MTN court case on Nigerian funds transfer set for end Oct -lawyer

Nigeria vs MTN: $2 billion tax dispute hearing set for January 30-31
A customer leaves an MTN shop in Johannesburg, file. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

LAGOS (9News Nigeria – A hearing in the court case between MTN and Nigeria’s central bank in a dispute over the alleged illegal transfer of $8.1 billion of funds by the telecoms firm, has been set for Oct. 30, a lawyer for MTN said on Friday.

A separate hearing between MTN and the attorney general over an alleged $2 billion unpaid tax bill has been scheduled for Nov. 8 at the same court, the lawyer told news reporters.

Reporting by Didi Akinyelure and Alexis Akwagyiram; Writing by Chijioke Ohuocha; Editing by Susan Fenton

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