The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has confirmed that over 180 million telephone lines have been linked with the National Identity Numbers (NIN). The NCC Executive Vice Chairman, Prof. Umar Danbatta, disclosed this during the Public Inquiry on three Regulatory Instruments on the Rule Making Process held at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja. Danbatta said the latest […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has restated that the October 31 deadline for linking of National Identity Numbers with Subscriber Identity Modules for telephone subscribers in Nigeria remains sacrosanct and advised those that have not linked their NINs with SIMs to do so before the date. The telecom industry regulator, while giving the advice at […]
The Federal Government has approved the extension of the deadline for National Identity Number (NIN)-Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) data verification to October 31, 2021. To further consolidate on the successes recorded so far on the exercise, it also now begins to focus more on remote, hard-to-reach areas, schools and health centres nationwide. A statement jointly […]
The Federal Government has approved the opening of Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) swap centres in all the 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs) nationwide. A joint statement signed by the Director, Public Affairs at Nigerian Communications Commission, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, and the Head, Corporate Communications, Mr. Kayode Adegoke, indicated the approval was taken during the fourth […]
The Federal Government has extended the deadline of the ongoing National Identification Number (NIN) and Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) integration exercise by eight weeks, setting April 6, 2021 as final date for subscribers’ full compliance with its directive on the exercise. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Pantami, gave this hint […]
As the panic over the linking of National Identification Number (NIN) with telecommunication lines assumed a hypertensive dimension since Tuesday, January 19, 2021 among telecommunication services consumers nationwide, the Federal Government has announced February 9, 2021 as the new deadline for the exercise. The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) in its official Twitter handle confirmed […]
Barely three weeks after it successful launched its Diaspora enrolment initiative in South Africa, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) on Monday stated that it had extended the programme to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the United Kingdom (UK). According to the commission, the NIN enrolment in UAE and the UK is in collaboration […]
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) on Friday stated that it was set to begin the enrolment of Nigerian adults and children in South Africa into the National Identity Database (NIDB) for the issuance of the National Identification Number (NIN). Specifically, it hinted that the South Africa NIN enrolment exercise scheduled to hold at 205 […]
The Director General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Aliyu Aziz Abubakar, has disclosed that about 36 million Nigerians had been captured and stored in the National Identity database currently. Abubakar announced that in 2017 alone, the Commission was able to register 14 million people, doubling the seven million captured in the identity database […]