The Federal Government has directed telecommunication companies to bar all outgoing calls on yet to be linked phone numbers from Monday, April 4, 2022. Unlinked lines are sims not yet registered and linked with the National Identification Number (NIN). The directive is contained in a joint statement issued on Monday, by NCC Director, Public Affairs, […]
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The federal government has urged Nigerians to link their National Identification Number (NIN) to their Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) within the next few days This was contained in a statement jointly signed by the Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Head, Corporate Communications, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Mr. Kayode Adegoke, on Thursday. […]
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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari before the Federal High Court, Lagos, for failing to review and rescind his alleged approval authorising security agencies access to people’s personal details via National Identification Number-Subscriber Identity Module (NIN-SIM) linkage, without due process of law. Joined in the suit as Respondents are […]
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The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has concluded plans to extend the National Identification Number (NIN) enrolment to Nigerians living in Austria and Germany. The Director-General NIMC, Aliyu Aziz, disclosed this on Tuesday, in a statement signed by the General Manager, Operations, Abdulhamid Umar. According to the DG, the exercise will involve the demographic and […]
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