•Mast sealed The Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service has sealed seven telecommunication masts belonging to MTN and Globacom across the state’s urban areas over outstanding taxes totalling N5.8bn. The Head of Corporate Communications for the Kaduna IRS, Zakari Muhammad, disclosed this development in a statement issued today. The sealed...
Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, has restrained telecom operators in Nigeria from deactivating or barring any line or SIM whose user was not linked to the National Identification Number (NIN). The court issued the restraining order on February 22, 2024, while ruling on a motion for the restraining orders...
•Sim cards The Nigerian Communications Commission has directed MTN Nigeria, Airtel and other telecommunications firms to fully bar phone lines without National Identity Numbers and those whose NINs have not been verified. This was disclosed in a corporate notice that MTN Nigeria filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited revealing the directive ...