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…directs Nigerians in diaspora to NIMC website By The Nigerian Voice Listen to article The Federal Government has extended the deadline for the provision of the National Identification Number by telecommunication service subscribers. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) had last week ordered telecommunications companies to within two weeks block all SIM cards not linked to NIN. This led to uncontrollable crowds at NIMC offices across the country amidst the second wave of COVID-19. H...

Views: Visits 34 Lagosians on Tuesday stormed the state head office of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) despite the extension of the SIM deactivation deadline. The residents arrived at the office as early as 6 am besieging the main gate of the NIMC office for the enrollment of the National Identification Number (NIN). However, frustration sets in as security men were trying to control the surge with many of them complaining about the slow pace of the exercise. Many ha...

Why FG extended NIN registration by 6 weeks, canceled verification charges On Kindly Share This Story: The Federal Government has extended registration for the National Identity Number (NIN) by up to six weeks, from Dec. 30 to Feb. 9, 2021, and cancelled the use of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) charges for verification across the country. The National Task Force on the NIN and Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) registration made the announcement on Tuesday, in Abuja, in a ...

Nigerian government extends deadline for SIM-NIN update to January 19, February 9 December 21, 2020 The federal government has extended the deadline for the provision of National Identification Number, NIN, by telecommunication service subscribers to 19th January and 9th February, 2021 respectively. FG disclosed this in a statement titled: ‘Extension of Registration Period and Cancellation of USSD and Verification Fees’, signed by the Executive Vice-Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commiss...

A file photo of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami. The Federal Government has extended the deadline issued to all telecommunications operators in the country to block all Subscriber Identification Modules (SIMs) without National Identification Number (NIN). This follows a meeting of the National Task Force on NIN and SIM Registration which held on Monday in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The extension deadline issued to all telecommunications operators...

By Etuka Sunday The Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta has described as key the role of telecommunications to the diversification of the nation’s economy. Prof. Danbatta made this assertion in his presentation to Course 29 Participants at the National Defence College, Nigeria, on Monday. Speaking on a theme, “The Telecommumcations Industry and Nanonal Development in Nigeria: The Roles of the NCC in Promotmg Digital Economy”, he sai...

Punch Newspapers Sections Kayode Oyero The Federal Government has extended the deadline for the provision of National Identification Number by telecommunication service subscribers. This was contained in a statement on Monday by the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy. The statement titled, ‘Extension of Registration Period and Cancellation of USSD and Verification Fees’, was jointly signed by the Executive Vice-Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission, Umar Danbatta;...

Punch Newspapers Sections Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The Nigerian Communications Commission on Friday said it remitted over N362.34bn as revenue in five years to the Federal Government’s consolidated revenue account. Executive Vice Chairman, NCC, Umar Danbatta, said this in his presentation to Course 29 Participants at the National Defence College Abuja. He stated that the role of telecommunications was critical to the diversification of Nigeria’s economy. In a statement issued in Abuja by th...

By Jessica Dogo Abuja, Dec. 18, 2020 The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), says it remitted N362.34 billion revenue to the Federal Government’s consolidated account in five years NCC Executive Vice-Chairman Umar Danbatta said this while making a presentation to Course 29 Participants of the National Defence College, in Abuja. The Director of Public Affairs, NCC, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Adinde said that Danbatta spoke on the theme, “Th...

ON THE GO Pantami: USSD challenge encountered by MTN users to be resolved soon Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, says the challenge encountered by MTN users through the unstructured supplementary service data (USSD) channel will be resolved soon.Advertisement MTN subscribers took... Iraqi judge who presided over Saddam Hussein’s trial dies of COVID-19 Muhammad Oreibi, the judge who presided over the trial of Saddam Hussein, former president of Iraq...