BREAKING: Etisalat Nigeria changes name to 9Mobile


Etisalat Nigeria has changed its brand name to 9Mobile, reports have said.
The name change follows the pullout of Mubadala Group, Etisalat’s major investor from the United Arab Emirates, over a $1.4bn (N541bn) debt.

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