Do Not Disturb: Stop unsolicited SMS on Etisalat Nigeria

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed all mobile operators to implement a Do Not Disturb feature for subscribers who do not want to receive unsolicited SMS and calls. Etisalat has tweeted how to opt-out of receiving unsolicited marketing messages and calls by being added to the Do Not Disturb list on their network.

What To DO

From your Etisalat line, text STOP to 2442. Here is the source tweet:

@etisalat_9ja “do not disturb” service will allow customers opt-out of receiving unsolicited marketing messages and calls.txt STOP to 2442

— Mobile Tech News (@taj_sagay) July 1, 2016

Partial Do Not Disturb

Maybe you want to block only certain types of messages/calls, there are codes to do that. To implement partial “Do Not Disturb” to block only certain types of messages, use the following codes:

– banking,insurance & financial products: SMS 1 to 2442
– real estate: SMS 2 to 2442
– education SMS: 3 to 2442
– health: SMS 4 to 2442
– consumer goods & automobiles: SMS 5 to 2442
– communication/broadcasting/entertainment/IT: SMS 6 to 2442
– tourism & leisure: SMS 7 to 2442
– sports: SMS 8 to 2442
– religion: SMS 9 to 2442

Try it out and come give us feedback.