FG Found Radio Biafra Transmitter Installed On MTN Masts

The Federal Government has said the transmitters for Radio Biafra, which has been accused of spreading secessionist agenda and campaigning for the carving out of a Biafra Republic from Nigeria, were found to be installed on MTN masts in Enugu and Anambra states, The Punch report. According to the Federal Government, the installation of the […]

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N1trn Fine: MTN May Get Reprieve On Deadline

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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MTN Fine: Payment Deadline Not Feasible – Minister

The Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, on Wednesday said that the December 31, 2015 deadline given to MTN Nigeria to pay the N780bn fine imposed on it by the Nigerian Communications Commission was no longer feasible. He said that the ministry would await the determination of the court in the case between the NCC and […]

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NCC Sues MTN For Copyright Infringement

The Nigerian Copyright Commission has filed criminal charges against MTN Nigeria and its Chief Executive Officer, Ferdi Moolman, for copyright infringement. According to a report by ThePunchNg, the charge was filed in the Federal High Court, Abuja The charge, with number ABJ/CR/379/2015, was filed at the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday. In the two-count-charge, […]

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MTN To Sue NCC Over Challenge $3.9bn Fine

Mobile phone operator, MTN Nigeria has resolved to challenge the $3.9 billion fine imposed on it by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), TechCentral is reporting. MTN, in a statement to shareholders today, said it decided to take this route after exhausting all other options to have the fine reduced. MTN said that “All factors having […]

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