The total debt owed telecos through use of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) by deposit money banks (DMBs) has risen to N70billion, The Nation has learnt. The telecoms operators and banks had locked horns over which of them will deduct charges for transactions carried out through
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said no licence for 5G technology has been issued to any MOBILE NETWORK OPERATOR (MNO) in Nigeria and that no MNO can switch on such technology in the country. Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, who made this known in a statement by Dr. Henry Nkemadu, […]
More than 30 technology and telecom firms unveiled an alliance Tuesday to press for “open and interoperable” 5G wireless systems that eliminate the need for a single supplier. The move comes amid heightened global debate over politically sensitive deployment of the ultrafast fifth-generation networks in a market-led by Chinese-based Huawei, along with European-based Nokia
An Information and Communication Technology expert, Mr Jide Awe, on Sunday, dismissed rumours linking coronavirus to 5G technology. The Nigerian government on Saturday denied it was set to allow the use of 5G in the country. But Awe called the fears baseless conspiracy theories and misinformation. Awe told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that […]
By Ene Ikpa The Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, is to forge strategic partnership with the Delta State Government on how to reap maximum benefits from the newly unveiled Methanol Fuel Technology Policy.The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, said this when he received the Executive Governor of Delta state, Dr. Sen. […]
The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, has called on the private sector to collaborate with the Federal Government in the production of methanol fuels in Nigeria. The call was contained in a statement issued by Abdulganiyu Aminu, the ministry’s spokesman, on Sunday in Abuja.The minister made the call during the South-East sensitisation […]









