The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) have announced a strategic collaboration aimed at enhancing processes for the linkage of the National Identification Number (NIN) and SIM by telecom consumers nationwide. In a joint statement by the Technical Adviser, Media, and Communications to the DG/CEO of the National Identity Management […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Monday clarified why previously connected SIM cards to subscribers’ National Identification Numbers (NINs) were blocked by mobile network operators (MNOs). The commission’s Director, Public Affairs Department, Reuben Muoka, who made this clarification when he featured on Channels Television’s Morning Brief Programme, explained that subscribers whose NINs were not properly […]
Telecommunications companies in the country at the weekend disclosed that over 40 million subscribers who did not present their National Identity Numbers (NIN) in line with Nigeria’s Subscribers Identification Module (SIM) and NIN linkage policy had been disconnected from service providers’ networks. The chairman of the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), Engr. […]
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) disclosed on Wednesday that it had distributed more computers across its state centres to fast-track the ongoing National Identification Number (NIN) enrolment exercise nationwide A statement released by the commission quoted the Director-General/CEO, Engr. Abisoye Odusote-Coker, as saying that the distribution of additional enrolment systems to all the states […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed mobile network operators (MNOs) in the country to bar telephone lines without National Identity Numbers (NIN) and those without verified NINs from services on their networks. The Telecommunications Operators in Nigeria under the umbrella body of the Association of Licensed Telecom Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) have announced that […]
……as 255,726 Nigerians in Diaspora get NIN The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has reported that the registrations and NIN issued by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) in 2022 totalled 22,492,748 in 2022, comprising 12,643,563 males and 9,849,185 females. The statistics agency gave these figures in its ‘National Identity Registration Statistics 2022’ published on […]
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) on Monday stated that effective from April 1 this year applicants for Nigeria’s international passport would be paying for the verification of their National Identity Number (NIN) during the process of issuing the passport to them. To ensure compliance with the latest directive, the commission has reeled out a […]
The Information Security Society of Africa Nigeria (ISSAN), has advocated the need for the amendment of the National Cybersecuriy Protection Act 2015 to update its provisions with current realities in the global cybersecurity space Speakers and Panelists at the association’s just concluded Quarter 1, 2022 Cybersecurity Conference with the theme ‘Payment Systems Platform Security’ held […]
Barely four days after the March 31 deadline set by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for the linkage of Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) with the National Identity Number (NIM) lapsed, the Federal Government on Monday ordered telecommunication companies in the country to bar outgoing calls on any line that had not complied with the industry […]
In preparation for the enforcement of the government’s NIN-SIM integration directive, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), has urged citizens and legal residents to use the next few days to ensure that they complete the linkage. To facilitate hitch-free exercise, the Minister has further directed that the National Identity […]