The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced the completion of the federal government’s policy linking all phone numbers in the country to a National Identification Number (NIN). The Executive Vice-Chairman of the NCC, Aminu Maida, made this statement on Thursday during the 2024 Annual Corporate Governance Conference held in Lagos. Speaking about the importance of the NIN-SIM linkage initiative, Maida …

Nigeria’s leading telecoms operator, MTN has shut all its stores and service centres across the country. This is coming on the heels of an outrage by some of its subscribers across the country after the network provider barred their lines on Sunday. In a viral video on social media Monday, a mob is seen destroying a barricade fence just outside …

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed telecommunications operators to immediately restore all blocked phone lines due to non-linkage of National Identification Numbers (NIN) to Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards. In a statement on Monday by the Director of Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Reuben Muoka, the telecommunications industry regulator explained that this directive was in response to the widespread …

The Nigerian Communications Commission has directed telecommunication companies to extend the disconnection of telephone lines not linked to National Identification Numbers from 15 April 2024, to 31 July 2024. A reliable source within the telecommunication sector disclosed this information to Sunday PUNCH on Saturday. This decision communicated via a letter to telcos came after a careful consideration of various challenges …

Barring any last-minute change of mind, all subscribers with four lines and above whose SIM registration data failed to match their National Identity Number (NIN), data, will be barred today. This is as the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has confirmed that it would not be reviewing its deadline to bar them today. A reliable source from the commission revealed that …

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) have announced a strategic collaboration to enhance the National Identification Number-SIM linkage processes. This was disclosed on Sunday in a joint statement by the Technical Adviser, Media, and Communications to the DG/CEO of NIMC, Mr. Ayodele Babalola; and NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, Mr. Reuben Muoka. The NIN-SIM …

Telephone lines that are yet to be linked with the subscribers to the National Identity Numbers (NIN) have been deactivated. About 72.2 million such lines will be affected by the new measure. This follows the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari, a decision that was anchored on improving the worrisome security situation in the country. Terrorism, banditry, kidnapping and other criminal …