Press Releases

NEWS RELEASE Pantami woos State Governors on broadband, Obaseki shares experience

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof.

NEWS RELEASE: Governors Assemble for Broadband Awareness Forum

All Nigeria State Governors are set to discuss how to empower the citizens with latest telecoms technologies as they partake in the maiden edition of Broadband Technical Awareness Forum for Govern

PRESS STATEMENT NCC Disowns Circulating “Certificate of Site Ownership for Mass Transmission Antenna”

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has discovered, through social listening and environmental surveillance, that a fraudulent letter, titled: “Certificate of Site Ownership”, for clearan

PRESS STATEMENT: NCC-CSIRT Rolls Out Preventive Measures to Increased Malicious Account Takeover

The Nigerian Communications Commission's Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) have rolled a series of preventive measures following increased reports of Account Takeover (ATO) inci

News Release: Telecom Infrastructure Critical to Successful 2023 Elections - Danbatta

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof.

Blackbyte Ransomware Abuses Legit Driver to Disable Security Products - NCC-CSIRT

Blackbyte Ransomware Abuses Legit Driver to Disable Security Products - NCC-CSIRT

PRESS STATEMENT: Nigeria Re-Elected as ITU Council Member

In clear recognition of the critical role Nigeria is playing on the global telecom stage, the country was re-elected earlier today as a Council member of the Internat

PRESS STATEMENT: NCC-CSIRT Urges Firmware Update after Lenovo Found Vulnerabilities in Own Products

Equipment manufacturer, Lenovo, has disclosed several vendor vulnerabilities in some of its products, which it said could lead to information disclosure, privilege escalation, and denial of servic

PRESS STATEMENT: NCC-CSIRT proffers countermeasures against tech support website scams on Microsoft Edge Browser

The Nigerian Communications Commission's Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) has issued an advisory for users to install trusted, up-to-date anti-virus software with an Internet s

PRESS STATEMENT:  Zoom Users Advised to Update Software After Vulnerabilities Found

The Nigerian Communications Commission's Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) has advised users of videotelephony platform, Zoom, to install the latest update of the software

NEWS RELEASE: NCC Deploys 84 IT Projects to Support Persons with Disabilities

NEWS RELEASE: Danbatta applauds four retiring NCC staff

NEWS RELEASE:  NCC commits to bridging digital gender divide

PRESS RELEASE: NCC, Civil Defence Corps, align to Tackle Telecoms Crimes

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has teamed with the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to tackle some of the criminal activities bedevilin

PRESS RELEASE: NCC-CSIRT Alerts on Google Chrome Extensions Malware

The Nigerian Communications Commission's Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) has identified five malicious Google Chrome Extensions that surreptitiou

PRESS STATEMENT: NIPR Fellowship to Muoka, Ibietan, Meritorious - Danbatta  

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, has hailed the conferment of the Fellowship of the Nigerian Institute of Public

PRESS STATEMENT: NIPR Fellowship to Muoka, Ibietan, Meritorious - Danbatta

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, has hailed the conferment of the Fellowship of the Nigerian Institute of Public

NEWS RELEASE FG Suspends 5% Excise Duty on Telecom Services, Inaugurates Committee to Review Policy

The Federal Government on Monday, September 5, 2022, announced the suspension of the proposed 5 per cent Excise Duty on telecommunications services, and inaugurated a

NEWS RELEASE: Over 50,000 Telecom Infrastructure Destruction Reported in 5 Years

Over 50,000 cases of major destruction to telecom infrastructure and facilities have been reported across the country in the past five years, raising alarm over the implication of these incidents

PRESS STATEMENT NCC Issues new International Termination Rate (ITR)