Nigeria sees growth in country’s mobile phone use Archives Published: October 21, 2008 Reading time: Less than 1 min. FacebookXWhatsAppLinkedinEmail Nigeria has achieved 80 percent phone penetration since the liberalization of the country’s telecommunications sector eight years ago, Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) CEO Ernest Ndukwe announced this weekend at a public lecture. FacebookXWhatsAppLinkedinEmail Related articles Citizen Lab Reveals Global Use Of Webloc Surveillance System By Law Enforcement To Track Millions Risk & Resilience April 11, 2026 Marimo RCE Vulnerability CVE 2026 39987 Exploited Within Hours After Public Disclosure Risk & Resilience April 11, 2026 Smart Slider 3 Pro Update Compromised Through Nextend Servers Delivers Backdoored Version Risk & Resilience April 10, 2026 Adobe Reader Zero Day Exploited Through Malicious PDF Files Since December 2025 Risk & Resilience April 10, 2026