President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari has allegedly collected N500 million from telecommunications company MTN to help reduce the fine imposed on it by the Federal Government, SaharaReporters reports. According to the online news medium, concrete evidence that the shady activity took place has been presented to the President. It was reported that... Read More

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March 7, 2016

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THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: ‘Niger Deltans not behind Lagos crimes’ | Military unwelcome in Ogoni | Hillary Clinton needs cash | More stories

Why Niger Governor, Abubakar Bello travels a lot. Leadership Troops kill five, sack Boko Haram hideouts. Punch Two ministers, others to appear before the Senate over MTN fine. Leadership Ogoni protest military invasion Punch Senators not planning to replace Bukola Saraki as Senate President. Vanguard Buhari says Nigeria would join Islamic Coalition against terror. Leadership... Read More

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Buhari, IPOB, MTN fine, Niger Delta, Ogoni, senate, tracklist

December 5, 2015

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Nigeria goofs with actual figure of MTN fine

The Nigerian Communications Commission has revealed that there was an error in the reduced fine given to South African telecommunications giant, MTN. The NCC handed the mobile phone company a $5.2 billion (N1.04 trillion) penalty in October after failing to cut off users with unregistered SIM cards from its network. But after series of negotiations, on Thursday, December... Read More

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