SIM cards

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says reports claiming that the agency is limiting the age to get a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) is still a draft proposal, not an approved one. In a statement on Wednesday, NCC Director of…

Nigerian Communications Commission has disqualified anyone below the age of 18 from registering and owning a Subscriber Identity Module in Nigeria. The new development is according to the draft copy of modified Registration of Telephone…

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has proposed a fine of N200,000 for telecommunications companies that fail to verify and validate biometric, National Identity Number (NIN) and other personal information of subscribers. The…

Federal Government has extended the deadline of linkage of National Identity Number (NIN) to SIM cards by 8 weeks. It would be recalled that on December 15, Federal Government declared that after December 30, all SIMs that were not…

Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) on Wednesday said the deadline for Nigerians to link their National Identity Number to the SIM cards has been extended till February 9. On December 15, 2020, Federal…

Federal Government has released new guidelines for replacement of lost, stolen, misplaced, or damaged SIM cards using their National Identification Numbers (NINs). In a joint statement signed by the Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian…

National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has issued fresh guidelines for applicants to obtain their National Identification Number (NIN). NIMC spokesman, Kayode Adegoke, made this known in a statement titled, ‘NIMC Adopts Booking…

House of Representatives has asked the National Communications Commission (NCC) to extend its December 31 deadline issued to sim card owners to link their National Identification Numbers (NIN) to their network providers or risk being…

Nigerians have decried Nigerian Communications Commission’s order to block SIM cards that are not registered with National Identity Number (NIN) in two weeks. It would be recalled that NCC on Tuesday instructed telecommunications…

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has instructed telecommunications operators like MTN, Airtel, Glo and 9Mobile to block all SIM cards that are not registered with the National Identity Numbers in two weeks. This was disclosed by…