Tag Archives: MTN

MTN VS AGF: Court rejects AGF preliminary objection

The Federal High Court (presided over by the Honourable Justice Aneke), has delivered its ruling, rejecting the Notice of Preliminary Objection filed by the AGF in response to MTN’s lawsuit. The substantive case is now scheduled to be heard on June 26. MTN took legal action after receiving a demand notice from the AGF alleging […]

MTN Group announces Changes To The Board And Establishment of International Advisory Board

  MTN Group today announced significant changes to the Group Board and the establishment of an International Advisory Board (IAB). The MTN Group Board is of the view that MTN has entered a more stable and settled period which enables it to now effect an evolution of the Board following recent challenging regulatory environments and […]

MTN NIGERIA COMMUNICATIONS PLC: Announcement of conversion from a Private Company to a PLC

MTN Nigeria Communications Plc (MTN) has announced that it has completed its conversion from a private company to a public company (Plc). The conversion to a Plc is a legal requirement and key milestone in the preparatory process for MTN’s listing by introduction on The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). MTN’s intended listing on The NSE […]

MTN Nigeria Holds Leadership Gathering For Top-Level Management

Hundreds of top-level management staff of MTN Nigeria gathered at the Intercontinental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Friday, 12th April 2019, for the company’s inaugural leadership programme. ‘The Leadership Gathering (TLG)’ was a special, first-of-its-kind event designed to inspire ideas and connect the dots around the company’s BRIGHT strategy (a well-defined six-pillar strategy), strengthen bonds […]

MTN Nigeria Bags CBN Innovation Award For Second Consecutive Year

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has recognised leading information and communications technology (ICT) company, MTN Nigeria as the ‘Telco Partner of the Year’ at the just concluded 2019 Electronic Payments Incentive Scheme (EPIS) Efficiency Awards. Organized by the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement Systems (NIBSS), in collaboration with the CBN, the annual EPIS was designed […]

MTN Group’s Music Business Gets A Boost

MTN Group’s newly acquired music streaming entity, Simfy Africa, has been given a welcome boost with the appointment of Oyebowale Akideinde as Head of Over the Top (OTT) Music Services. His appointment, effective 1 February 2019, will enhance the company’s digital music streaming services to its customers across Africa and the Middle East. Oyebowale joins […]

MTN Nigeria Concludes 2018 Season Of Surprises At Grand Finale

  MTN Nigeria has just concluded the fourth edition of its annual Season of Surprises. A grand finale held at the MTN Plaza, Ikoyi, on Monday, December 24, 2018 as hundreds of employees gathered to celebrate the altruistic initiative and its far-reaching results. Nearly 400,000 Nigerians had been touched since MTN staff around the country […]

Using Our Own Medicine – My speech at the Public Presentation of Nigeria PR Report

  Something happened in 2015.   A poor 72-year-old, unpopular, retired army-general ran to be president of Nigeria, an oil-rich West African country with population of about 200 million people.   His opponent, the incumbent, was a 57-year-old Ph.D. who, three years earlier while he was VP, was so popular and favoured that influential citizens […]