Author Archives: Precious Nwachukwu

‘We Rise: The Davido Story’, first-ever documentary on bestselling African star premieres on January 15

Lagos, January 10, 2022: Nigeria Entertainment Today (Netng) has announced the release of a new documentary that explores the story of one of the most important performing artistes in contemporary African music – David ‘Davido’ Adeleke. ‘We Rise: The Davido Story’ will premiere on Sunday, January 15, 2022. The documentary captures the decade-long music journey […]

MTN Nigeria Launches 5G-Standard Messaging Service with Google and Dotgo

MTN to leverage Google and Dotgo platforms, and Dotgo’s managed services to serve over 82 million subscribers Nigeria’s largest mobile network operator (MNO), MTN, is set to launch RCS Business Messaging (RBM) Services in partnership with Google and Dotgo®, a Gupshup company and a leading cloud communications provider of RBM Solutions.   RBM uses the […]

MTN Nigeria successfully bids for 3.5GHz Spectrum Licence to enable Fifth Generation (5G) Rollout

MTN Nigeria Communications Plc (MTN Nigeria) is pleased to announce that it was successful in its bid to acquire one of the two 100MHZ spectrum licences in the 3.5GHz spectrum band auctioned by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). This is a significant step towards achieving the goals of the Nigerian National Broadband Plan (2020-25). Acquisition […]

Launch of Public Offer of MTN Nigeria Ordinary Shares to Retail Investors

MTN Nigeria Communications Plc (MTN Nigeria) is pleased to announce that the public offer to retail investors for the sale of up to 575 million shares held in MTN Nigeria by MTN Group will be priced at N169.00 per share (the Offer). The Offer will open at 8:00am on 1 December 2021 and close at 5:00 pm […]

MTN Gets Exclusive Streaming Rights For Wizkid Concert

Grammy Award Winning Nigerian artiste, Ayodeji ‘Wizkid’ Balogun will take over one of the world’s most popular concert venues, the 02 Arena in London, for three days from November 28 to December 1, 2021 as part of the 17-date tour in support of his album, Made In Lagos. The Afropop sensation makes history as the […]

MTN Nigeria Completes Series II Bond Issuance

MTN Nigeria Communications Plc (MTN Nigeria) has successfully completed the issuance of its N89,999,000,000 Series II 10-Year 12.75% Fixed Rate Bonds due 2031 (“Series II Bond”) under the N200 billion Bond Issuance Programme. The Series II Bond is the second issuance in 2021 by MTN Nigeria following the successful debut in May 2021. This completes MTN Nigeria’s ₦200 billion […]

Building a Brighter Future Through Insurance by Olusegun Omosehin

Andrew is a busy 44-year old professional in the finance sector. His wife, a freelance make-up artist insists on a weekend getaway at a resort somewhere along Lagos-Epe Expressway. On their way to the resort, the unexpected happens: a near-fatal accident almost claimed the life of Andrew. Though calamity is averted, he is confined to […]