This was contained in the government’s case summary of the fresh six counts of treason and other ancillary offences instituted against the founder of Radio Biafra and leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, and two others before the Federal High Court in Abuja
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The association and its President, Oluyinka Oyeniji (who sued for themselves and on behalf of MTN subscribers), seek an injunction restraining NCC from imposing any sanction on MTN
He wrote: “We write with reference to our letter of Aug. 6, 2015 in which we gave notice to MTN Nigeria Communication Ltd. of violation of the copyright of our client Mr Omenuwoma Dovie –Baba 2010 — to four of his original musical composition and made several demands for a remedy
In the two-count-charge signed by NCC Prosecutor and Copyright Inspector, Marypauline Olere-Luma, MTN and Moolman were alleged to have infringed on copies of the musical work of an Abuja based musician, Dovie Omenuwoma-Eniwo (aka Baba 2010)
“Accordingly, MTN has followed due process and has instructed its lawyers to proceed with an action in the Federal High Court in Lagos seeking the appropriate reliefs,” the telecoms firm said in a statement
“There was a day, sometime last week, when a programme was being run on television on this same subject, I was in a vehicle, almost everybody in the vehicle condemned the act
A statement made available to newsmen in Lagos on Thursday by the organisation said that consequently, the MTN Nigeria’s Chief Executive Officer, Michael Ikpoki, had tendered his resignation with immediate effect
The company said in a statement on Thursday that it had received a formal letter from the NCC on the development
“There are many countries where subscribers, in the entire country, are not up to half of the five million.
“In the case of Nigeria, we had more than five million violations
NAN recalls that Baba 2010 had demanded N500 million damages from MTN for copyright violation of four of his original musical compositions and recordings
The NCC said it had continued to receive complaints from subscribers on automatic migration of data bundle package to Pay-As-You-Go Billing on depletion of their data bundle
The regulatory body said to address the increasing cases of port request rejections, it had resolved to monitor operators and take appropriate actions
The NCC noted that MTN, in a letter of November 2, admitted the infraction and pleaded for leniency
MTN, which has asked former chief executive Phuthuma Nhleko to take charge for up to six months, is seeking to have the fine reduced and has been in discussions with high-ranking officials from the Nigerian Communications Commission and the Nigerian presidency for the past two weeks
Non-executive chairman Phuthuma Nhleko was named executive chairman of MTN for up to six months after Sifiso Dabengwa stepped down as CEO with immediate effect on Monday
Chief executive Sifiso Dabengwa tendered his resignation with immediate effect, saying it was “in the interest of the company and its shareholders”
However, the country said it would not affect the cordial relations between the continent’s two biggest economies, a cabinet minister said on Thursday
The NCC had placed a N200,000 ($1,000) fine on each unregistered cell phone line that was not disconnected.
MTN Group of South Africa, the owners of MTN Nigeria has seen its shares tumble by at least 20 per cent in the Johannesburg bourse since the fine was imposed last week, following its failure to disconnect millions of unregistered cell phones lines even though it was given a deadline to do
Africa’s biggest mobile phone company was last week fined $5.2 billion by the Nigerian Communications Commission for failure to cut off users with unregistered SIM cards from its network
MTN, which had a $5.2 billion fine imposed on it by the Nigerian Communications Commission last week for failing to deregister SIM cards in its largest market, said it received confirmation from the regulator that its operating spectrum in the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz frequency bands had been renewed