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APC disturbing Nigerians with Unsolicited SMS

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The APC led Government who has been doing everything possibly possible to validate the rascality they are currently doing by insisting on swearing in a Bola Ahmed Tinubu who didn’t meet the constitutional requirements to be declared the President of Nigeria is back to disturb Nigerians with unsolicited SMS. You’d recall that Buhari conferred Tinubu with GCFR, Shettima gets GCON throwing caution to the wind. Recently, MTN and Glo telecoms have been bombarding Nigerians with so many unsolicited messages from a Coded Name PTC (presidential transition council )   Any foundation…

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How to Link Your MTN, Airtel, Glo, and 9mobile SIM Cards with NIN on NIMC Mobile App

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Linking your SIMs to your National Identity Number (NIN) is now compulsory following the recent directive of the federal government which asked telecom companies to bar subscribers who are yet to do so from making outgoing phone calls. Over 70 million subscribers have been affected by the development. For those affected, now there are multiple means to get your NIN linked to line. You can do the linking via your network providers such as MTN, Airtel, Glo and 9mobile. You can also do so via the NIMC mobile app named…

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Network Providers responsible for cutting off Nigerians from Twitter

Echezonam Ibezim Jk

Most Nigerians woke to discover that they couldn’t access the “Twitter app” probably because the Nigeria government Placed a ban on it. However, jkcyno news gathered that the government had asked the ISPs(internet service providers) like Airtel, MTN, Glo and 9mobile to cut off access from Nigerians to Twitter app. This sudden configurations from the ISPs also affected most phones from accessing the “google play store”. They jammed the network preventing most people from having access to the app. However, most people still managed to Download and install VPN and regained…

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MTN, Glo, Airtel Set To Increase Data, Call Tariffs

Echezonam Ibezim Jk

  Nigerians may soon begin to pay higher tariffs on calls and data as the telecommunications companies in the country brace up for a new cyber security levy to be implemented by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This is coming on the heels of a directive from the CBN to all banks on the collection of 0.005 per cent levy on all electronic transactions into a National Cyber Security Fund. Section 44 of the Cybercrime Prohibition and Prevention Act 2015, which the CBN seeks to implement, states that “there…

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Reps Ask EFCC, ICPC To Arrest Mike Adenuga

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  A House of Representatives ad-hoc panel yesterday resolved to issue an arrest warrant against the chairman of Globacom Nigeria, Chief Mike Adenuga for failing to honour its invitations. The panel, which is investigating activities of telecommunications companies, said it had summoned Adenuga after making several attempts to have him appear before it were not successful. The chairman of the committee, Rep Ahmed Abu (APC, Niger) said Adenuga’s action was an affront to the legislature, saying he ought to appear to clear issues related to financial obligations by his company.…

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