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- 29 Apr 2025
MTN Nigeria Reports N1 Trillion Revenue
MTN Nigeria Communications Plc has said it generated N1.0 trillion in service revenue in the first quarter of 2025, a 40.5 per cent increase from the N752.99 billion earned in Q1 2024. MTN Nigeria…
- 11 Feb 2016
Etisalat Denies Filing Multiple Suits against NCC, MTN
Etisalat Nigeria said it has not filed multiple suits against the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and MTN Nigeria, rather it constituted court action against MTN and Visafone Limited…
- 25 Apr 2022
MTN Nigeria Issues N127Bn Series 1 and 2 Commercial Paper
MTN Nigeria Communications Plc has announced the issuance of N127 billion Series 1 & 2 Commercial Paper under its registered N150 billion Commercial Paper Programme. In a notification Monday sent…
- 14 Dec 2021
5G: Mafab, MTN Emerge Winners in Nigeria's 3.5GHz Spectrum Auction
After 11 rounds of bidding that lasted eight hours, Mafab Communications Ltd and MTN Nigeria Plc, have emerged the two successful winners of the 3.5 gigahertz (GHz) spectrum auction for the…
- 15 Mar 2010
NCP Sets up Committee to Probe Nitel Bidders
The National Council on Privatisation (NCP) has set up a seven-member ad-hoc committee to undertake further due diligence on the prospective investors that bid for the sale of Nigeria…
- 24 Feb 2022
3.5GHz Spectrum: MTN, Mafab Pay for Licences
MTN Communications Nigeria Plc and Mafab Communications Limited, have made their full payment of $273.6 million each for the 5G Spectrum license to the Nigerian Communications Commission. Dr.…
- 9 May 2022
MTN Expresses Readiness to Deploy 5G ahead of Timeline
MTN Communications Nigeria (MTN Nigeria) Plc has said it was ready to roll out the fifth generation (5G) services ahead of the timeline contained in the Information Memorandum (IM) prepared by the…
- 3 Aug 2022
MTN Launches Home Broadband Services
MTN Nigeria Communications PLC has launched Home Broadband services to accelerate broadband penetration in alignment with the Federal Government’s plan to achieve over 70% broadband penetration by…
- 17 Sept 2025
MTN Nigeria to Lease Spectrum from T2 Mobile, Ends Agreement with Ntel
MTN Nigeria Communications Plc has secured regulatory approval from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to lease frequency spectrum from T2 Mobile Limited (formerly 9Mobile), marking a…
- 11 Jul 2015
MTN, Tech Giants Back Tech+ Conference & Exhibitions
Nigeria’s telecommunications giant, MTN Nigeria Communications Ltd and key industry players in the technology sector have given their backing to TECH+, Nigeria’s major Technology Conference and…
- 3 May 2012
NCC Queries MTN over Poor Services
Nigerian Communications Commission, (NCC) has asked MTN Nigeria Communications Ltd, to explain why the Commission will not visit it with appropriate sanctions for the unbearable poor quality of…
- 13 Dec 2021
5G: FG to Pocket $546m as NCC Declares MTN, Mafab Winners of 3.5GHz Spectrum Auction
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has declared MTN Nigeria and Mafab Communications winners of the two slots of the 3.5GHz spectrum auction for the Fifth Generation (5G) network licenses. The…
- 24 Apr 2020
MTN Group to Reduce Stake in Nigeria
MTN Group Ltd will push on with the plan to reduce its majority stake in its Nigerian business but the turmoil caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic may require the sale to be done in smaller…
- 24 Jan 2017
Nigeria Must not Scare Away MTN - Shittu
Adebayo Shittu minister of communications said, Nigeria must not scare away MTN, as lawmakers investigate alleged illegal money transfers just three months after the government fined Africa's biggest…
- 12 Jul 2015
Technology Giants Heading to Tech+ Conference & Exhibitions
Nigeria’s telecommunications giant, MTN Nigeria Communications Ltd and key industry players in the technology sector have given their backing to TECH+, Nigeria’s major Technology Conference and…
- 12 Jul 2015
Technology Giants Heading to Tech+ Conference & Exhibitions
Nigeria’s telecommunications giant, MTN Nigeria Communications Ltd and key industry players in the technology sector have given their backing to TECH+, Nigeria’s major Technology Conference and…
- 25 Oct 2019
MTN Insists Banks Okayed Quashed USSD Charges
MTN Nigeria Communications Ltd has reiterated the view of the Association of licensed Telecom Operators (ALTON) , saying it was forced to charge customers for accessing bank services via the…
- 29 Feb 2016
NCC Confirms Receipt of MTN’s Payment of N50Bn
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has confirmed Federal Government’s receipt of the Ssum of N50 billion, towards settlement of the fine imposed on MTN Nigeria Communications Ltd by the…
- 8 Feb 2016
Etisalat Fights MTN in Court over Visafone Acquisition
Etisalat Nigeria has brought a legal action against MTN Nigeria and Visafone Ltd., challenging MTN’s use of the 800MHZ spectrum following the acquisition of Visafone. Etisalat said the court action…
- 13 Oct 2022
MTN Nigeria and INTELLIGRA Launch Smartphone Device Financing Scheme
Nigeria has the highest number of internet users in Africa, while data shows that the country still has one of the highest average costs of smartphones. Citizens spend over 30% of their monthly…
- 24 Oct 2013
JMG to Handle MTN’s N1.3Bn Network Upgrade
MTN Nigeria has awarded a N1.3billion contract for the modernization of it mobile communications network in the country to JMG, an official FG Wilson Dealer in Nigeria. The contract will see JMG…
- 25 Mar 2024
NCC Files Copyright Violation Charges Against MTN, Others
Nigerian Copyright Commission, NCC, has filed criminal charges against MTN Nigeria Communications Ltd. and four others over alleged copyright infringement. The charge with Number FHC/ABJ/CR/111/2024…
- 25 Jul 2019
Ndukwe Replaces Dozie as Chairman MTN
MTN Nigeria has appointed Ernest Ndukwe, the former executive vice chairman/CEO, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) as chairman-designate in a board shake-up, that saw Dr. Pascal Dozie, long…
- 10 Jul 2017
Dangote, 6 Others in Trouble for Breaching Telecom Law
Federal government has reportedly threatened to prosecute Alheri Engineering Company Limited, a telecoms business unit of Dangote Group and six other companies for contravention Nigerian…
- 9 Feb 2019
FG Urges Court to Dismiss MTN’s N3Bn Suit
Federal government has filed a preliminary objection to a suit by MTN Nigeria Communication Ltd and has urged the Federal High Court in Lagos to dismiss the case for lack of jurisdiction. MTN…
- 24 Feb 2014
NCC Slams N647m Fines on GSM Operators over Poor Service
Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) on Monday slammed a total fine of N647.5 million on Airtel, Globacom and MTN Nigeria, the three major GSM service providers for failing to meet the Key…
- 9 Jan 2026
Court Dismisses N1Bn Suit against MTN, Awards N3m Costs
A Federal High Court in Lagos has dismissed a N1 billion lawsuit filed against MTN Nigeria Communications Plc by Walls and Gates Ltd and Okechukwu Udeichi, its managing director, over alleged…
- 9 Feb 2013
Firm Threatens to Destroy MTN Facilities over Debts
MTN Nigeria is facing the threat of demolition of its installations in the Niger Delta region because of alleged debt to one of its major contractors, Procomtel. The threat comes from Gbaruka…
- 10 Dec 2021
5G Deployment: NCC Conducts Mock Auction of 3.5 GHz Spectrum
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has successfully carried out a mock session for the 3.5 gigahertz (GHz) spectrum auction for the deployment of the Fifth Generation (5G) network in the…
- 8 Dec 2021
TD Africa Thrills Partners, Guests @ Celebrating You 2021
It was a night of world-class entertainment as TD Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa’s foremost distributor of tech and lifestyle products, hosted a befitting and star-studded 10th edition of Celebrating You…