MTN Group Ltd has proposed to pay 300 billion naira ($1.5 billion) to settle a record $3.9 billion fine in Nigeria for missing a deadline to disconnect unregistered subscribers that the government claims included Boko Haram Islamic insurgents.[2] Check also: Mtn contributed to boko-haram insurgency, says Buhari Africa’s biggest wireless operator made the written offer, made up of cash installments,[8] bond ...

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has said that a South African mobile giant’s MTN failure to disconnect unregistered SIM cards in Nigeria “contributed” to Boko Haram’s insurgency. Check also: MTNin talks with Nigerian regulator on $3.9 billion fine, says Buhari The Nigerian telecoms regulator imposed a record 1.04 trillion naira ($5.2 billion) fine on South Africa’s MTN in October 2015 for ...

A Ugandan legal petition challenging last month’s re-election of President Yoweri Museveni faces a setback after the offices of two lead attorneys were burgled, one of the lawyers said. Check also:Uganda’s defeated opposition challenges museveni win in court Fred Muwema said there were signs of forced entry at his office in the capital, Kampala, and computers and documents relating to ...

A pair of Vietnamese fraternal twins have been confirmed to have different fathers, a local genetic association has told the BBC. The twins had their DNA tested after their family noticed they looked different, said local reports Check also: The ghost of Micheal Jackson impregnated me, a white woman claims The occurrence, known as heteropaternal super fecundation, is rare with ...

South African company MTN is in talks with the Nigeria telecoms industry regulator to reduce a $3.9 billion fine imposed for failing to disconnect unregistered SIM cards from its local network, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday. Check also: Facebook will start notifying you if the government is spying your account He made the comment at a joint news ...