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The federal government is set to introduce 9% tax on calls, MMS, SMS, Data and others. The Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu stated this while speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting organised by the Lagos Chambers of Commerce and Industry, LCCI. The Minister who was speaking on...

Nigeria's Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, has announced that the federal government is rehabilitating the moribund International Radio Monitoring Stations, IRMS, systems nationwide to counter any radio or internet broadcast capable of undermining the country’s national security. The...

The federal government reduced the $5.2bn fine imposed on MTN Nigeria to $1.67 (N330bn) in order to encourage foreign investors and investments into the country, the Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, has revealed. According to him, the decision was taken after the Federal Economic...

President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government has announced plans to establish at least one Information and Communications Technology (ICT) university in each of the six geo-political zones of the country. The minister of Communications Technology, Barr. Adebayo Shittu, said this while...

The Joint Committees of Information Technology Communication, ICT and Telecommunications in the House of Representatives on Tuesday queried the Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu over a comment he made on the suspension of the Director – General of the National Information Technology...

Nigerian authorities have urged MTN Nigeria to drop its legal action over a $3.9 billion fine imposed on it to help facilitate talks on a possible settlement. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) had slapped a $5.2 billion fine on MTN in October for failing to disconnect users with...

The federal government has threatened to deal with telecom operators over the way and manner Nigerians, especially women, are being treated in their bid to comply with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) directive on the registration of the subscriber identification module (SIM). A...