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Inside Nigeria’s Telecom Exploitation Crisis Draining Household Budgets

February 11, 2026 0

For about a year now, millions of Nigerians relying on the internet to make a living have been groaning over the manipulation of airtime and data consumption that has turned into a relentless drain on household budgets. Painfully, individuals and businesses buying airtime or data increasingly feel less like paying for a service and more like entering a wager whose odds are permanently stacked against the consumer.

NCC Disqualifies Nigerians Below 18 years From Getting SIM

October 6, 2021 0

The Nigerian Communications Commission has disqualified anyone below the age of 18 from registering and owning a Subscriber Identity Module in Nigeria.

Telecos To Pay N200,000 For Failing To Verify NIN – NCC

September 6, 2021 0

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.

Airtel Africa To Leverage On Data, Voice & Mobile Money For Growth… Postpones Listing

July 5, 2019 0

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.

NSE Postpones Airtel Listing

July 5, 2019 0

The Nigerian Stock Exchange has announced the postponement of the planned listing of Airtel Africa, which was scheduled to hold today, Friday, July 5.

EXCLUSIVE: Airtel to list on NSE July 5

June 28, 2019 0

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 …

Retail Investors Adopt SPVs For Airtel’s N325.25b IPO

June 26, 2019 0

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.

Airtel Share Crisis : O&O Network Appeal Court Order To Deposit N22.5Billion.

March 21, 2019 0

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.

Airtel, 9mobile Oppose Transfer Of Visafone’s Spectrum To MTN

June 26, 2018 0

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, …

Glo, Airtel, Three Others Bid To Take Over 9mobile

December 15, 2017 0

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 …