MTN Nigeria makes headway with national ID numbers By Dineo Faku Share JOHANNESBURG - MORE THAN 35 million MTN Nigeria subscribers have submitted their national identification numbers (NINs), representing more than half the companyâs subscriber base and 63 percent of its service revenue, the company said yesterday. Commenting on the companyâs operational results for the quarter to the end of March, MTN Nigeria chief executive Karl Toriola said yesterday that the company continued to collaborate with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Nigerian Identity Management Commission to update subscriber records with NINs. The Nigerian telecommunications industry was rocked by the NCCâs decision to suspend the sale and activation of new SIM cards in December as part of a policy that requires mobile operators to integrate their subscribersâ NINs with their SIM registration details.