Tag: Glo
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Airtel gets NCC approval to reject calls from Glo subscribers
Due to the failure of Globacom to settle its interconnect debts to Airtel, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has granted Airtel Networks Limited an approval to partially disconnect Globacom from its network. The partial disconnection will make it impossible for Glo subscribers to make calls to Airtel network but the arrangement is set up that…
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BREAKING: Ijaw youths begin shutting down of MTN, Glo, Airtel masts in Bayelsa
Ijaw youths have made good their threat to shut down masts belonging to MTN, Glo, Airtel and other telecommunication companies in Bayelsa State. The picketing was following issues bordering on complaints by the youths that the companies excluded indigenes from quick-win contracts especially the supply of diesel to their facilities. Details shortly…
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MTN, Glo, Airtel to increase data, call tariffs
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…
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Unsolicited SMS, illegal deductions: Ex-Kaduna gov threatens legal action against glo
Worried by constant reception of unsolicited SMS and and the illegal deductions trailing such, a former Military Governor of Kaduna State, Abubakar Umar, has threatened to take legal action against Glo, one of Nigeria’s major telecoms service providers. Umar disclosed this Wednesday afternoon after receiving several unsolicited subscription alerts and deductions of money from his…
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Ijebu sons and daughters defy rain to attend Ojude-Oba festival
Many Illustrious Ijebu sons and daughters on Sunday defied the rains to converge in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State to grace the 2017 edition of the annual Ojude Oba festival in the town. The Ojude Oba celebration in Ijebuland is an annual event during which indigenes of different age groups, their friends and associates from both far…
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Digital Payments: Why govts do not allow airtime deposits into bank accounts
Transactions made in cash are losing ground to digital payments, and governments around the world are considering the merits of losing paper currency for good, as Bloomberg puts it in a report detailing how close we are to a cashless society. While cash payments are losing grounds to digital transactions, one area that is yet…
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Airstrike kills 22 insurgents in northern Afghanistan
As many as 22 armed insurgents have been confirmed dead after army helicopters targeted Taliban oppositions in Afghanistan’s northern Badakhshan province, Bakhtar news agency reported on Thursday. The helicopter gunships, according to the state-run news agency, pounded Taliban hideouts in parts of Tagab district late Wednesday, killing 22 insurgents on the ground and injuring several…
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2face bags Glo endorsement
Nigerian multiple award winning artiste, 2face Idibia who was formerly a brand ambassador for Airtel, has been unveiled as a Glo ambassador. The African Queen singing sensation was unveiled on Sunday night at the Glo Mega Music Tour event in Port Harcourt, Rivers state. 2face joins entertainers like Patience Ozokwor, popularly called Mama G; Omawumi,…
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Mobile porting drops to 27,644
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said telecommunications service providers recorded 27,644 Mobile Number Portability (MNP) activities in December, 2016. This was revealed in the “Incoming and Outgoing Porting Activities of Mobile Network Operators” report obtained by NAN on Sunday in Lagos. The report showed that there was a decrease of 6,475 in the porting…
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Numbers of Nigeria’s Internet users continue to drop
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said Internet users on Nigeria’s telecommunications networks declined to 92,446,687 in November 2016, continuing the downward roll of October 2016. The telecommunications industry regulator made the disclosure in its latest Monthly Internet Subscribers Data released on Thursday. Since NCC authorized telecoms service providers to hike the price of data,…