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Paradigm Initiative sends FoI Request to the NCC on Nigeria’s Surveillance Regime

Paradigm Initiative has asked the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to provide it with information on the Nigerian surveillance and interception regime. Relying on the Freedom of Information Act 2011, the pan-African Digital Rights and Digital Inclusion organization is requesting information on the role the regulatory agency plays in enabling law enforcement in Nigeria to carry…

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NYSC members to enjoy toll-free emergency lines from 9mobile

Mobile Telecommunications company, 9mobile, has offered to provide a toll-free emergency lines for the National Youth Service Corps. Its Executive Director in charge of Regulatory and Corporate Affairs, Abdulrahman Ado, disclosed this during a visit to the NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, in Abuja. In a statement by NYSC’s Director of Press and Public…

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Crime alert: kidnappers now using pre-registered Sim cards to commit crimes, says NCC boss

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), Professor Umar Garba Danbatta has disclosed that kidnappers use unregistered SIM cards to commit crimes. He however assured that the commission is tracking the criminals using such unregistered SIM cards. Speaking at the banks special day at the ongoing 40th Kaduna International Trade Fair, Danbatta…

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