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The Federal Government has ordered the Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC, to renegotiate the N789 billion fine it slammed on telecoms company, MTN, for not deactivating its subscribers not registered during the window opened for registration of SIM cards. President Muhammadu Buhari, who received his counterpart from South Africa, Jacob Zuma, on Tuesday in Abuja, explained…

Court Stops MTN Taking Money Abroad

Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court in Lagos has barred MTN Nigeria Communications Limited from moving any of its funds from all commercial banks in Nigeria abroad pending hearing of its suit challenging the N1.4trillion fine imposed on it by the Nigerian Communication Commission, NCC. The Federal Government, through the NCC, initially imposed…

We Don’t Compel Offenders To Pay Fines—FRSC

The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has emphatically stressed that the agency does not force traffic offenders to pay fines for alleged offences committed on the road. This information was revealed by the FRSC Corps Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi, at a chat with some Editors in Lagos recently. Several times, motorists have bitterly complained about how…