NCC Intercepts N36.1m Broadcast Materials In Warri And Ughelli, Apprehends Two Suspects
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), said it had seized broadcast contrivance worth N36.1 million in Delta. Mr Augustine Amodu, the NCC Director of Enforcement, made the disclosure More...
Senate Orders NCC to Halt Proposed Internet Data Tariff Hike
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigerian Senate has asked the Nigeria Communication Commission, NCC, to immediately halt the proposed Internet data tariff hike. The new data tariff regime is billed to commence More...
Nigeria Suspends Talks on MTN’s $3.9bn Record Fine
LAGOS MAY 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigeria has suspended talks with MTN Group Ltd. about a record $3.9 billion fine on the wireless company indefinitely while the country’s House of Representatives completes an investigation More...
Nigeria slashes MTN N1.4Trillion Fine as Nigeria’s CEO, Michael Ikpoki, Resigns
LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-The MTN Group has released the statement below announcing the resignation of its Nigerian CEO just as the N1.4 trillion fine imposed on the company was slashed by the Nigerian Communications More...
Nigeria Extends Deadline for MTN to Pay $5.2bn Fine
LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)) — African telecommunications giant MTN says Nigeria is extending Monday’s deadline for it to pay a $5.2 billion fine. A statement from the South African-based company More...
$5.2b Fine: Govt May Allow Staggered Payment by MTN
LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Mobile giant MTN Nigeria may pay its $5.2 billion fine in tranchies, The Nation learnt at the weekend. This, said a source, is being considered because of the implications of moving More...
NAFDAC slams N1bn fine on Guinness for ‘Re-Validating Expired Raw Materials’
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has imposed a fine of N1 billion on Guinness Nigeria Plc for re-validating expired raw materials without More...
Fines: Respect NCC Laws, South Africa Vice-President Charges MTN
Vice President of South Africa, Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Vice President of South Africa, Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa, who is a former chairman of MTN Group, has called on MTN Nigeria to respect More...
N1.04 trillion Fine: South African Stock Exchange Suspends Trading in MTN Shares
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-The South African bourse has suspended trading in the shares of telecoms firm MTN on Monday, a senior official said, a week after the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, slammed More...
MTN Bows to Pressure, Agrees to Pay N1.04trn Fine
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-While pleading for staggered payment model, MTN has finally bowed to pressure as it has accepted to pay the N1.04 trillion fine slammed on it last week by the telecoms regulatory More...
NCC Fines MTN Nigeria N1.04trn for Non-Deactivation of Unregistered SIM
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has issued a landmark fine of N1.04 trillion ($5.2bn) against MTN Nigeria, the largest mobile network operator in the country for failing More...
Airtel Nigeria Hits 30 million Subscriber Milestones
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (URHOBOTODAY) – Bharti Airtel, the world’s third largest telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Africa and Asia, today announced a significant milestone More...
Re: Who is Afraid of Bashir Gwandu?
By Bukka Kyari The piece, Who Is Afraid of Gwandu?, by one Abba Gumel, published in Leadership Newspaper of April 29, 2014, appears to be a heightened orchestration of the campaign to force down Dr. Bashir Gwandu More...
NCC Fines MTN, Airtel, Glo N647.5m for Poor Service Quality …Bars Sale of SIM Cards, Promo
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has fined Airtel, Globacom and MTN the sum of N647, 500,000 million for failing to meet the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for quality More...
GLO Subscribers Grumble Over Influx of Unsolicited Calls, Text Messages
LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Indigenous telecommunication company, Globacom is set to lose many of its loyal customers over what they termed upsurge of ‘spammed’ calls and text messages without More...
Delta GSM Subscribers Groan under Poor Communication Service
By Kessi Asiuhwu, Warri This is not a good time for subscribers of Global Communication Service (GSM) in Delta state as communication service supplied by the different network providers is nothing to write More...
Nigeria Internet Space May Shut Down Soonest
DigitalsenseWikipedia,Abuja, Unless urgent infrastructural and devices upgrades are carried out soonest, the country’s internet space may be shut down denying Nigerians access to the information superhighway because More...
Man Arrested for Illegally Transmitting DSTV Signals to 500 homes
The Nigerian Copyright Commission has arrested a man identified as Ubong Obot for allegedly transmitting broadcast signals of Multichoice (DSTV) to an estimated 500 houses without authorisation. Obot was arrested More...