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NCC Disqualifies Nigerians Below 18 years From Getting SIM
The Nigerian Communications Commission has disqualified anyone below the age of 18 from registering and owning a Subscriber Identity Module in Nigeria.
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Telecos To Pay N200,000 For Failing To Verify NIN – NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission has proposed a fine of N200,000 for mobile communications services providers that fail to verify and validate biometric, National Identity Number and other personal information of each subscriber to their services.
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Airtel Africa To Leverage On Data, Voice & Mobile Money For Growth… Postpones Listing
Ahead of its secondary listing on the floor of Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Airtel Africa Plc said it will leverage on data, voice and mobile money penetration to grow its earnings. Segun Ogunsanya disclosed this to capital market community at the company’s facts before listing in Lagos.
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NSE Postpones Airtel Listing
The Nigerian Stock Exchange has announced the postponement of the planned listing of Airtel Africa, which was scheduled to hold today, Friday, July 5.
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EXCLUSIVE: Airtel to list on NSE July 5
Airtel Africa will list its shares on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday, July 5, TheCable understands. The company listed its shares on the London Stock Exchange on Friday morning and is expected to announce its share price for the NSE listing. According to the listing prospectus, Airtel hopes to raise $750 million through listings on the Nigerian Stock …
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Retail Investors Adopt SPVs For Airtel’s N325.25b IPO
Retail investors have opted for the use of special purpose vehicles (SPVs) to aggregate funds and buy into the ongoing initial public offering (IPO) by Airtel Africa Plc. Airtel Africa Plc is raising up to N325.25 billion in a combined global and Nigerian IPOs.
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Airtel Share Crisis : O&O Network Appeal Court Order To Deposit N22.5Billion.
O&O Network has filed a notice of appeal against the ruling of the Federal high court ordering it to deposit the sum of N22.5 billion with the Chief Registrar of the court pending the determination of the substantive suit.
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Airtel, 9mobile Oppose Transfer Of Visafone’s Spectrum To MTN
Airtel and 9mobile, mobile network operators in the country, have opposed the transfer of an 800MHz from Visafone Communications to MTN Nigeria. Speaking in Abuja on Monday at a public inquiry organised by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), representatives of the operators said transferring the spectrum to MTN could result in a monopoly. Chidozie Arinze, 9mobile’s head of regulatory affairs, …
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Glo, Airtel, Three Others Bid To Take Over 9mobile
Five firms are bidding to acquire troubled telecom firm 9Mobile (formerly Etisalat), The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said yesterday. It was learnt that the five were picked as qualified among the 16 that Expressed Interestto Barclays bank, the financial advisers on the bid. NCC Executive Vice Chairman Prof. Umar Danbatta said yesterday the five successful bidders had been “allowed access …
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Airtel Nigeria, The Journalism Clinic partner to train 100 journalists
Telecommunication giant, Airtel Nigeria, is set to stage the second edition of the sponsorship of digital journalism training for journalists in Nigeria. The training under the aegis of The Journalism Clinic, would like the first edition be facilitated by international digital journalism trainer, Dan Mason. Focus of the 2017 training will be extended to data journalism even as …
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