Nigeria, May 20 -- A new report has shown that Nigerians are using less internet data even though more people are online.

The Nigerian Communications Commission revealed that data usage slightly dropped in March 2025, falling to 995,876 terabytes.

This was a small decline compared to the 1,000,930 terabytes recorded in January, but still higher than February's figure of 893,054 terabytes.

The number of active mobile internet users grew to 142.05 million in March, up from 141.25 million in February.

This means that while more people had access to the internet, many were cutting down on how much data they used because of rising costs.

The dip in data usage follows the recent approval for telecom companies to raise their prices by up to...