directed Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) and … Read more
Telcos are raising concerns about the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway construction disrupting Internet connectivity. They are seeking the relocation of the submarine cables. The calls come a few months after cable cuts in Côte D’Ivoire disrupted Internet services in Nigeria. Eko Hot Blog reports that telecommunications companies (Telcos) have expressed fears that the construction of the … Read more
The Federal Government has suspended the proposed 5% Telecoms tax on call, text and data. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Federal Government has suspended the proposed excise duty on telecommunication services. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, made the announcement on Monday during the inaugural meeting of the Presidential Committee … Read more
Police have arrested three men for vandalising telecoms mast. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Ogun State Police Command has arrested three men for allegedly vandalising and stealing from the mast of a telecommunications company in Ota, in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state. The suspects, Kabiru Olusola, 27; Taye Daniel, 43; and … Read more
Gov. Matawalle has announced date to lift telecoms ban. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle has announced Tuesday as the date to lift ban on telecommunication networks in Zamfara State. The telecommunication services were disrupted in the state on September 4 as part of the stringent measures to contain the raging armed … Read more
The the purpoted impeaced Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, Mr. Frank Okiye has on Thursday described his purported removal by 17 members of the Assembly as a trivial issue. A new Speaker, Mr. Victor Edoror, was allegedly elected at an undisclosed location in Benin City during an emergency plenary session attended by 17 … Read more