The Federal Government has approved the extension of the deadline for NIN-SIM data verification to July 26, 2021. This was disclosed in a joint statement by the Director, Public Affairs Nigerian Communications Commission, Ikechukwu Adinde; and the Head, Corporate Communications, Nigeria Identity Management Commission, Kayode Adegoke on Tuesday. According to the statement, the decision to…
The Federal Government on Tuesday revealed that the ongoing NIN-SIM linkage exercise has reported significant progress as a total of 47.8 million NINs have been so far collected by the mobile operators. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, in a statement issued in Abuja by the Director Public Affairs,…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has ordered the immediate suspension of sale, registration and activation of new SIM cards by telecommunication operators. This was made known in a press statement by the Commission’s Director, Public Affairs, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, on Wednesday. The commission stated that in line with the Federal Government desire to consolidate the…