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    Business Nigerian Lawmakers Hike MTN Fine to $15.6 billion

    MTN Nigeria fined $5.2 billion in 2015 by Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) is facing a possible hike to $15.6 billion in a bizarre turn of events. Nigeria’s House of Representatives is about to hike the fine slapped on MTN Nigeria for failing to deactivate the SIM cards of some 5.1...
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    Business READ What House of Representatives Said About MTN Fine After Jacob Zuma's Visit

    The Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Telecommunications, Hon. Sajeed Fijabi, on Wednesday insisted that MTN Nigeria should be made to pay the N1.04 trillion fine in full instead of reducing it to N780bn. Speaking in a meeting with the Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu and...
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    Business Nigeria Confirms Receipt of N50bn Out of N780bn From MTN

    The minister of communications, Adebayo Shittu yesterday confirmed that MTN Nigeria has paid N50billion out of the N780bn fine slammed on it by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for regulatory infractions. MTN on Wednesday said it had paid N50billion out of the amount and had also...
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    Business SIM Card Revalidation: NCC Disconnects 1Million Lines

    Not less than one million unregistered mobile phone lines from the network of telecom operators has been eliminated in the ongoing re-validation of telecommunications subscriber base , according to the latest statistics for the month of December released by the Nigerian Communications Commission...
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    Business Telecoms Operators May Shut Down Operations in 7 States

    Telecom operators have threatened to shut down network services in seven different states over closure of Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) by the state governments. According to the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) Chairman, Engr. Gbenga Adebayo, yesterday...
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    Business Nigeria: NCC Unveils 8-Point Operational Agenda [See LIST]

    Executive vice-chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Umar Dambatta, unveiled an eight-point agenda which will drive the operation of the agency. He assured enhanced commitment towards consumer empowerment and sustainable service delivery. The 8-point agenda includes...
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    Business SIM Registration: FG To Sanction Telecom Operators Over Customers’ Harassment

    The federal government has threatened to deal with telecom operators over the way and manner Nigerians, especially women, are being treated in their bid to comply with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) directive on the registration of the subscriber identification module (SIM). A...
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    Business Fresh Trouble For MTN As FG Files Criminal Charges Against It

    The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has filed criminal charges against MTN Nigeria Communication and its Chief Executive Officer, Ferdi Moolman, over alleged copyright infringement. The charge, with number ABJ/CR/379/2015, filed in the Federal High Court, Abuja, was obtained by the News...
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    Business NCC: Why We Reduced MTN’s N1.04trn Fine

    The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has defended its action to reduce the N1.04 trn fine on MTN Nigeria to N780 billion, saying it acted in the interest of the stability of the telecom sector. The commission said it weighed all pros and cons and arrived at a decision it considered...
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    Business Buhari, Zuma To Meet Over MTN’s N1.04trn Fine

    President Muhammadu Buhari and his South African counterpart, President Jacob Zuma, are to meet in Johannesburg this week to discuss MTN’s $5.2billion fine among other issues, South Africa-based Sunday Times has reported. Both leaders are expected to meet and discuss the fine along the...
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    Business NCC Shifts MTN’s $5.2bn Fine Payment

    Nigerian authorities have shifted the enforcement of $5.2 billion fine on South Africa’s MTN until negotiations have been concluded, the telecommunications company said on Monday. “Although the Nigerian Communications Commission set a deadline for payment of the fine by Monday, 16 November...
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    Business NCC N1.04tn Fine: MTN Group CEO Resigns

    MTN Group President and Chief Executive Officer, Sifiso Dabengwa, resigned on Monday morning over the N1.04tn fine imposed on MTN Nigeria by the country’s regulatory body – the Nigerian Communications Commission, according to Punch Newspaper. A credible source at the MTN Group office said that...
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    Politics NCC Fine: No talks with MTN - Osinbajo

    Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says he is not in talks with MTN over the $5.2 billion fine slammed on it by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Mr Laolu Akande, said this in a telephone chat with our...
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    Business Nigeria Internet Users Increase To 97m - NCC

    The number of internet users on Nigeria’s telecoms networks has hit 97.21 million, up from the 95.37 million recorded in August, according to figures released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The telecoms regulatory body made the disclosure in its Monthly Internet Subscriber...
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    Business N200,000 Fine Per Sim, Too Heavy To Bear - MTN Laments

    Few days after the Nigerian Communications Commission slammed a N1.4 trillion penalty on MTN Nigeria for failure to disconnect customers with unregistered SIM cards, Parent company MTN group has cried out that the fine was too extreme, even as it continues to engage the regulator on how to...
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    Business NCC fines MTN $5bn

    Telecommunications regulator, Nigeria's Communications Commission, has issued mobile phone firm MTN Nigeria, with a $5bn (£3.5bn) fine for failing to disconnect subscribers with unregistered Sim cards bought before January 2012, BBC reports. The fine is the largest in the history of telecom...
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