Tag: NIMC
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BREAKING: Court orders NIMC to supply Ekweremadu’s ‘organ donor’, Ukpo’s biodata to Malami
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to supply the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) with the certified true copy (CTC) of biodata information of David Ukpo for onward transmission to the UK. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order following an omnibus application made by Muazu Mohammed, counsel for …
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“Release Ukpo’s biodata to Ekweremadu, wife” – Court orders NIS, others
Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), the National Identify Management Commission (NIMC) and some banks to release the biodata information of David Ukpo to the detained former Deputy President, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice. Justice Ekwo gave the order in a ruling on…
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Alleged organ harvest: Court grants Ekweremadu, wife’s request, orders CTC release of Ukpo’s biodata
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and others to release the certified true copy (CTC) of David Ukpo’s biodata to former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the ruling following an originating summon marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/984/2022, moved by Ekweremadu’s counsel, Adegboyega…
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Our database remains intact, impenetrable – NIMC
The National Identity Management Commission has reassured Nigerians that its database remained intact and impenetrable and no NIN records are missing. This is contained in a statement signed by the Head, Corporate Communications, NIMC, Kayode Adegoke in Abuja. Reacting to a publication that NIMC lost 7.9 million NIN records of Nigerians, the commission said the…
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Nigerian collects passport two weeks after calling out NIS for delay, extortion
A Nigerian man Fagemi Remi, unable to pay for his tuition abroad due to delays with getting his passport renewed, has now collected his travel document barely two weeks after he called out the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) FESTAC branch office for exceeding the average three weeks processing time for passport renewals/reissue. Remi had applied…
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NIN/SIM registration and DSO: Two significant projects on a cliff – By Okoh Aihe
Two significant projects of the Nigerian government hang on a cliff at the moment. The NIN/SIM registration which was supposed to be a 15-day quick walk in December 2020 has spiralled into the second year and current measures being taken to bring the process to conclusion are only indicative of desperation on the part of…
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What to do to get barred SIM cards active again – NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has informed telecoms consumers, whose Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards are barred from making calls, that affected SIMs will not be unbarred by the service providers until they are linked with the National Identification Numbers (NINs) of the SIM holders.
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Breaking: FG orders telcos to block all unregistered lines
Telecommunication companies have been instructed by the federal government to block all outgoing calls on sims not yet registered and linked with the National Identification Number (NIN), from today 4th of April, 2022. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) recalls the FG had given Nigerians up to March 31 to get hooked up or get disconnected. As it is…
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FG urges citizens to link NIN to SIM without delay
The general public would recall that the Federal Government approved an extension of the NIN-SIM linkage deadline to the 31st of March, 2022. In preparation for the enforcement, the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) urges citizens and legal residents to use the next few days to ensure that…
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NIMC restores NIN Verification Service
NIMC has restored its portal that recently went down