MTN on Friday in Abuja said it would list its shares on the Nigerian Stock Exchange this year. MTN General Manager, Mr Nikiwe Tsaagane, made this known when he paid a courtesy visit to Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister of Science and Technology. Tsaagane said the efforts would help to fast-track improvement in Nigerian economy. “It […]
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MTN has made a payment of N30 billion ($98 million) to the Nigerian government in part settlement of a N330 billion fine imposed on the telecoms group for not disconnecting unregistered SIM cards, an MTN source told Reuters on Thursday. Africa’s largest telecoms company has already paid 80 billion naira of the total amount owed, […]
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The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) said in Lagos on Saturday that the sector deserved to be supported with direct Foreign Exchange (FX) allocation. ALTON Chairman, Mr Gbenga Adebayo who said this in a statement added that with such allocation from the Central Bank of Nigeria, the challengers operators faced while trying […]
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Worried by the degenerating Quality of Service (QoS) provided by Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) and other service providers, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has declared a state of emergency on the Quality of Service. As part of measures to cushion the situation and ameliorate the recurrent inaccessibility to foreign exchange (forex) by operators, the Executive […]
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The Federal High Court in Ibadan on Wednesday awarded N530,000 to Oluwole Aluko for unathorised deduction from his mobile lines by MTN, Nigeria. In his judgment , Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel, held that MTN had admitted guilt by not challenging the action. “The plaintiff has the right to allow or reject the use of a caller […]
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The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has given 48 hours ultimatum to all South African companies in Nigeria to relocate over the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa. The students gave the ultimatum at a peaceful demonstration at some South African companies in Abuja on Thursday. During the march the students carried a […]
Continue ReadingThe Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, on Tuesday urged the Federal Government not to increase the cost of data to avoid further pressure on mobile telephone users. Bobooi Kaigama, the president of the congress, made the call in a statement in Lagos. Mr. Kaigama said that the decision of government to jerk up the […]
Continue ReadingThe Chief Executive Officer of MTN, Ferdi Moolman, announced on Friday that the telecommunications giant did not give bribe for the reduction of the N1.04 trillion fine slammed on the company for infraction.Mr. Moolman said in a statement in Lagos that MTN’s attention had been drawn to an online report, alleging that a top official […]
Continue ReadingHotel booking portal, Joavgo.com and mobile telecommunications company, MTN have entered a partnership which will deliver to MTN’s Music+ subscribers’ discounts worth 20% OFF on all hotel booking around the country, as a means to providing affordable, convenient and easy accommodation services anywhere in the world. The partnership with Jovago will deliver to MTN’s Music+ […]
Continue ReadingAfrica’s largest telecom operator, MTN has taken a step forward with the completion of the acquisition of the sole surviving Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) operator in Nigeria, owned by the banking magnate, Mr. Jim Ovia. The sealing of this deal means that CDMA has gone into extinction in Nigeria. MTN Nigeria is yet to […]
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