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- 11 Oct 2015
NATCOM, New NITEL Owners to Roll Out Next Month
NATCOM Consortium, the new owner of the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) and its subsidiary, the Nigerian Mobile Telecommunications Limited (M-Tel) has concluded plans to roll out service…
- 3 Dec 2014
NATCOM Offers $252m, Wins Bid for NITEL, Mtel
NATCOM Consortium, a special purpose vehicle has emerged the preferred for the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) and Nigerian Mobile Telecommunications Limited (Mtel), its mobile subsidiary…
- 4 Oct 2013
Reps Want Bailout for Moribund NITEL, MTEL
House of Representatives yesterday passed a resolution recommending a bail out for the Nigeria Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) and the Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTel) by the Central…
- 23 Dec 2014
BPE Puts NITEL’s Liabilities at N300Bn
Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has put the debt liabilities of the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited and its mobile subsidiary, the Nigerian Mobile Telecommunications Limited, at over…
- 19 Jan 2016
NATCOM Injects $1Bn in NITEL, Begins Operations in March
NATCOM Development and Investment Limited, new owners of Nigerian Telecommunication Limited (NITEL) and its sister company, Mobile Telecommunication Limited (Mtel), has reportedly spent about $1…
- 18 Jan 2018
Former Workers of NITEL, M-Tel for Pension Payment
Retirees of the defunct Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) and Mobile Telecommunications Limited (M-Tel), will soon receive their pension entitlement. This is coming on the heels of…
- 19 Dec 2014
NCP Ratifies Sale of NITEL, MTEL
National Council on Privatisation (NCP) yesterday formally ratified the sales of the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited and its subsidiary Mobile Telecommunications Limited to NATCOM Consortium. The…
- 8 Feb 2016
NATCOM Says New NITEL Employ 10,000 Nigerians
Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) and MTEL, its mobile subsidiary are to employ 10,000 Nigerians, according to Mr. Olatunde Ayeni, chairman, NATCOM, new owners of the once…
- 11 May 2023
NIGCOMSAT Partners NNPC to Deliver Satellite Services
Nigerian Communications Satellite (NIGCOMSAT) Limited has entered into strategic partnership with National Petroleum Telecommunications Limited (NAPET)l, a subsidiary of Nigerian National Petroleum…
- 8 Mar 2010
That Unhealthy Development in Nitels’ Privatization Process
Few weeks ago the process of finding a new investor for Nigerian Telecommunications Limited entered concluding stage with the emergence of New Generation Telecommunications Consortium as the…
- 29 Mar 2010
Don’t Cancel Nitel Sale
When New Generation Telecom Consortium Limited won the bid to acquire 75 per cent in the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (Nitel) in mid February, some Nigerians heaved a sigh of relief. To many,…
- 27 Apr 2015
Cautious Optimism over NATCOM Ability to Revive Nitel
Stakeholders in the country’s telecommunications space were not completely optimistic about the ability of NATCOM the new owners of Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) and its subsidiary…
- 27 Dec 2024
NCC Enforces Disconnection of Exchange Telecommunications from MTN Nigeria
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced its approval for the disconnection of Exchange Telecommunications Limited from MTN Nigeria Communications Limited due to unpaid interconnect…
- 25 Dec 2014
BPE, NATCOM Sign Agreement on NITEL’s Assets
The Bureau of Public Enterprises has signed an Asset Sale Agreement with the preferred bidder for the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited, NATCOM Consortium. In a statement in Abuja yesterday, Mr.…
- 2 Feb 2014
FG to Make Another Attempt to Wind-Down NITEL
The federal government is to restart attempt to wind down Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL)., the moribund national carrier and MTEL, it mobile subsidiary, after a court blocked its…
- 13 Apr 2015
NATCOM Consortium Pays Outstanding N29.6Bn for NITEL, MTel
NATCOM Consortium, the preferred bidder of Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) and its mobile arm (MTEL), has paid $176,575,700 (N29,696,469,600) being the outstanding 70 per cent of…
- 15 Nov 2016
NITEL Was Evil; I’m Glad it Died – El-Rufai
Nasir El-Rufai, governor of Kaduna State has told of how some top Nigerian officials and a cabal within the former Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) never wanted the liberalisation of the…
- 8 Dec 2009
Nitel Privatisation: Guiding against Previous Mistakes
The inability of Bureau for Public Enterprise (BPE) to conclude the sale of Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (Nitel) within the 60 days as directed by Vice president Goodluck Jonathan, who is also…
- 29 Mar 2010
Nitel: New Generation Consortium Gets China Unicom ( Europe ) Operations Backing
New Generation Telecom Consortium Limited winner of the bid for 75 per cent in the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (Nitel) got a major boost at the weekend as China Unicom ( Europe ) Operations…
- 25 Jan 2010
Nipost Inks Deal with Globacom, Equitel
Nigerian Postal Services (Nipost) has inked Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with Globacom Nigeria Limited, telecoms giant and Equatel Telecommunications Limited to fast track the penetration of…
- 28 Oct 2025
ntel CEO Outlines Roadmap for Nigeria’s Telecoms Resurgence
Mr. Soji Maurice-Diya, the Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (ntel), has unveiled a comprehensive roadmap aimed at reviving Nigeria’s telecommunications industry, with…
- 30 Oct 2016
IHS Announces Settlement of $800m Bond
IHS Netherlands Holdco B.V., which owns 100% of IHS Nigeria Limited (“IHS Nigeria”) the Nigerian subsidiary of IHS Holding Limited (“IHS”), the largest mobile telecommunications infrastructure…
- 16 Mar 2009
FG to Offload Stake in Nitel
Federal government has began the process of selling its stake in Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (Nitel) as the National Council on Privatization (NCP) has approved the advertisement for…
- 22 Sept 2008
Altimo Expresses Interest in Nitel
Russia's Altimo has indicated interest in taking a stake in Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (Nitel). Mr Alexey Kousmichoff, Altimo's chief executive officer, last week visited Vice President,…
- 23 Jun 2022
NCC Appoints Reuben Muoka as Director of Public Affairs
The Management of the Nigerian Communications Commission has appointed Reuben Muoka, an innovative journalist and consummate public relations practitioner, as its new Director of Public Affairs…
- 9 Jun 2008
Senator Anyanwu Berates Nitel, Slams Nipost
Senator Sylvester Anyanwu, chairman, senate committee on communications, has described the current state of Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (Nitel), a beleaguered public institution as a…
- 14 Sept 2009
BPE Restate Commitment to Transparent Privatization of Nitel
Dr. Christopher Anyanwu, director- general, Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), has assured that the re-privatization of Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (Nitel) will follow due process and…
- 7 Sept 2009
Sat-3, Mtel, Main Attractions of Nitel Sale
Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (Nitel), the beleaguered national operator plagued by industrial actions, equipment loss and vandalism, a chronic lack of investment and allegations of…
- 7 Jun 2026
NCC Applauds Ministerial Initiative on Girls ICT Empowerment
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has commended the Hon. Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, for championing initiatives aimed at empowering the…
- 23 Feb 2015
SAT-3 Services to Bounce Back as Lagos, NITEL Agree on Repairs
Lagos State government and Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) have resolved their differences and agreed to work together to relocate South Atlantic 3/West Africa Submarine Cable…