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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”...

As the country celebrates international cybersecurity awareness month in October, Nigeria Communication Satellite (NIGCOMSAT) has alerted the unsuspecting Nigerians especially internet users to be cautious of malicious and dangerous sites and as well take precaution in the cyberspace. The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, NIGCOMSAT, Dr Abimbola Alale made...

Influencing the listing of MTN, one of the telecom giants in the country on the stock market has become the yardstick for the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The regulatory action was taken by the NCC to facilitate the listing of MTN Nigeria on the country’s stock exchange market has continued...

The management of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has alerted the public, especially telecoms consumers to a fraudulent and cloned Facebook profile account opened with a name similar to NCC’s official title on the social media site. The Commission, upon detecting the fake Facebook account with the name “Nigeria Communication Commission...

The data protection industry in the country would improve the economy by creating 500,000 jobs in the next few years. The Chief Executive Officer of DSPL, a licensed data protection compliance organisation (DPCO) in Nigeria, Tunde Balogun made the projection recently. Balogun disclosed that the industry which sprang up last...