Tag Archives: National Identification Number (NIN)

Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of the Federal High Court in Lagos has restrained telecommunication operators in Nigeria from deactivating or barring any line or sim which has not been linked to the National Identification Number (NIN) by their subscribers. Justice Lewis-Allagoa ruled while ruling on a suit filed by a lawyer, …

Airtel Nigeria, telecommunications company, said 9.2 million of its customers have submitted their National Identification Number for NIN verification ahead of the February 28 deadline issued by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for all unlinked lines to be fully barred. Airtel Africa, parent company, disclosed this in its nine-month financial …

The Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) says it will comply with the directive of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to bar out-going calls on subscriber lines that are not in compliance with the SIM-NIN linkage Policy requirement. According to the policy requirement, all Subscriber Identification Modules (SIMs) …

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 …

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has strongly warned telecoms consumers to ensure they do not allow their National Identification Number (NIN) to be linked to another person’s Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards, no matter how close the person is to them. The Commission gave the warning during its third run …

The Federal Government has said telecommunications and digital economy sector would remain central to the future growth and prosperity of the country. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami who disclosed this, said the sector generated over N1 trillion to the Government coffers between 2019 and 2021. …

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, launched some innovations for easy and effective enrolment for the National Identification Number (NIN) by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). President Buhari performed this launching during the celebration of the National Identity Day with the theme ‘Identity, a tool for the sustainable digital economy …

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it had made the presentation of a valid National Identification Number (NIN) compulsory for all categories of vehicle registration. Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM), Bisi Kazeem, Corps Public Education Officer disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria …

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Ali Pantami, has directed the immediate suspension of officials involved in extortion of applicants at the NIMC Bauchi and Kaduna State offices. This directive came on the heels of public outcry that some personnel of NIMC, particularly at some enrolment centres in Bauchi …

Following the latest report on suspending the use of National Identification Number (NIN) registration as a requirement for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and Direct Entry registrations, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has explained that technical reasons and stakeholders’ concerns compelled the suspension. The UTME and DE …