Nigeria, May 27 -- Airtel Nigeria has further protected its subscribers from recent surges in fraudulent SMS messages by embracing a cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) solution that blocked over 9.6 million spam SMS messages within two months of use.

Spam Alert Service was launched in March 2025 to delete suspicious or unwanted SMS messages received by mobile subscribers with deceptive content. Up to May 20, 2025, the launch date, and until the date of publication, the body stated that, during the period, 9,667,008 suspected SMS messages were removed by the system. The rates of blocked messages show the increased risk from mobile cons on Nigeria's rapidly expanding online communications platform.

Of all the spam SMS identified, 5...