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Vanguard News FG lifts ban on replacement, activation of SIM On By Emmanuel Elebeke The Federal Government has lifted the earlier suspension order on replacement and activation of old Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card. In a statement on Thursday, signed by the Director, Public Affairs at NCC, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, the Commission said the lifting of the ban was on the condition that the person must have enrolled and obtained the National Identification Number (NIN)the National Identification Number (NIN). It will be recalled that the federal government had on December 9, announced th...

Pat Utomi Emma Okonji writes that the recent directives by the federal government compelling telecoms operators to suspend the sale and activation of new SIM cards and to within a two-week period, link all registered SIM cards to National Identification Number, is an onerous task as subscribes kick against the directives Nigerian telecoms subscribers with over 207 million active registered lines, last week, were taken by surprise when the federal government issued two directives, compelling telecoms operators to immediately suspend the registration and activation of new SIM cards, until the ...

ON THE GO Nigeria has only three dollar-billionaires as Alakija drops off Forbes list Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, has only three dollar-billionaires, according to Forbes 2021 world billionaires list released on Tuesday.Advertisement They are Aliko Dangote, chairman of Dangote group; Mike Adenuga, chairman of... MATTERS ARISING: Striking doctors receive N5,000 hazard allowance but senators get N1.2m for newspapers Did you know? A Nigerian doctor gets N5,000 as monthly hazard allowance while senators are paid 248 times higher (N1.24 million) to buy newspapers monthly....

By Tue Dec 15 2020 The recent report of Nigerian streets and markets flooding with improperly registered Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards at a time of heightened security challenges in the country was awfully shocking to citizens. The report said SIM cards were freely sold to willing buyers, and with just N200 or less, customers including those with criminal intent got them easily from roadside vendors selling in vans or wheel borrows. The detailed report published by this newspaper showed that many unsuspecting customers bought lines from roadside vendors only to discover later t...

Africa business in brief | issue 382 | 13 dec 2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19) Africa: Africa is better equipped to deal with a potential second wave of COVID-19, leveraging on measures adopted in tackling the pandemic’s initial adverse health effects, experts affirmed during a special session on the second day of the 2020 Africa Economic Conference. As the world gears up for new COVID-19 vaccines, the World Bank has unveiled a USD12-billion financing package to help developing countries procure the vaccines. Dr Feng Zhao, practice manager of Strategy, Operations and Global Engagement at the Wor...