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The Federal Government of Nigeria has taken a significant step towards protecting the nation's information security framework with the enactment of the Designation and Protection...

The mailing system will amongst other things enable litigants and opposing parties file and serve their processes online without necessarily visiting the Supreme Court.

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has mandated telecom operators to notify consumers of major service outages, including causes, affected areas, and restoration timelines.

Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) has evolved from being a channel employed predominantly by Mobile Network Operators (Telcos) to one deployed by a broad spectrum of service providers

As part of the updates and changes to the NCC requirements for an Individual License, the NCC updated the requirements for application for an Individual License to...

The primary regulator of the telecommunications industry, the Nigerian Communications Commission ("NCC") has published a draft of its proposed Type Approval Regulation, 2022...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has issued a Directive mandating telecom licensees to promptly inform consumers of major network outages through media channels, detailing the cause, affected areas, and estimated restoration time, with planned outages requiring one week's prior notice.

The President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has made an order for the Designation and Protection of Critical National Information Infrastructure...

The Nigerian Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has conditionally approved MTN Group Limited's acquisition of IHS Holding Limited, requiring MTN to divest 30 percent of IHS's Nigerian business to local investors. This decision addresses vertical competition concerns arising from MTN's transition from minority shareholder and customer to controlling owner of a telecommunications infrastructure provider that serves multiple mobile network operators.

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has unveiled a comprehensive regulatory framework for Application-to-Person (A2P) messaging services, aimed at establishing a robust, secure, and transparent system for managing international A2P traffic in Nigeria.

In this article, we discussed the excise duty regime in Nigeria and the likely impact of the newly introduced excise duty on the telecommunication services.

Telecommunication licence is a prerequisite for the operation of any telecommunication service in Nigeria. The Nigerian Communication Commission...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (the "NCC") has issued the draft Internet Code of Practice 2025 (the "Code")...

The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure Act ("the Act") was enacted in 1992. Under the Act, The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure ("NASENI") was established.

Technology has made modern businesses more efficient, but it also comes with its risk. Managing these risks is a determining factor if a business would realize the benefits it brings.

The Nigerian Communications Commission has published Draft Business Rules establishing a comprehensive regulatory framework for Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs), introducing structured onboarding processes, commercial agreement requirements, and dispute resolution mechanisms.

The philosophy behind the removal is to enable ISPs to bring down their internet data price as low as possible so as to gain more subscribers as well as make it cheaper for Nigerians to access the internet.

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on February 23, 2026, introduced the Cyber Resilience Framework for the Nigeria Communications Sector (“CRF-NCS” or the “Framework”)...