MTN Nigeria Reports Network Outage Across Major States

MTN Nigeria has confirmed a network outage impacting customers in Oyo, Lagos, Rivers, Delta states, and the Federal Capital Territory. The telecommunications company announced this disruption via a statement on its X account, indicating that some services may be temporarily unavailable due to unspecified network challenges.

MTN did not provide details on the nature or cause of the outage, nor did it disclose the number of affected customers or the extent of the disruption across the five locations. In a follow-up update, MTN apologized for the inconvenience and assured customers that its engineers were actively working to restore services.

The company emphasized the importance of telecommunications services for communication, digital banking, and daily activities for millions of Nigerians. However, no specific timeline for the restoration of services was provided, and MTN urged customers to remain patient as technical teams addressed the network issues.