NIN-SIM linkage

Federal Government has ordered telecommunications operators including MTN, Globacom, Airtel, and 9mobile to bar all outgoing calls of all Subscriber Identification Module cards not yet linked with National Identification Number…

Federal Government has on Thursday urged Nigerians to link their National Identification Number (NIN) to their Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) without delay. In a statement jointly signed by Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr…

Federal Government has again extended the deadline for National Identity Number (NIN)-Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) integration exercise till December 31, 2021. Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, conveyed the…

Federal Government has approved the extension of the deadline for NIN-SIM data verification to the 26th of July, 2021. In a statement signed jointly by the Director of Public Affairs of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr.…

Activist, Aisha Yesufu, has said that she will not link her National Identification Number (NIN) to her phone number as required by the Federal Government. According to Yesufu, linking her NIN to her phone number will have her…

Federal Government has approved the extension of the deadline for NIN-SIM card linkage till June 30, 2021. It would be recalled that previous deadline given by the Federal Government in April was extended  one month (from April 6,…

Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has denied links to extremist views, saying criminals and other entrenched interests are behind the attacks on him. He alleged that forces against Federal Government’s…

Federal High Court sitting in Lagos state has ordered the extension of the deadline for National Identity Number (NIN) by two months effective from Tuesday, March 23, 2021. Justice M.A. Onyetenu granted the extension while delivering a…