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APC disturbing Nigerians with Unsolicited SMS

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The APC led Government who has been doing everything possibly possible to validate the rascality they are currently doing by insisting on swearing in a Bola Ahmed Tinubu who didn’t meet the constitutional requirements to be declared the President of Nigeria is back to disturb Nigerians with unsolicited SMS. You’d recall that Buhari conferred Tinubu with GCFR, Shettima gets GCON throwing caution to the wind. Recently, MTN and Glo telecoms have been bombarding Nigerians with so many unsolicited messages from a Coded Name PTC (presidential transition council )   Any foundation…

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NCC Approved Unified USSD Codes for All Mobile Networks in Nigeria

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Most Nigerians might be struggling to use their USSD codes to either check their account balances or make a recharge on their respective mobile phones. Unfortunately, the codes have been Unified without pre-information or enough post-information to enable Nigerians understand what was going on. Jkcyno news is here to serve you the information FREE OF CHARGE… 😂 THE REASON WHY YOU MAY HAVE ISSUE CHECKING YOUR DATA/AIRTIME BALANCE NCC Approved Unified USSD Codes for all mobile networks in Nigeria. 🇳🇬 Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has approved unified USSD codes for…

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MTN foundation to launch digital skill scheme

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MTN Foundation  Executive Secretary, Odunayo Sanya, has said the foundation is set to launch a ‘Digital Skills for Digital Jobs’ scheme. She said the foundation was revamping its digital library app and would unveil the programme targeted at young individuals. Sanya said, “We are also revamping our Digital Library App and will be unveiling a programme called: Digital Skills for Digital Jobs. We are targeting young people and getting them certified in various knowledge areas.” She revealed this while speaking to MTN Media Innovation Programme Fellows. She stated that the…

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FEC approves N203bn MTN takeover of Enugu-Onitsha road

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The Federal Executive Council, on Wednesday, approved MTN’s takeover of the construction of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway at over N202.8bn under the road Infrastructure Tax Credit Scheme. The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, disclosed this to State House correspondents shortly after this week’s council meeting chaired by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to Fashola, the approval followed Executive Order 7 signed by the President in January 2019. This, he said, would enable the telecom giant to complete the dualisation of the…

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MTN’s Mobile Money Bank Suffers N22B Fraud

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The newly licensed Mobile Money Payment Service Bank Limited (MOMO PSB) a banking subsidiary of MTN Communications Limited has in less than a month operations suffered a massive fraud worth over N22 billion on its network. Court processes in a suit instituted by the Mobile Money Bank against 18 Banks and obtained by our correspondent revealed that an aggregate sum of N22,300,000,000, equivalent to about $53.7m was erroneous transferred to accounts maintained by customers of 18 different banks in the country. In an originating summons dated May 30, 2022 and…

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NCC Issues Licenses To MTN, Mafab Comms, As 5G Services set to roll out

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PRESS STATEMENT NCC Issues Final Letters of Licence Awards to 5G Spectrum Winners The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has confirmed issuance of the final letters of award of the Fifth Generation (5G) Spectrum Licences to MTN and Mafab Communications, winners of the 3.5GHz spectrum auction conducted by the Commission on Monday, December 13, 2021. Management of the Commission led by its Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta confirmed this to the Board of Commissioners at the Board’s Special Meeting, which took place on Wednesday, April 20 and Thursday, April…

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How to Link Your MTN, Airtel, Glo, and 9mobile SIM Cards with NIN on NIMC Mobile App

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Linking your SIMs to your National Identity Number (NIN) is now compulsory following the recent directive of the federal government which asked telecom companies to bar subscribers who are yet to do so from making outgoing phone calls. Over 70 million subscribers have been affected by the development. For those affected, now there are multiple means to get your NIN linked to line. You can do the linking via your network providers such as MTN, Airtel, Glo and 9mobile. You can also do so via the NIMC mobile app named…

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MTN Gets CBN Approval To Operate Payment Service Bank

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Telecommunication giant, MTN, has received the final approval to operate as Momo Payment Service Bank Limited (Momo PSB). The approval was granted by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), according to a statement issued on Monday by MTN Secretary, Uro Ukpanah. “MTN Nigeria Communications PIc (MN Nigeria) announces the receipt of a letter dated 8 April 2022 from the CBN addressed to Momo PSB conveying final approval to commence operations,” the statement partly read. “The date of commencement will be communicated to the CBN in accordance with its requirements. “MTN…

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MTN and MAFAB acquire Nigeria’s 5G licences

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The Transparency Nigeria Group has asked the Federal Government of Nigeria and all the relevant security agencies to immediately launch an investigation into business practices of Mafab Communications Limited, one of the companies that was announced as a successful bidder for one of Nigeria’s 3.5 GHz licences. Mafab Communications was incorporated in 2020, has no comprehensive tax history and appears to have been specifically set up by connected insiders for the purpose of acquiring one of the highly valued 5G licences. Read Also : UEFA Champions League Round of 16…

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MTN begins paperwork to fund the 100km Enugu-Onitsha Road project

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MTN begins paperwork to fund the 100km Enugu-Onitsha project. Jkcyno news gathered that Last year, N6bn Sukuk was released to Raynold’s construction company, RCC and N4bn to Arab Contractors for two sections, with several Kilometers covered so far. MTN is bringing N46bn under the Road Infrastructure Tax Credit (RITC) Scheme for completion. This newly adopted method would definitely help the government in building and maintaining most of the Federal roads nationwide by Multinational companies.

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