Author Archives: Blossom Deji-Folutile

MTN’s Public Offer of 14% of its shareholding Excites Sokoto

As two babies become first MTN shareowners in Sokoto Foremost continental telecoms company, MTN which earlier announced the sell-down of 575 million shares in MTN Nigeria to shore up local content in its shareholding, says that the public offer is to make the company truly Nigerian and urged every Nigerian to take advantage of the […]

MTN Nigeria Wins 20 Awards in One Week

MTN Nigeria has received at least 20 awards in one week, in recognition of its market leadership, innovation, and marketing excellence.  The awards, from four reputable Nigerian organizations, are a confirmation of MTN’s commitment to empowering Nigerians through services, products, and interventions that deliver first-class value for everyone. November’s award season in turn reflected the […]

MTN Launches An Equity Book build To Qualified Investors Ahead of its Retail Offer

MTN Nigeria Communications Plc (MTN Nigeria) is pleased to announce that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved an offer for sale of up to 575 million ordinary shares in MTN Nigeria held by MTN International (Mauritius) Limited, by way of a bookbuild to qualified investors (Institutional Offer) and a fixed price to retail investors […]

We Move… Super Eagles Progress to Final Round of FIFA Qualifiers.

The Nigerian Super Eagles played out a nail-biting 1-1 draw against the Sharks of Cape Verde to secure passage into the knockout round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers. Following the victory over Liberia during the weekend, the Super Eagles went into Tuesday’s match with the knowledge that a draw would be enough to […]

Ayoba Reaches Three Million Monthly Active Users in Nigeria

Ayoba, Africa’s first instant messaging App, has reached a subscriber base of three million monthly active users in Nigeria.  Launched in 2019 and accessible on Android and iOS devices, Ayoba began as an MTN partner instant messaging app and was introduced into the Nigerian market in 2020 to support COVID emergencies. Commenting on Ayoba’s milestone […]

MTN Nigeria Compensates Subscribers for Network Downtime

Nigeria’s largest mobile telecommunications operator, MTN Nigeria Communications Plc, has announced compensation for its subscribers to make up for the network disruptions experienced  last Saturday.  On Saturday, 9th October 2021, MTN Nigeria users witnessed hours of network disruption caused by an outage that left customers without a connection. Olutokun Toriola, Chief Executive Officer, MTN Nigeria, […]

MTN Nigeria Statement on Service Disruption on October 9th 2021

Lagos, October 11th, 2021: MTN Nigeria Communications Plc (“MTN Nigeria”) can confirm that subscribers experienced challenges connecting to the network during the afternoon of Saturday, October 9th, 2021. The service outage was caused by a disruption in the core network and affected voice and data services. MTN’s technical team were able to rectify the problem […]

Nigerian Falconets Receive Boost from MTN Nigeria for U-20 Women’s World Cup

Nigeria’s Falconets have received a boost from MTN Nigeria as they took on the U-20 girls of the Central African Republic in their World Cup qualifiers game. The second leg of the U-20 World cup qualifier held on Wednesday, 6th October at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Onikan, Lagos.   In the first qualifier game, the […]

Why We Partnered with the FG on 2021 Edition of USNIIS – MTN

MTN Nigeria collaborated with a host of stakeholders and experts in business and corporate governance for the 2021 US-Nigeria Investment Summit (USNIIS) geared at strengthening business ties between the two countries. The two-day event themed “Nigeria: The Future of Global Business” was held in New York, the USA, on September 17 and 18, 2021. At […]