Nigeria, March 15 -- Massive internet outages have been reported in Nigeria following damage to international undersea cables supplying the country with connectivity.

Telecommunications companies and a number of banks which rely on the affected cables for internet services have been affected by the outage. Global 1 users are, however, not affected by the downtime.

According to reports, the damage affected major undersea cables near Abidjan in Cote d'Ivoire and has led to internet downtime across West and South African countries.

The undersea cables affected are the West Africa Cable System (WACS), the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE), MainOne, and SAT3.

However, Glo 1, owned by Nigeria's leading digital services company, Globacom, was not...