Tag: Airtel
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UBA Hosts Airtel MD in Quarterly Business Series, Calls for Registration of Business, SMEs Owners
In its continuous attempt to support the growth and sustainability of small and medium scale businesses in Nigeria and Africa, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc will be hosting the UBA Business Series on Tuesday, June 30, 2020. The UBA Business Series, which is held quarterly, is a capacity building initiative where leading business leaders…
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Copyright infringement: Court orders NUC, Airtel to pay N703m to media company
A Fededal High Court in Abuja has awarded the sum of N703 million as damages against the National Univiersities Commission, NUC and Zain Nigeria Ltd (now Airtel) for infringing on the copyright of a media company, TV Xtra Production. In his judgement on Wednesday, Justice Inyang Ekwo held that actions of the defendants, clearly breached…
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Airtel commits over N1.9B to fight against COVID-19
Leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, has announced a commitment of over N1.9B towards the fight against COVID-19 in Nigeria. Providing a breakdown of the pledged sum, Airtel said N200m will go towards provision of an Isolation Center or any required Medical Facility agreed with the appropriate Health Authority in the Country, another N120m towards…
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COVID-19: Subscribers ask MTN, Glo, Airtel, others to slash tariffs to enhance info flow
Some consumers, under the aegis of Association of Telephone, Cable TV and Internet Subscribers (ATCIS), have called on telecommunications companies in the country to reduce tariffs for voice, data and other services. The consumers said this had become imperative due to current challenges and disruption triggered by Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) as well as the need…
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Drop calls: Airtel seeks inclusion of Telecoms infrastructure on CNI as vandalisations increase
Airtel Nigeria has blamed the rising rate of telecoms drop calls on infrastructure vandalism and insurgency across networks, calling on the federal government to urgently deal with the menace of vandalism, insecurity and insurgency in order to address the current spate of dropped calls experienced by most telecommunications subscribers. The telecoms company made the call…
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Airtel Nigeria partners Lagos State to Host Greater 2020 Festival
Leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, has partnered with the Lagos State Government to host one of the biggest End of Year Festival dubbed the Greater 2020, a carnival that will hold across five locations in Lagos and feature some of the biggest Nigerian artistes including Olamide, Fireboy, Zlatan and D.J Spinal, among others Themed…
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Airtel gets NCC approval to reject calls from Glo subscribers
Due to the failure of Globacom to settle its interconnect debts to Airtel, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has granted Airtel Networks Limited an approval to partially disconnect Globacom from its network. The partial disconnection will make it impossible for Glo subscribers to make calls to Airtel network but the arrangement is set up that…
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BREAKING: Ijaw youths begin shutting down of MTN, Glo, Airtel masts in Bayelsa
Ijaw youths have made good their threat to shut down masts belonging to MTN, Glo, Airtel and other telecommunication companies in Bayelsa State. The picketing was following issues bordering on complaints by the youths that the companies excluded indigenes from quick-win contracts especially the supply of diesel to their facilities. Details shortly…
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Forfeiture Claim on Airtel Shares False, Misleading – Ecobank subsidiary
O&O Networks Limited, Special purpose vehicle owned by the Ecobank Group says contrary to certain media reports, there is no forfeiture order of the Federal High Court of Nigeria in its proceedings that is directed against Ecobank Transnational Incorporate (ETI) or Ecobank Nigeria Limited. O&O Networks Limited is defending long-standing proceedings in the Federal High…
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Airtel Nigeria Named ‘Brand of the Year 2018’ by Leadership Newspaper
Leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, has been named ‘Brand of the Year 2018’ by the Board of Editors of one of Nigeria’s foremost newspapers, Leadership Newspaper. The well-respected editors, in a citation, said Airtel was deserving of the honour because it has demonstrated intense interest and commitment to supporting laudable causes through its Corporate…