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Vanguard News NCC: Don’t join Nigeria’s unending registration agencies On By Tonnie Iredia One clear gain of the return to democracy in Nigeria in 1999, is the telecommunication reforms of the Obasanjo years – a commendable policy that enabled our people to make telephone calls with ample ease. There is doubt if any other sector in the country has made as much progress as telecommunication. Arguably, well over 70 percent of Nigerians are today enjoying the policy. This is significant at this time when movement from one part of the country to another is greatly hindered by several facto...

Nigerian Government Under Fire As 164 Million Phones Risk Disconnection In response to an enquiry on how many Nigerians currently had NINs, the spokesperson, NIMC, Kayode Adegoke, replied, "43 million." by SaharaReporters, New York Dec 17, 2020 Over 164 million phone lines may be disconnected by December 31 if their owners fail to integrate their National Identity Numbers to Subscriber Identification Modules registration records. Punch gathered from the National Identity Management Commission on Wednesday that the number of Nigerians with NINs was about 43 million. Punchng In response to an e...

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...

By Emmanuel Elebeke Following the earlier directive on the suspension of new SIM registration by network operators, the Federal government has directed all operators in the country to disconnect every SIM card not synchronized with valid National Identity Number (NIN) by December 30th. This came after an urgent meeting of key stakeholders in the Communications industry convened by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) on Monday, December 14, 2020. The meeting in its resolution insisted that all telecom operators must from Thursday, December 16, 20...

Translate Insecurity: FG to block SIM cards not synchronized with NIN by Dec. 30 On By Emmanuel Elebeke Following the earlier directive on the suspension of new SIM registration by network operators, the Federal government has directed all operators in the country To disconnect every SIM card not synchronized with valid National Identity Number (NIN) by December 30th. This came after an urgent meeting of key stakeholders in the Communications industry convened by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) on Monday, December 14, 2020...