The Federal Government of Nigeria has asked mobile phone operator MTN to pay a $2bn (£1.6bn) tax bill, the company says.

MTN challenged the figure, saying it related to activities over the past decade. It said it had settled the bill with a $700m payment.

The tax demand is the latest in a series of disputes between MTN and Nigeria, the company’s largest market.

In 2016 it agreed to pay Nigeria $1.7bn over failing to disconnect unregistered Sim cards.

Last week, Nigeria’s Central Bank ordered the company to repatriate $8bn it said had been taken out of the country illegally.

MTN, Africa’s largest mobile......https://www.thegeniusmedia.com.ng/2018/09/04/fg-slaps-2bn-bill-on-telecom-giant-mtn/