20/4/2016/Reuters Nigeria will hold off new talks with South Africa’s MTN over a $3.9 billion fine for missing a deadline to disconnect unregistered SIM card users until parliament concludes a probe, its communications minister said on Wednesday. Last month, the House of Representatives launched a probe into whether Nigeria can […]
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Seawater pipeline attack heralds fresh trouble in Nigeria’s Delta
Fri Mar 4, 2016/Reuters By Ulf Laessing A sophisticated attack on a sub-sea pipeline in Nigeria’s Delta might herald a return to the kind of widespread militant violence that crippled the oil industry in Africa’s top producer less than a decade ago. Attacks on oil facilities have been on the […]
Nigeria to start new talks on $3.9 billion MTN fine ‘very soon’: minister
Wed Mar 2, 2016/Reuters By Alexis Akwagyiram Nigeria will start new talks with South African mobile phone operator MTN “very soon” to settle a dispute over a $3.9 billion fine but the final decision rests with President Muhammadu Buhari, the communications minister said. Last week, MTN said it had withdrawn […]
