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The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, has attributed the ground-breaking success of the nation’s telecom regulatory agency, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to the quality of leadership the regulatory body enjoys. Speaking while receiving the Board of Commissioners of NCC, led by its Chairman, Prof Adeolu Akande on Monday,...

Karl Toriola has been appointed as the CEO designate of MTN Nigeria. In a statement from the communication firm, MTN said Toriola's appointment is effective March 2021. This is to provide enough time for an orderly handover. Toriola is currently the Vice President, West and Central Africa (WECA), excluding Nigeria...

YouTube has announced that artistes and content creators from Nigeria can apply for grants from its Black Voices Fund. The global $100m fund will, over the next three years, offer support to Black artistes and creators so that they can thrive on YouTube. According to the Managing Director, Emerging Markets,...

The Federal Government at its Executive Council meeting has approved the policy on virtual engagements for the public service. The approval was made at its meeting on October 14, 2020. A statement signed by the Dr Folashade Yemi-Esan stated that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a sudden migration of official...

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has re-emphasized the resolve of the Federal Government, through the Ministry, to continually advance the digital economy agenda of the country. Pantami stated this while delivering a keynote address at the maiden edition of the National Dialogue on...

Customers of 9mobile have been rewarded with cash and smartphones in its recent promo. The telecommunications company said it has so far rewarded over 59 customers with N1million each and given out 3,000 smartphones in its Mega Millionaire promo. Designed to reward 90 lucky customers with N1 million daily, the promo will...

The MTN Group has emerged as the most valuable African brand in the Brand Finance Africa 150 2020 ranking, which ascribes a brand value of US$3,3 billion to MTN. Brand value is the net economic benefit that a brand owner would achieve by licensing the brand in the open market....

Bank customers made transactions of over N1 trillion through electronic means in the last nine months. Financial transactions through mobile phones have been steady in the last nine months as banks’ customers transferred a total of N1.89 trillion through their devices. The value of the mobile transactions between January and...

The Chief Marketing Officer, Rahul De of MTN Nigeria has assumed a new role as CEO of  MTN Liberia. His new position  in the MTN Group takes effective November 1, 2020. In a statement from the telecom company, Rahul was appointed Chief Marketing Officer in 2015. In that position, he...

The management of the Nigerian Communication Commission has reiterated that cyber security-aware is the concern of every Nigerian. The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) and Chief Executive Officer of the NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, said the need to be cyber security-conscious to guarantee online safety for internet users is “everyone's business”...