The Nigeria Police Force – National Cybercrime Centre (NPF–NCCC) has uncovered and dismantled a sophisticated cyber-enabled fraud syndicate. The syndicate was responsible for the illegal diversion of a telecommunications company’s airtime and data resources, resulting in an estimated financial loss of over N7.7 billion. The breakthrough followed a petition by a Nigerian telecommunications company, which…
Dr. Aminu Maida, Executive Vice Chairman and CEO of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has pledged to partner the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) to drive the nation’s digital economy. The pledge was made during a visit by NCC team which met with a warm reception from Mr. Abdulateef Shittu, Director-General (DG) of the NGF. The…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed all banks to stop debiting USSD transaction charges from customers’ bank accounts, with effect from Tuesday, June 3, 2025. According to a notice sent by some Nigerian banks to their customers, the charges for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) services will now be deducted directly from mobile airtime…
About six out of the nine Nigerian banks owing telecommunications companies for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) services failed to meet the Monday January 27 payment deadline. Recall, it was reported that in a notice on January 15, the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, had stated that it would cut off the USSD access of nine…
