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VAL 2023: Subscribers lament mobile network failure

Nigerians have lamented telecommunications network failure during Valentine’s Day celebrations in Nigeria. Checks by Media Talk Africa revealed that The […]

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Nigerians have lamented telecommunications network failure during Valentine’s Day celebrations in Nigeria.

Checks by Media Talk Africa revealed that The MTN network was down around 3:45 pm on Tuesday.

Some subscribers could not make calls, send texts and receive calls.

Glory Nkoro, a telecommunications subscriber in Abuja, said she could not make a call, browse or send text messages due to her network blackout.

“Around 3:40 pm today, I experienced a total network blackout on my MTN line; I could not make calls, text, or browse. Honestly, it was a terrible Valentine’s Day.

Also, Jame Adebayo stated he witnessed a network breakdown on his mobile phone.

He said, “I could not do anything with my MTN line from around 4 pm due to network failure. I cannot imagine that MTN would mess up on such an important day.”

Similarly, subscribers on a popular microblogging platform, Twitter, react:

@Mbah:
MTN network was down on Valentine’s Day
una no show love o

@manof letters.:

There was a total MTN blackout for like an hour here. We could not make calls.

However, when Media Talk Africa contacted MTN spokesperson Aina Funso, he did not reply to texts or pick-up calls by Media Talk Africa.

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