US President Donald Trump, stepping up his criticism of technology firms he says are favouring liberal points of view, said they may be in a “very antitrust situation” but repeatedly said he can’t comment publicly on whether they should be broken up.

Lumko Mtimde, the suspended CEO of government’s universal service agency Usaasa, must be reinstated by next week, public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has ruled in a report that has condemned the conduct of the agency’s board.

MTN Group shares plunged more than 22% on Thursday morning after reports emerged that the Nigerian central bank has ordered four banks to refund more than $8-billion “illegally expatriated” by the telecommunications provider.

MTN Group’s unit in Ghana raised 1.1-billion cedis (R3.5-billion) selling about a third of the shares the wireless carrier made available in an initial public offering.