Category Archives: Blog

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 […]

12 Year-Old Akinyele Ademoyegun is MTN mPulse Spelling Bee Champion

Following participation from over 13,000 children across the country, Akinyele Ademoyegun a 12-year-old SS 1 student from Kaydel Comprehensive College, Ikorodu, Lagos has won the 2021 MTN mPulse spelling bee competition. Akinyele was crowned champion after correctly spelling the word “Kernite”, defeating Ekene Dondavis Okwuchukwu from Classic comprehensive college, Lagos. He also correctly spelt “Claustrophobic”, “Antiquarian”, […]

Adia Sowho, Others Express Optimism about the Future of Nigerian Startups

MTN Nigeria’s Chief Marketing Officer, Adia Sowho, expressed optimism about the future of the Nigerian startups while discussing the Nigerian Startup Bill at the Nigerian Economic Pre-Summit event. The virtual event which featured addresses from the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Pantami; Chairman, House Committee on ICT, Abubakar Lado, Partner, […]

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 […]

Ooni of Ife commends MTN for its effort in promoting the Olojo Festival

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has commended MTN Nigeria for its role in making the 2021 Olojo Festival a success through its sponsorship of the event. He gave the commendation during a courtesy visit by MTN’s delegation to the Ooni’s Palace. The delegation, led by the Chief Sales Officer, MTN […]

Talented Student Architect, Folasope Pinheiro, Wins N500,000.00 Cash Prize at Design Week Lagos 2021

Folasope Pinheiro, a student of the University of West England has emerged as the winner of the Design Kulture Student Competition – a competition to showcase and reward Nigerian students with outstanding designs. The competition was part of the events to commemorate Design Week Lagos, the annual citywide celebration of local and international designers, architects and the creative industry. Folasope Pinheiro won […]

MTN Extends Deadline for Spelling Bee Competition to October 24

MTN Nigeria has extended the registration deadline for the 2021 mPulse Spelling Bee to October 24, 2021, to enable more young Nigerians to benefit from the competition on the mPulse website. Explaining the decision to extend the registration deadline, the Acting General Manager, Consumer Marketing, MTN Nigeria, Idowu Adesokan, stated, “We took the mPulse Spelling […]

5 things to know as the MTN mPulse Spelling Bee begins (with over N7 million to be won)

The 2021 mPulse Spelling Bee Competition has begun. The competition, which is organized by MTN Nigeria, is open to students in primary and secondary schools between the ages of 9 and 15, provided they are on the mPulse Plan. Here are five important things to know as the MTN Spelling Bee Competition begins: mPulse Service: […]

Neusroom’s Michael Orodare to Speak at Conflict Reporting Workshop for Journalists

Michael Orodare, a Staff Writer with Neusroom.com, has been named as one of the three panellists to speak at a two-day Capacity Building Workshop on Conflict Reporting for Journalists which takes place in Abuja on Thursday, July 22, 2021. Orodare will be speaking alongside Adekunle Adebajo of HumAngle and Ibrahim Adeyemi of Foundation for Investigative […]

Meet the Cast and Crew of Death and the King’s Horseman

Bolanle Austen-Peters Production, in collaboration with the MTN Foundation, is bringing the story and characters of Wole Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman to the Terra Kulture stage on May 13 to 16 in eight performances. The story, which is inspired by true events, is about a king’s horseman who is prevented from committing ritual […]