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Just in: MTN Nigeria celebrates corporate icon, Funso Aina @ 50

Double celebration for MTN Nigeria Top officials of MTN Nigeria celebrating with the chief celebrant, Mr Funso Aina at the head office as he marks his 50th birthday which coincided with the telecom giant’s 25th year anniversary in delivering telecom…

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Can NCC accept GSMA option to change spectrum licensing narrative?

Being disturbed by the failing way and manner several African regulators, especially the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has got puzzled on licensing of currently freed spectrum including 2.6 MHz, 700 and 800 MHz for too long, the Global System for…

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Just in: New board chairman of MTN Nigeria, Ndukwe condemns xenophobia, reprisals

The Board of MTN Nigeria under the chairmanship of Engr. Ernest Ndukwe has reacted to the ongoing xenophobic attacks in South Africa against non-nationals and observed reprisals in Nigeria in the last couple of day. In a terse statement made…

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No Nigerian killed in latest xenophobic attacks in S’Africa—FG

…Warns against destroying Nigerian investments in the name reprisal The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Godfrey Onyema has begged Nigerians aggrieved over escalating xenophobic attacks on foreigners in South Africa to halt the ongoing destruction of businesses and investments of…

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‘MTN Nigeria strongly stands against any form of xenophobia’

Leading South African telecoms giant and MTN Nigeria, has officially made it clear that it strongly condemns hate, prejudice and xenophobia and reiterate our unequivocal condemnation of all violence. In a terse statement made available to Business Hilights, MTN Nigeria…

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MTN Nigeria subsidiary YDFS unveils MoMo Agent Network to drive inclusion

…Targets rollout of over half a million agents across Nigeria soon Pursuant to the successful award of a Super-Agent License by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Y’ello Digital Financial Services (YDFS), a subsidiary of MTN Nigeria has announced the…

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‘MTN’s free N5, 000 Airtime smartest tactics to drive ongoing SIM update’

Public affairs analysts have saluted MTN Nigeria for coming up with strategic bait on its subscribers to embrace the network’s subscribers’ fresh registration of their Subscribers Identification Module (SIM) cards. In compliance with the Nigerian Communications Commission’s (NCC) directive to…

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Just in: MTN Nigeria pays FG N1.7tn in taxes, invests over N2tn since 2001

Between May 16, 2001, when MTN became the first GSM network to make a call following the GSM auction conducted by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) earlier in the year to date, the telecom giant, who got listed at the…

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MTN may follow familiar part in early mop up of fintech market with YDFS

Following the recent granting of full Super Agent Licence by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to MTN Nigeria earlier in the week, indications are rife that it may reactivate the massive rollout of services at the same time across…

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NCC wades into networks Interconnect debt crisis, harps on subscribers’ protection

Just as indications suggest that MTN has lifted its partial disconnection of some networks over unpaid interconnect debts valued over N7bn, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reassured Nigerian telecoms consumers of their protection from suffering any service disruption. The…