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Nigeria Reps Threaten Telco CEO Arrests

Nigerian Lawmakers Threaten to Arrest MTN, Airtel and Glo CEOs Over Network Quality

Unverified — auto-generated summary, not yet reviewedMobile, Telecom & ConnectivityNigeriaOct 23, 2026

Nigeria's House of Representatives has summoned the chief executives of MTN, Airtel and Globacom and threatened them with arrest over persistent poor network quality. The escalation marks a significant hardening of the legislature's position on telecom service standards, coming alongside a separate NCC announcement that 75 million subscribers have been compensated for poor service.

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