The National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers has appealed to the Nigerian Communications Commission for an extension of the NIN-SIM Linkage deadline from September 14 to September 30. The National President of NATCOMS, Mr Deolu Ogunbanjo, said in an interview with…
By Blessing Emmanuel The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has warned Nigerians against extortion during the National Identification Number (NIN) and Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) linkage as the deadline approaches. This is even as the agency reassured Nigerians and legal…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced a final deadline of September 14, 2024, for achieving full compliance with the National Identification Number (NIN) and Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) linkage policy. This marks the concluding phase of the Federal Government’s…
…NCC, MTN insensitive to current challenges — Stakeholders allege By Esther Agbo, Lagos and Austine Emmanuel, Kaduna The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has issued an urgent directive to telecommunication operators to immediately reactivate phone lines that were recently blocked due…
Mr Adeolu Ogunbanjo, President, National Association of Telecoms Subscribers (NATCOMS), has urged telecoms subscribers to always give the right information while registering their Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards. Ogunbanjo, who was reacting to the subscribers’ phone lines barred by the…
By Praise Oguntan In a bid to streamline processes related to the National Identification Number (NIN)-SIM linkage, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) have announced a strategic collaboration. This move comes amidst growing national…
By Ogaga Ariemu Federal Government has given citizens, legal residents ‘next few days’ on the linkage of National Identity Number (NIN) and Subscriber Identification Module (SIM), to avoid disconnection from telecommunications services. This is coming as the earlier deadline for…
By Ogaga Ariemu Again Federal Government has extended National Identity Number (NIN), Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) verification deadline to 31st March 2022 as NIN enrolments exceeded 71 million. This was contained in a statement jointly signed by the Director of…
The Federal Government has extended the deadline for NIN-SIM data verification to the end of 2021. This was contained in a joint statement signed by the Director of Public Affairs of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, and the…
…As focus shifts to remote, hard-to-reach areas, schools, health centres The Federal Government has approved the extension of the deadline for National Identity Number (NIN)-Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) data verification to October 31, 2021. The decision to extend the deadline…
