NCC clamps down on pre-registered SIM card sellers
The Nigerian Communications Commission says it has arrested sellers of pre-registered Subscriber Identification Module cards in Lagos. (more…)
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Communication
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) Inducts NBC into (FOI) Hall of Shame
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today named the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) this week’s inductee into the “Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame”, saying that its overall performance in the implementation of the FOI Act over the last seven years falls far short of what is required of a public
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Airtel Nigeria’s 4G in Ibadan set to drive economic growth
ZTE Corporation, a global telecommunications equipment, networks and mobile devices company headquartered in Shenzhen, China has partnered with telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, to roll-out 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) in Ibadan, Oyo State. The roll-out was announced at a VVIP event in Ibadan on the 13th of February and it
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NBC Sanctions NTA, Others for Breaching Broadcasting Code
The Nigerian Television Authority, Channels Television, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria [FRCN] and African Independent Television [AIT] were prominent among the sanctioned broadcasting stations for contravening the broadcasting rules. Their names were contained in the quarterly list of broadcasting stations that contravened the provisions of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code for the
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CBN to Sack Banks’ CEOs, Others over Delayed Accounts
Any bank which fails to publish its annual account 12 months after the financial year end will have its chief executive sacked, Godwin Emefiele, governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said. Also to be fired is the chairman of such a bank. This directive is contained in the CBN’s Monetary, Credit,
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