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Nigeria: Why We Shut Down Telecommunications Networks in Zamfara - Governor
Premium Times, 6 September 2021
The Zamfara governor says bandits are already feeling the heat of government's offensive against them Read more »
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Nigeria: Govt Directs Telcos to Shut Down Operations in Zamfara Over Insecurity
This Day, 5 September 2021
The federal government has directed the telecommunication companies (telcos) to shut down their operations in Zamfara State as part of the renewed efforts to address the security… Read more »
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Nigeria: Govt Shuts Down Telecom Activities in Zamfara Over Insurgency
Vanguard, 4 September 2021
Barely six months after declaring Zamfara State a 'no-fly zone', the federal government in a renewed effort to fight banditry and other forms of insecurity in the state, has shut… Read more »
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Nigeria: Banditry - Telecom in Zamfara Shut Down, Blackout Looms in Kaduna, Sokoto, Kebbi, Katsina, Niger
Vanguard, 5 September 2021
Zamfara State is in total telecommunications blackout after telecom operators in the country complied totally to Federal Government's order to shut down all activities in the… Read more »
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Nigeria: What Next After These Shutdowns?
Daily Trust, 5 September 2021
The directive to have telecoms services suspended for two weeks in Zamfara State evokes the memory of a similar attempt to neutralize an overpowering cult of terrorists. In 2013,… Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigeria Shuts Down Telecom Services as Fight On Terror Intensifies
Nation, 4 September 2021
The rise in banditry and kidnapping in six North West states has forced Nigeria to shut down telecommunication services. This is to enable the military and other security agencies… Read more »