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MTN has paid $53m to settle Nigeria dispute -central bank

The logo of MTN is pictured in Abuja, Nigeria. [Photo: Reuters]

ABUJA - South Africa’s MTN has paid $53 million to settle a money transfer dispute with Nigeria’s central bank and the matter has been withdrawn from court, Governor Godwin Emefiele said on Tuesday.

The central bank had ordered MTN and its lenders to bring back a total of $8.1 billion it alleged the company had illegally repatriated using improperly issued paperwork between 2007 and 2008.

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