Nigerian billionaire Mike Adenuga in spotlight over $260-million debt and bribery allegations
Globacom Limited (Glo), one of Nigeria’s foremost telecom giants led by billionaire businessman Mike Adenuga, is embroiled…
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NCC has approved renewal of our operating licences for another 10 years, MTN
MTN Nigeria says the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has approved its operating spectrum and licence for another ten years. The renewal would run from September 2021 to…
Senate passes electoral bill, empowers NCC to determine e-transmission of results
The senate has finally passed the electoral act amendment bill. The bill was passed for third reading after Kabiru Gaya, chairman of the senate committee on the Independent National…
NCC, telcos block access to Twitter in Nigeria
Telecommunications operators have blocked access to the social media platform, Twitter in Nigeria. The telcos, under the aegis of the Association of…
N42b USSD debt: CBN, NCC, others parley
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), telecommunication firms as well as banks are scheduled to meet in Abuja to resolve the N42billion…
Court halts planned sale of 9Mobile, as shareholders demand $43.33m refund
The Federal High Court in Abuja has halted the plan to sell the telecommunication firm, Etisalat, now called 9Mobile. This followed an application by some aggrieved shareholders who are demanding that the planned sales should not be…
We won’t sell 9mobile to an incompetent bidder – NCC
The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) will not approve the sale of 9mobile to any bidder without technical competence, Umar Danbatta, executive vice-chairman of the commission, said on Monday. Danbatta gave the assurance during…
Teleology gets 90 days to pay $450m for 9mobile
Teleology Holdings Limited (THL), the preferred bidder for 9mobile Limited, has paid the $50 million unrefundable deposit for its acquisition of the firm. It has 90 days to pay the $450 million balance to seal the deal. 9mobile…
MTN pays N165b out of N330b fine – NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday said telecoms giant, MTN, has paid N165billion out of the N330 billion fine slammed on it in 2015 for subscriber identity module (SIM) registration infractions. Its Executive…
THE INSIDER: NCC chairman, Durojaiye, scheming to sell 9mobile to Smile Telecoms
Olabiyi Durojaiye, the chairman of the board of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), is working very hard to shift the goalposts and force the sale of 9mobile to Smile Telecoms Holdings, TheCable can report. The troubled…
9mobile Acquisition: NCC, CBN officials claim ‘no knowledge’ of who Teleology’s paid $50million to
The chairman, House committee on Telecommunications, Hon. Saheed Akinade-Fijabi has threatened that the House of Representatives may be forced to stop the ongoing sale of 9mobile to Teleology Holdings. The lawmaker raised the alarm…
NCC threatens Telco’s
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that telecom service providers who fail to offer quality service to consumers, may face sanctions. Umaru Danbatta, executive vice chairman and CEO, who made this known at 29th Enugu…