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SIM registration: Subscribers besiege MTN shops in Abuja
Following text messages directing subscribers nationwide to visit its shops to update their SIMs registration, hundreds of angry subscribers on…
NCC expecting MTN’s $3.9b cheque, minutes to deadline
With minutes away from the December 31 deadline, Nigeria said it was expecting telecoms giant MTN to meet a deadline…
Musician withdraws copyright case against MTN
An Abuja based musician, Mr Omenuwoma Dovie, popularly known as “Baba 2010’’, has pleaded with the Nigeria Copyright Commission (NCC)…
NCC files criminal charges against MTN over alleged copyright infringement
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has filed criminal charges against MTN Nigeria Communication and its Nigeria Chief Executive Officer, Ferdi…
MTN to challenge NCC fine in court
One of Africa’s largest telecommunications companies says it will challenge a hefty fine issued by Nigerian authorities. In a statement,…
MTN’s fine reduced to N780bn not N674bn – NCC
MTN has received a second letter from Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) notifying the telecommunication outfit that its fine was reduced…
MTN CEO, Corporate Affairs manager in Nigeria resign
MTN Group South Africa has announced the resignation of MTN CEO in Nigeria, Michael Ikpoki and that of head of…
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Nigeria slashes MTN fine to $3.4 billion
Nigerian telecoms authorities have reduced by a more than third a $5.2 billion fine imposed on South African mobile phone…
$5.2billion Fine: Buhari to decide MTN’s fate
Nigeria’s communications ministry said on Wednesday that it is up to President Muhammadu Buhari to decide “in which direction to…
Fine Looming? NCC says MTN, Globacom, Etisalat violate porting time
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Saturday said that MTN Nigeria, Globacom and Etisalat violated the Mobile Number Portability (MNP)…
$5.2bn Fine: “MTN must pay in full” – Nigerian governors
The governors of Nigeria’s 36 states said on Thursday that MTN must pay in full the fine imposed on it…
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MTN’s $5.2bn fine, largest in the world – Analysts
Nigeria’s fine of $5.2 billion (N1.04 trillion naira) to MTN, Africa’s largest telecommunications company, is billions more than any company…
More troubles for MTN as Uganda fine telco $622,000
It is not only in Nigeria that MTN has run foul of the rules. It is also in hot water…
No respite for MTN as Nigeria insists on $5.2bn fine
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Efforts by MTN Nigeria to reduce the $5.2bn (N1.04 trillion) fine imposed on it by the Nigeria industry…
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Nigeria extends MTN’s $5.2bn fine payment
Nigerian authorities will not enforce a $5.2 billion fine on South Africa’s MTN until negotiations have been concluded, the telecommunications…
$5.2b fine: MTN denies asking for staggered payment
South African mobile phone firm MTN Group denied on Sunday that it has asked the Nigerian authorities to be allowed…
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MTN asks Nigeria to spread payment of N1trn fine
South Africa’s mobile phone giant MTN has asked Nigeria for a plan to allow it to spread the payment of…
Nigeria does not want MTN “to die” from $5.2bn fine – Shittu
Nigeria does not want MTN to quit the country because of a $5.2 billion fine imposed last month, its new…
New MTN CEO arrives Nigeria for talks over $5.2bn fine
South Africa MTN Group’s Executive Chairman Phuthuma Nhleko was in Nigeria, a source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters,…
$5.2bn fine: MTN picks Nhleko to negotiate with Nigeria
South Africa’s MTN Group has asked its former head to take temporary charge of Africa’s biggest mobile telecoms company after…
Kaduna wins UNAIDS Health Prize, gets MTN support for 5 hospitals
Femi Adi/Kaduna Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS has selected Kaduna State as the best performing state during the…
MTN fined $1,000 for each line uncut – NCC
Africa’s leading telecommunication outfit, MTN was fined $1,000 for each line uncut by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) resulting to…
$5.2bn Fine: Olu Falae’s kidnappers used unregistered MTN line
It has been revealed that the kidnappers of former Nigerian Finance Minister and runner-up candidate in the 1999 presidential election,…
South Africa concerned about MTN fine in Nigeria
South Africa has expressed concern over a N1.04 trillion (5.2 billion dollars) imposed by Nigerian authorities on MTN Group. However,…
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S.African lawmakers fear MTN fine could hurt trade relations
South African lawmakers are concerned MTN Group’s alleged violation of Nigerian laws could hurt trade relations between the continent’s two…
$5.2bn Fine: MTN reacts to false information in media
Telecommunication outfit, MTN has reacted to false information in the media while cautioning against reports that it has agreed a…
MTN renews operating spectrum, licence with $94.2m
South Africa’s MTN on Tuesday said the Nigerian regulator had renewed its operations and licence up to 2021 at a…
MTN’s woes worsen as South Africa’s bourse suspends trading in its shares
The South African bourse has suspended trading in the shares of telecoms firm MTN on Monday, a senior official said.…
Nigeria: Despite $5.2bn fine, MTN is number one telco
On internet subscribers base, MTN is number one telecommunication outfit in Nigeria, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has revealed despite…
S.Africa launches insider trading probe over MTN’s Nigeria fine
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange launched Friday an investigation into mobile giant MTN for “possible insider trading” before the South African…