MTN Nigeria has said that its subscribers in Kano, Borno and Adamawa will experience service disruption this weekend.
The service disruption, the service provider explained is temporary and to give room for scheduled network maintenance to fix a damaged fibre route.
In a notice issued by the company on Friday, MTN disclosed that the exercise, scheduled for Saturday, August 24, 2025, will affect 101 sites across 15 Local Government Areas (LGAs).
MTN said the maintenance will involve cutting over traffic to a newly installed fibre infrastructure along the AFCOT–Bawo Village route in Adamawa State.
According to MTN, the two-hour maintenance, which will run from 6:00 AM to 8:00 AM, is necessary to permanently replace damaged fibre spans and improve overall network stability.
The service provider further stated that during this window, subscribers using 2G, 3G, and 4G services, as well as 10 enterprise customers, may experience temporary interruptions in connectivity.
“Due to the linear and unprotected nature of the route, services will be interrupted during the maintenance window. The work will be carried out during daylight hours for security reasons,” MTN stated.
The affected areas include Girei, Song, Mubi North, Hong, Gombi, Fufore, Mubi South, Madagali, Michika, Maiha, Chibok, and Yola North LGAs in Adamawa; Askira/UBA and Shani LGAs in Borno; and Nasarawa LGA in Kano State.
While regretting the inconvenience to customers, MTN assured that the upgrade is aimed at improving service quality and reliability in the affected regions.
Recently, residents of three Nigerian states faced network blackout as MTN and 9mobile suffer simultaneous fibre cuts in Kebbi, Sokoto, and Zamfara.
According to the network status report released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) the fibre cuts on both networks occurred around 7.09 pm on Thursday, May 29, 2025.
