MTN Nigeria has a significant lead in the fibre internet market, with 55.2% of the country's FTTx connections. As of June 2026, the company had 176,468 Fibre-To-The-x subscribers. This represents a 97.3% increase from January, when the company had 89,441 fibre subscribers.
The fibre market is relatively small, with 319,735 FTTx connections in total. In comparison, there were 156.4 million mobile internet subscribers in the same period.
Further details on the fibre internet market and MTN Nigeria's growth are available from the Nigerian Communications Commission.
A football administrator, Barr Joe Onyeabor, has urged the National Sports Commission, NSC, to prioritise competence in the composition of the new board of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF. Onyeabor, who spoke to journalists in Enugu, weekend, stated that for Nigeria to retur...
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The Debt Management Office has announced a N1tn Federal Government of Nigeria bond subscription offer with a minimum investment of N50 million per investor Read More: https://punchng.com/dmo-opens-n1tn-fgn-bond-subscription-sets-n50m-minimum/...
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The Labour Party, LP, has maintained that Abayomi Arabambi, who recently dragged the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, to court over Mr Peter Obi’s academic records, did not do so as a memb...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned Nigerian lawyers against charging clients in foreign currencies, describing the practice as illegal and unethical. The post EFCC warns Nigerian lawyers against charging clients in foreign currencies appeared first on ...
Award-winning comedian Real Warri Pikin has appealed to Nigerians to be less critical of her following a viral moment with singer Timaya at the 2026 AFRIMMA Awards in Dallas, United States. The comedian, who won the Best Stand-Up Comedian award at the event, addressed the controv...
Abia Warriors assistant coach, Bethel Orji, has said costly defensive mistakes is responsible for the team’s poor start to the new season, DAILY POST reports. Imama Amapakabo’s side are yet to record a win in the Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL, this season. The Umuahia clu...
Nigeria’s agricultural imports fell by 8.5% year-on-year to N2.03 trillion in the first half of 2026, as the value of inbound agricultural products declined across the two quarters. The post Nigeria’s agricultural imports fall 8.5% to N2.03 trillion in H1 2026 appeared first on N...
Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) Nigeria acted as Joint Issuing House on the successful issuance of the Bank of Industry’s (BOI) inaugural domestic Naira-denominated ₦274.18 billion 5-Year Fixed Rate Bond due 2031, marking the largest debt capital markets issuance by a Development Financ...
Commuters travelling along the Iyana-Ipaja/Iyana-Iba axis of Lagos have been left stranded following a strike by commercial bus drivers protesting alleged extortion by law enforcement and transport regulatory agencies. The drivers, according to findings, stopped operations along ...
Nigerians at home and in the diaspora seeking to participate in the landmark Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals can subscribe conveniently through Zenith Bank, a receiving bank for the historic transaction and a designated electronic ap...
