The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has extended to Friday the deadline given to MTN to pay a $5.2 billion fine.
NCC also said it sanctioned the telecommunications giant based on security reasons following its failure to deactivate 5.2 million unregistered SIM cards.
“Although the deadline expired on Monday, we have extended it to Friday to enable all parties to conclude ongoing talks,”
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