The Federal Government on Tuesday announced extension of the ongoing National Identification Number and Subscriber Identity Module integration by eight weeks, with a new deadline of April 6, 2021. A statement by the Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission, Ikechukwu Adinde, disclosed that the extension was conveyed by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy,…
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 Federal government has directed all telecommunication operators in the country to disconnect every SIM card not registered with the National Identity Number (NIN) by December 30th. This follows an earlier directive given by the Minister of communications and digital economy, Isa Ali Pantami on the suspension of new SIM registration by network operators. This…
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…