GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Federal Government has abolished the 5 percent excise duty on telecommunications services. The levy introduced under former President Muhammadu Buhari was to affect the cost associated with voice calls and internet data. The National Orientation Agency (NOA) disclosed the decision in a statement posted on X on Thursday. Confirming the…
The Federal Government has shut down about 13,597,057 social media accounts over offensive content and violations of the Code of Practice across platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and X (formerly Twitter). This was disclosed in the Code of Practice 2024 Compliance Report submitted by promoters of major interactive computer service platforms such as Google, Microsoft,…
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, may have updated its telecom identity risk management policy, TIRMP, allowing a window of one year for an inactive phone line to be reassigned to a new subscriber. The TIRMP platform is NCC’s way of developing a cross-sector platform to collect and share data on churned (recycled) phone numbers as…
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), has warned Disc Jockeys (DJs) to stop performing other people’s music publicly without a license or the owner’s authorisation, threatening to prosecute defaulters in a case that could lead to a N1 million fine or a 5-year jail term upon conviction by a court. Dr John Asein, Director-General of NCC,…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed deposit money banks (DMBs) to stop deducting charges for unstructured supplementary service data (USSD) transactions directly from customers’ accounts. The charges will now be deducted from users’ mobile airtime, according to an email from the United Bank for Africa (UBA) to customers on Tuesday. The UBA said the…
The House of Representatives has directed the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to order internet service providers in the country to block all websites hosting obscene and pornographic content. The resolution was passed on Tuesday following a motion sponsored by Dalhatu Tafoki, a lawmaker from Katsina State. Tafoki argued that unrestricted access to pornographic materials has…
The National Association of Telecoms Subscribers (NATCOMS) says it will sue the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) over the 50 percent tariff hike. On January 20, the NCC approved the request of telecommunications companies (telcos) to increase tariff. The adjustment came after the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) and the Association of Telecommunications…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has approved the request of telecommunications companies (telcos) to increase tariff. In a statement on Monday by Reuben Muoka, the commission’s director, public affairs, NCC said the approval was pursuant to its power under Section 108 of the Nigerian Communications Act, 2003 (NCA) to regulate and…
Following a backlog of unpaid debts, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has authorised telecommunications companies to disconnect the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data codes assigned to nine financial institutions. The directive signed by NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, Reuben Muoka on Tuesday and obtained by Channels Television, noted that the affected banks are to pay the…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has dismissed rumors of a telecommunications tariff increase allegedly set to take effect in January 2025. The Commission labeled these reports as unfounded and urged subscribers to disregard the misinformation. A senior NCC official emphasized that the regulatory body operates under a transparent framework guided by the Nigerian Communications Act…