Thirty-four days after the Federal Government ordered telecom operators to bar Subscriber Identity Modules (SIM) not linked with owners’ National Identity Numbers (NINs) from originating calls, the total number of enrolment into the National Identity...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), on Sunday, said that phone numbers not linked to a National Identity Number (NIN) will remain barred from making calls until the affected subscribers obey the directive. A statement by the...
The Federal Government has ordered telecommunications operators to bar all outgoing calls of all Subscriber Identification Module cards not yet linked with the National Identification Number from today, April 4, 2022. Minister of Communications and Digital...
The Federal Government has further extended the deadline for the National Identity Number (NIN)-Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) data verification and linkage to the end of the year. The minister of communications and digital economy, Prof. Isa...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has advised telecommunication subscribers not to allow their National Identification Numbers (NIN) to be linked to another person’s Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards. A statement quoted the NCC as disclosing this...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has explained the reported exclusion of below-18 from ownership of SIM card. It said, although it is still a proposal, the plan is to “protect minors” and protect them from the...
Nigerian Communications Commission EVC Umar Danbatta says over 180 million telephone lines are now linked with the National Identity Numbers (NIN). He disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday during the public hearing and inquiry on the...
The Nigerian Communications Commission has clarified that foreigners exempted from enrolling for the National Identity Number will have to request for Subscriber Identity Module activation every six months up to a period of two years. That...
The federal government has extended the national identification number (NIN) and subscriber identity module (SIM) integration exercise till October 31. In a statement signed by Ikechukwu Adinde, director of public affairs at the Nigerian Communications Commission...
The Federal Government has approved the extension of the deadline for NIN-SIM data verification to July 26, 2021. The Director, Public Affairs Nigerian Communications Commission, Ikechukwu Adinde; and the Head, Corporate Communications, Nigeria Identity Management Commission,...