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  The Federal Government on Thursday said the issuance of new SIM cards will resume on April 19, “as long as verification is done and the guidelines are fully adhered to.” The Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy communicated this in a statement signed by Femi Ademiluyi, a techncal aide to Minister Isa Pantami. The government suspended the activity in December 2020 as it embarked on an audit of the Subscriber Registration Database. The Communications Ministry said at the time that the audit exercise was important in order to verify and ensure compliance by Mobile Network Operat...

Olumuyiwa Olowogboyega Share this article On Wednesday evening, *Femi, the owner of a last-mile delivery service in Lagos sent me a text; “is there any way I can get a SIM card? I have been trying for weeks.”  With no SIM cards, he cannot move forward with his plan to extend his company’s services to Abuja.  There are many people like Femi who have found themselves in a bind because of the suspension of SIM card sales and registration in Nigeria. The new rule was announced by the Nigerian Communications Commission’s (NCC) in December 2020.  But the NCC did not act unila...

Views: Visits 37 Workers of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) continued the enrolment exercise for the National Identity Number (NIN) on Monday after a two-day strike. In continuation of its coverage of the registration process in Lagos, Channels Television crew visited more than seven local governments. While the process may have been stalled, the challenges faced by enrolees and even the NIMC workers are not likely to fade away anytime soon. “Enrol once and be identified for life,” that was the footnote of the signpost that welcomes enrolees to the agency’s ...

The Telecom dealers who noted that, they were aware of the Federal Government’s intention to address security challenges through linkage of National Identity Number NIN with mobile numbers and suspension of new Sim cards registration, they fear that, rendering two million youths jobless might worsen the security challenges. Speaking on behalf of the dealers, its President, Hassan Yakubu said, “as a registered association under corporate affairs commission of the federal republic of Nigeria with registration number CAC/IT/NO131761 and with Nigeria communications commission volume number as...

Translate NIN: Mammoth crowd storms NIMC office at Alausa over fear of SIM apocalypse On Nigerians at NIMC office Alausa, Ikeja in Lagos, December 21, 2020. PHOTO: Twitter A mammoth crowd stormed the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) office at Alausa in Ikeja, Lagos on Monday. This was in response to the mandate given by the Federal Government on December 14 that all Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) not synchronised with valid National Identity Number (NIN) by December 30th  2020 will be disconnected. The last time Nigerians were thrown into such turmoil was...