Tag: sim registration
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78m unlinked SIMs get unique NINs – NIMC
The implementation impacts on government’s strategic planning
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Nigerians to submit phone IDs in three months – NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission has said Nigerians will have to submit the International Mobile Equipment Identity of their phones to it from July. The regulatory body said this in the commission’s Revised National Identity Policy for SIM Card Registration. The NCC’s move to start the implementation of the Device Management System (a Centralised Equipment Identity…
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SIM Registration: NIMC adopts new method for NIN enrollment nationwide
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has adopted the “booking system” for applicants to obtain their National Identity Number (NIN). Commencement of bookings and appointments at ALL ENROLLMENT Centers. @FMoCDENigeria @DrIsaPantami @NgComCommission @aliyuaziz @UwaSuleiman pic.twitter.com/Le1lUZO2CQ — NIMC (@nimc_ng) December 29, 2020 “Mindful of the second wave of the COVID-19 which continues to severely affect public…
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That Zombie Order on NIN-SIM integration – Chido Nwakanma
By Chido Nwakanma Our Federal Government has gone mad again. It is difficult to draw any other conclusion upon news of the inexplicable FG order to telecom operators to block from their networks all users without the National Identification Number in two weeks, meaning from 30 December 2020. It has neither rhyme nor reason. The…
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Telecoms: Regulatory lessons from Teribogo – Okoh Aihe
Okoh Aihe Even Teribogo, the mutative character in Wole Soyinka’s Chronicles of the Happiest People on Earth, knows that to survive in a country in convoluting decadence like Nigeria, one must adjust on-the-go to fit into the prevailing colours of the times and build up enough cash and connections to last beyond a life time.…
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Just in: NCC orders suspension of new SIM sale, registration
The Nigerian Communications Commission has directed Mobile Network Operators to immediately suspend the sale and activation of new SIM cards to allow an audit of the Subscriber Registration Database. The Director, Public Affairs at NCC, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, in a statement on Wednesday, said it was absolutely necessary for operators to comply until the audit…