Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission is considering a request by one of the existing 11 power distribution companies to increase the penalty for electricity theft from ₦50,000 to ₦200,000. This is coming as the commission has said the indebtedness of Discos is a major reason why they often reject part of electricity allocated to them by […]
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Rwanda’s telecom industry regulator has fined MTN Rwanda, a division of South Africa’s MTN Group, 7 billion francs (8.5 million dollars) 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 […]
Read More South African telecoms giant MTN has paid nearly $100m of a $1.7 bn fine for failing to disconnect unregistered SIM cards in Nigeria, officials said on Friday. “MTN has paid N30bn ($98m, 92 million euros) as part of the fine,” Tony Ojobo, spokesman for Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) told AFP. “The payment is in furtherance […]
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The Britain has fined Vodafone a sum 4.6 million pounds ($5.60 million) for “serious and sustained” customer failures, including not updating accounts when mobile phone users topped up their credit to make calls. Vodafone, the world’s second-largest mobile operator, also failed to act quickly enough to identify or address the problems, the regulator said, which […]
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Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has hit a N21.2m fine on the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company for not treating the electricity customer complaints referred to it by the commission and implementing the decisions of the NERC’s forum office or The forum office is the second level in the commission’s redress mechanism where complaints from electricity consumers that are not […]
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The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) sitting in Lagos, Wednesday adjourned till June 29, a $13.14 million (about N2.1 billion) suit by Paul Odunewu, an ex-Network Group Operations Manager in MTN Nigeria against the company. Justice Oyejoju Oyewumi adjourned for hearing of a motion filed by defence counsel, Mrs. Ayo Obe, SAN, seeking to […]
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[su_dropcap]T[/su_dropcap]he Attorney General of the Federation and Minister for Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) has explained his role in the payment of N50billion to the Federal Government by a telecommunication firm, MTN Nigeria Limited as part settlement of the fine imposed on it by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). According to The Nation, Malami denied any […]
Read More SOUTH African telecommunications firm, MTN has withdrawn its lawsuit against Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) over a $3.9 billion fine and paid $250 million towards a possible settlement. A judge in Lagos last month gave both parties until March 18 to reach a settlement, after MTN had asked the court to arbitrate over the dispute, saying […]
Read More The Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday barred MTN Nigeria Communications Limited from moving any funds from all banks in Nigeria abroad pending hearing of its suit challenging the N1.4trillion fine imposed on it by the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC). Justice Mohammed Idris ordered parties to maintain status quo. “An order is hereby made […]
Read More Nigeria said it was expecting telecoms giant MTN to meet a deadline for paying a record $3.9 billion fine which expires Thursday, despite the South African operator challenging the penalty in court. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the country’s telecoms regulator, had in October fined the firm for missing a deadline to disconnect 5.1 million […]
Read More The management of MTN says it will not pay the N780bn fine imposed on it by the Nigerian Communications Commission. The telecommunications firm stated this on Thursday in a statement released at 8pm, about four hours to the end of the December 31, 2015 deadline issued by the NCC. In a response to a media […]
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Fresh indications have emerged that the December 31 deadline given to MTN Nigeria to pay the $3.4 billion fine slammed on it by the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), may be extended again. The sanction relates to the refusal of the country’s largest telecoms network to deactivate 5.1 unregistered Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) on its network […]
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