Tag: MTN
MTN unveils new brand ambassadors
MTN Nigeria on Thursday announced Nkem Owoh, popularly known as Osuofia, and nine other artistes as its 2016/2017 brand ambassadors.…
MTN flags lower profit, shares decline
MTN Group, Africa’s biggest mobile phone operator, flagged lower first-half profit on Tuesday, blaming a hefty fine in Nigeria and…
How MTN cut billions off its Nigerian telecoms fine
Telecoms firm MTN hired former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in January to help it reduce a $3.9 billion fine…
MTN appoints new group CEO after Nigerian dispute
South Africa-based Telecoms giant MTN on Monday named a new chief executive after resolving a dispute with Nigeria over a…
Why we reduced MTN’s fine – Minister
Mr Adebayo Shittu, Minister of Communications has disclosed that the $5.2billion fine slammed on telecommunication giant, MTN, was reduced to…
Fire guts MTN warehouse in Ogba, Ikeja
Abu Jimoh Mobile telecommunications giant, MTN’s warehouse located off Acme Road, Ogba, Lagos State, has been gutted by fire. The…
MTN agrees to pay Nigeria N330bn fine
mtn MTN Group has agreed to pay a reduced fine of 330 billion naira ($1.67 billion) in a settlement with…
Police dock suspected killer of MTN staff
The Kwara Police Command has arraigned one Ogundele David, aged 35 years, for an alleged murder of a member of…
Nigeria suspends MTN talks pending probe outcome
Nigeria’s communications minister, Adebayo Shittu, has stated that the federal government will suspend new talks with South Africa’s MTN over…
MTN launches SunStream for mobile devices
MTN South Africa has launched its new promotional package featuring World Panel’s SunStream which allows users to stream electricity from…
NCC Fine: Reps snub MTN representative
The House of Representatives on Tuesday, walked out the representative of MTN, Mr Austin Iyasere over the non-appearance of his…
Deal or No Deal? MTN, NCC yet to agree
MTN Nigeria has said that reports making round on the company’s final settlement of the N780 billion fine was false.…
MTN proposes N300bn settlement for NCC fine
African telecommunication giant, MTN has offered to pay 300 billion naira ($1.5 billion) to settle a record fine levelled against…
Senate probes MTN’s N50bn fine payment
The Senate has demanded to know the account MTN paid the N50 billion fine into and which government agency received…
Airtel woos disgruntled MTN subscribers with new campaign
Airtel Nigeria has launched a new television commercial campaign – YOU’RE WELCOME HOME – to ignite what appears a fresh…
MTN dealing with NCC not FG, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has stated that the federal government is not dealing directly with leading telecommunication outfit, MTN,…
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Buhari to Zuma: MTN aided Boko Haram insurgency
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday spoke for the first time on the hefty $5.2 billion fine imposed on MTN Nigeria,…
MTN talks on the cards as Zuma begins two-day visit to Nigeria
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma begins a two-day state visit to Nigeria on Tuesday, which observers see as an attempt…
MTN blames Nigeria fine as profits down 37%
African telecommunications giant MTN says profits fell 37 per cent in 2015 largely because of a hefty fine imposed by…
Copyright Infringement: MTN loses bid to stop trial
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday held that MTN Nigeria and its Chief Executive Officer, Ferdi Moolman, must face…
Buhari to resolve MTN fine crisis – Shittu
Nigeria will start new talks with South African mobile phone operator MTN “very soon” to settle a dispute over a…
NCC confirms MTN has paid $250m
Nigeria’s communications commission said on Monday South African cellphone network operator MTN has paid $250 million towards a possible settlement…
NCC Fine: MTN to settle out of court, pays $250m
South African mobile phone operator MTN Group withdrew its lawsuit against Nigeria’s regulator over a $3.9 billion fine and paid…
MTN shares crash by 13%
Shares in MTN Group have slumped more than 13 per cent, the company said on Friday in Johannesburg. In a…
$3.9bn Fine: MTN hires top US attorney to challenge Nigeria
MTN Group has hired a former top United States law enforcement official to help challenge a $3.9 billion fine imposed…
$3.9 Fine: MTN opts for talks with NCC after going to court
Akin Kuponiyi South Africa’s telecom giant, MTN must be up to some pranks as it seeks to jaw jaw with…
We are not owing Cameroon govt taxes – MTN
South Africa’s MTN Group said on Thursday it was compliant with Cameroonian laws, a day after the central African nation…
Cameroon fines Orange, MTN $160million
The local units of mobile telecom companies Orange and MTN in Cameroon have been fined over $160 million for failing…
MTN Nigeria to declare $955m profit
South African telecommunications group, MTN said on Tuesday its Nigerian business is likely to report about $955 million in annual…
Troubled MTN acquires Visafone
Telecommunications company, MTN Nigeria on Thursday said that it has completed the acquisition of Visafone, the only surviving Code Division…