An advocacy firm, Inclusion for all Initiative has identified gaps, limiting Nigerians, especially the poor and the financially excluded from being captured in the SIM-NIN enrollment exercise. According to the organization, in a report released recently, the vulnerable groups were mostly impacted by government’s restrictions on mobile phone users who …
Read More »NCC Frowns at Misleading Information, Says Unblocking SIM Cards Require SIM Linkage
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has officially inform telecoms consumers, whose Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards are barred from making calls, that affected SIMs will not be unbarred by the service providers until they are linked with the National Identification Numbers (NINs) of the SIM holders. This information has become …
Read More »Over 125 Millions SIMs Link With NIN as Minister Directs Telcos to Bar Outgoing Calls on Unlinked SIM Lines
The federal government has directed telecommunication companies to bar all outgoing calls on all lines yet to be linked with the National Identification Number (NIN) from today, April 4, 2022. The Director, Public Affairs of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Ikechukwu Adinde and the Head, Corporate Communications of NIMC, Kayode Adegoke …
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