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    Business 16 Firms Submit Bid To Acquire 9mobile [See NAMES]

    No fewer than 16 firms have submitted expressions of interest (EoIs) to Barclays to bid for 9mobile, Nigeria’s fourth largest network operator, THISDAY Newspaper reports. Companies that have expressed interest in 9mobile, which until recently was Etisalat Nigeria Limited,include: 1. Africa’s...
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    Business Etisalat Nigeria Gets New Life-Line, Reaches Amicable Resolution With Creditors Over $547m - NCC

    It appears that Etisalat Nigeria has been saved for now as reports from NCC suggest it has reached an amicable settlement with creditors over $547m debt. The commission also gave its backing to the current transition process at the helm of the business which saw Mr. Boye Olusanya confirmed as...
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    Metro How To Stop Unsolicited Text Messages on Mobile Networks - NCC

    In a bid to enlighten telecommunications consumers on their rights to quality telecoms services, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has urged subscribers who want to stop unsolicited text messages from entering their phones to text “STOP” to “2442.” In a statement signed by NCC’s...
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    Business Nigerian Senate Gives NCC Approval To Increase Data Price

    The Senate Committee on Communications on Tuesday gave nod to the proposed data price hike by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The Committee, which visited the NCC headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday as part of it oversight functions, said Nigerians should see the commission as being...
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    Business MTN Nigeria Releases Statement Over Planned Data Tariff Hike

    MTN Nigeria, Africa's mobile telecommunication giant has released a statement over the planned data tariff review as the telecommunication regulator halt the process. MTN in a broadcast message to its subscribers nationwide on Monday, November 28th acted on the Nigerian Communications...
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    Business Why We Reversed Plans To Hike Data Price - NCC

    The Nigerian Communications Commission on Wednesday announced the immediate suspension of the new minimum pricing template for data services by mobile operators in the country. The director, Public Affairs at the NCC, Tony Ojobo, said the decision to rescind its earlier directive to telecom...
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    Business What Nigerians Are Saying About Data Tariff Hike

    Nigerians are slamming the Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC for ordering major telecoms firms in the country to adopt a data price floor for internet services. NCC in a report directed that the new (interim) price floor for data services will now be 0.90k/MB for “big operators." Here...
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    Metro Sen. Sani Condemns Increase in Internet Data Tariff

    Nigeria's Senator Shehu Sani has condemned the mandatory order by the Nigeria Communication Commission, NCC, on network operators to increase the floor price of internet data subscription. According to him, the move will only make Nigerians suffer. "At a time telecom companies are still...
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    Business Nigeria: NCC's New Data Price Floor for Big Telecos Revealed

    The Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC, has ordered major telecoms firms in the country to adopt a data price floor for internet services. According to a report from The Cable, NCC directed that the new (interim) price floor for data services will now be 0.90k/MB for “big operator." This...
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    Metro Nigeria Labour Union Reject Proposed Increase in Internet Data Tariff

    The Trade Union Congress, TUC, has rejected the proposed increase in data tariff in Nigeria by the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC. “The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria warns against the on-going conspiracy between the Federal Government through the Nigerian Communications Commission...
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    Business Why We Directed Big Telcos To Increase Data Tariffs - NCC

    The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed the five big telecoms operators in the country to increase their data tariffs from Thursday, December 1, in order to allow small operators and new entrants to acquire market share and operate profitably, Daily Trust has learnt. An NCC...
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    Metro Buhari is Betraying Zuckerberg – TUC Issues Statement Over Data Tariff Hike

    The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria has warned against the on-going conspiracy between the Federal Government through the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and some major telcom companies to further increase their data rates from December 1, 2016. TUC disclosed this in a statement by...
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    Business Nigerians Petition FG To Stop Data Tariff Increase By NCC

    Nigerians have petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government over plans to increase data plan prices by December 1st, 2016. The petition is available via change.org against the federal government to halt the increase by NCC. The petition reads: “NCC has instructed...
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    Business NCC Orders MTN, Glo, Airtel, Etisalat To Increase Data Tariffs

    The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed mobile telephone operators in the country to jerk up data tariffs with effect from December 1. The regulator had in a letter dated Nov 1 titled: Re: Determination of an Interim Price Floor for Data Services referred the telcos to its...
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    Politics Nigerian Senate U-Turns, Withdraws Buhari's NCC Nominee

    About twelve days after the Senate cleared Chief Okoi Ofem Obono-Obla, Cross River, South South, as a non-Executive Commissioner on the governing board of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, it has made a dramatic turn by dropping his name from the list of successful nominees sent to...
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    Business MTN, Airtel, Glo, Others in Fresh Trouble With NCC

    The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Monday said it would sanction 13 telecommunications operators for failing to comply with the ‘2442 Do Not Disturb (DND)’ directive on unsolicited telemarketing. NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, Mr Tony Ojobo, in a statement said the directive was...
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    Politics President Buhari Orders Probe of Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari over N500m MTN Scandal

    Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Alhaji Abba Kyari is said to be under investigation by the Special Investigation Panel of the Nigerian Police Force over bribery allegations. The probe according to Vanguard’s investigation is in connection with alleged N500million bribery money...
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    Business NCC Sends Final Warning To MTN, Airtel, Glo, Etisalat Over Unsolicited Messages

    The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has issued final warning to Global System for Mobile communication (GSM) operators, especially the quartet of MTN, Globacom, Airtel and Etisalat, to halt forthwith unsolicited messages (SMS) to subscribers. The regulator noted that despite its...
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    Business NCC Seals Nokia-Alcatel Office For Operating Without License

    The Nigerian Communications Commission on Wednesday sealed the office of Nokia-Alcatel located in Lekki, Lagos for operating without license. The NCC’s Head of Enforcement Unit, Mr Salisu Abdul, while speaking with newsmen shortly after the sealing in Lagos, said that the company had been...
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    Business NCC May Go After MTN, Etisalat Over Sim Registration

    The Nigerian Communications Commission on Tuesday raided some strategic locations in the Federal Capital Territory where active preregistered SIM cards were being sold by agents of mobile telecommunications operators. The Assistant Director, Enforcement, Mr. Salisu Abdu, told reporters after...
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