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Barred lines: MTN subscribers besiege service centres

Robert Imoh — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 13:22:54 +0000

MTN subscribers in Ikorodu, Lagos State, on Monday thronged the telco’s service centre in their thousands to address the barring of their phone lines. Many of them told Newsmen in interviews that their phone lines were barred at the weekend allegedly because of the NIN – SIM linkage. They told Newsmen that they had already […]

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MTN announces construction of West Africa’s largest data centre

Robert Imoh — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 18:29:15 +0000

MTN Nigeria on Saturday announced the construction of its West African largest data centre, a facility with a 1,500-rack and Tier 4 data centre within the country. A Tier 4 data centre is built to be completely fault-tolerant, has redundancy for every component and an expected uptime of 99.995 per cent. This means it can […]

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500 Students to win N5m on Children’s Day With MTN mPulse Treasure Hunt

Gbemi Banks — Fri, 26 May 2023 22:28:45 +0000

MTN on Friday said it would host an exciting online treasure hunt on the mPulse website, with 500 lucky children standing a chance to win shopping vouchers worth 5 million Naira. This is contained in a statement issued by Peace Ikechukwu, Associate Consultant, Black Head Media, MTN Consultant in Lagos. Children’s Day is a special […]

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NLC to MTN: Pay $10bn fine ‘without further delay’

Robby Akeju — Sun, 16 Sep 2018 18:59:12 +0000

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged communication giant, MTN Nigeria, to comply with the directive of the Federal Government to pay over $10 billion as tax arrears and illegal repatriation. Mr Ayuba Wabba, NLC president, made the call in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Specifically, he said the NLC will advise MTN to […]

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MTN Nigeria denies CBN claims on illegal repatriation of $8.1b, as shares plunge 23%

Ola Simeon — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 14:34:34 +0000

MTN Nigeria, on Thursday, refuted the claims by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) that it illegally, in collusion with four Nigerian banks, repatriated $8.1 billion from its Nigerian operations to offshore investors. The CBN said the remittances between 2007 and 2015, in tranches of of 2.63 billion dollars, 1.766 billion dollars and 348 million […]

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Forex scam: CBN slams N5.87bn sanctions on Diamond Bank, Stanbic-IBTC, two others, orders MTN to refund $8bn

Ola Simeon — Wed, 29 Aug 2018 17:10:16 +0000

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has imposed heavy sanctions totalling N5.87 billion on four banks under its regulatory purview and asked same to refund $8,134,312,397.63 for what it described as ‘flagrant violation of extant laws and regulations of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, including the Foreign Exchange (Monitoring and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1995 of […]

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NLC chases out workers from MTN call centre, as telecoms operators advise firm to consider shutdown

Freedom Reporter — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 19:57:30 +0000

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) officials, on Tuesday, chased workers out of MTN Call Centre, Ojota, Lagos, in continuation of its picketing of the multinational company over alleged unfair labour practices. NLC members led by the President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, arrived at the centre and disrupted operations on the second day of the picketing. The congress […]

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From Lagos to Kano, Yenagoa to Ibadan, NLC pickets MTN over alleged unfair labour practices

Freedom Reporter — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 18:50:51 +0000

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Monday, picketed MTN Nigeria over alleged unfair labour practices. NLC members barricaded MTN Headquarters at Falomo, Ikoyi, Lagos, demanding unionisation of its workers, an end to casual employment and other anti-labour practices. The NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, told journalists during the picketing that the organised labour would not […]

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SEC confirms talks with MTN Group on $500m public offer

Ola Simeon — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 14:30:09 +0000

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday confirmed that MTN Group had finally commenced discussions with the commission on its proposed 500 million dollars Initial Public Offering (IPO). A senior management staff of SEC, who pleaded anonymity, said in Lagos that MTN had commenced discussion with the commission on the IPO. The source said […]

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SIM fine: MTN pays N165bn out of N330bn, says NCC

Robby Akeju — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 20:17:11 +0000

The Nigerian Communications Commission ( NCC) said that MTN has paid N165 billion out of the N330 billion fine imposed on it due to its inability to disconnect improperly registered SIM cards. Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman of NCC said this on Monday in Abuja when MTN Group, led by its Chairman in Nigeria, Dr […]

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Casualisation: NLC pickets MTN office in Abuja

Ibrahim Ahmadu — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 18:47:34 +0000

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Friday, picketed the offices of Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) and telecommunications giant, MTN, for allegedly engaging in casualisation of workers and denying them their privileges. NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, said the picketing of the two organisations became necessary in the face of their utter disregard for trade union […]

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Breach of licence: Rwanda fines MTN $8.5m

Freedom Reporter — Wed, 17 May 2017 17:44:34 +0000

Rwanda’s telecom industry regulator has fined MTN Rwanda, a division of South Africa’s MTN Group, 7 billion francs ($8.5 million) for running its IT services outside the country in breach of its licence. The regulator said in a ruling posted on its website in Kigali that MTN Rwanda was hosting its IT services hub in […]

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MTN sacks 280 workers

Ola Simeon — Mon, 01 May 2017 23:13:44 +0000

MTN Nigeria said it had to disengage 280 staff because it wanted to delve into full Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and digital operations. An official who pleaded anonymity said in Lagos on Monday, that the company would inject another group of new employees, capable of delivering on it new goals. The source said that […]

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MTN subscribers lament poor services

Roland Edwards — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 20:32:49 +0000

Some MTN subscribers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Wednesday, lamented poor services from the mobile network operator in the past few weeks. The subscribers, who spoke in Abuja, said that they have been experiencing poor and unreliable services both in receiving calls and messages. They are also complaining of receiving unsolicited calls and […]

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Unauthorised deduction: Court awards N530,000 against MTN

Femi Adewale — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 16:17:13 +0000

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 judgement , 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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