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BREAKING: Subscribers Lament As MTN Shutdown Over Service Outage

MTN customers are currently experiencing service outage and are unable to connect with loved ones and business associates in parts of the country.
Onyxnewsng that the customers were unable to use the mobile network operator’s call, data and SMS services.
“Emergency calls only” showed on the screens of MTN users our correspondent spoke with as of the time of filing this report at 04:30pm on Saturday.
The users told our correspondent that they started experiencing the outage around 2:30pm on Saturday.
Some of the users, who also subscribed to other telecom service providers, have since switched over in the interim to link up with friends and family.
READ ALSO: BREAKING: Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram Go Down In Major Outage
Efforts to reach MTN Senior Manager, External Relations, Funso Aina, proved abortive.
MTN is the largest telecommunication provider in Nigeria with 77.35 million subscribers, according to latest industry statistics from the Nigerian Communications Commission.
MTN recently celebrated 20 years of operations in Nigeria.
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