Tag: MTN
MTN customers lament poor network services
Users of MTN network services in Badagry area of Lagos State on Monday lamented the non-availability of the service for…
MTN pays N80bn of N330bn fine — FG
The Federal Government says MTN had paid N80 billion of the N330 billion fine imposed on it for failing to…
MTN fires top staff, Amina Oyagbola
South African telecom giant, MTN, has fired one of its top and most valuable staffers in order to avoid scrutiny…
Etisalat loses customers as MTN, Glo gain more
The active users of telecommunications services in the country stand at 153.51 million in October, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)…
MTN refutes bribery report on fine reduction allegation
The Chief Executive Officer of MTN, Mr Ferdi Moolman, announced on Friday that the telecommunications giant did not give bribe…
MTN scraps mobile money business in South Africa
South African mobile phone operator MTN Group on Thursday scrapped its local mobile money business due to its high operating…
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…