Telecoms giant, MTN, has shut all its stores and service centres across Nigeria. It was gathered that the decision was due to the vandalisation of the company’s offices by aggrieved customers whose lines were disconnected in line with the government’s NIN-SIM linkage policy, reports The Nation. Yesterday, a group of angry customers had pulled ...
A mob, today, vandalised a section of mobile telephone network operator, MTN, property in Festac Town, Lagos. Their actions, according to reports, were triggered after the network provider blocked their SIM cards yesterday, reports Vanguard. In a video obtained by our correspondent, customers of MTN were seen protesting to register their displ...
•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...
The Nigerian Communications Commission has reiterated its directive to telecom operators to bar telephone subscribers not linked to their National Identification Numbers on or before today, Wednesday, February 28, 2024. The Executive Vice Chairman, National Communication Commission, Dr Aminu Maida, spoke at the NCC’s Special Day during the ong...
Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, has restrained telecom operators in Nigeria from deactiÂvating or barring any line or SIM whose user was not linked to the National Identification Number (NIN). The court issued the restrainÂing order on February 22, 2024, while ruling on a motion for the restraining orders...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has put on hold its earlier approval given to MTN Nigerian Communications (NCC) to commence the phased disconnection of Globacom Limited (Glo) with effect from today, Thursday, January 18, 2024, due to a long-standing interconnection debt dispute between the parties. A statement signed by Director, ...
Globacom customers may be unable to make calls to MTN lines soon, due to unpaid interconnect charges. This was revealed by the Nigerian Communications Commission today Monday, January 8, in a notice to the public signed by Reuben Muoka, the director of the department of public affairs. According to the statement, the commission gave its [&hell...
•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 ...
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