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NIN Database Exceeds 54 Million as FG Extends NIN-SIM Linkage

The Federal Government has further extended the deadline for the NIN-SIM linkage to the 30th of June, 2021. In a virtual meeting chaired by the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, FNCS, FBCS, FIIM, the postponement of the deadline was based on the request by stakeholders for an extension …

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NCC lifts ban on SIM registration

The suspension of SIM registrations began in December 2020 when the NCC said that all telcos should link National Identification Numbers (NIN) to every mobile subscriber. After four months of suspending the registration of new SIM cards, Nigeria’s Communications Commission (NCC) has lifted the ban, and sales of new sim begin today. Dr. Isa Pantami, …

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NIN Database Exceeds 51 Million as FG Extends NIN-SIM Linkage

The Federal Government has extended the deadline for the NIN-SIM linkage to the 6th of May, 2021. This announcement was made on Friday in a statement jointly signed by the Director of Public Affairs of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, and the Head of Corporate Communications at the National Identity Management Commission …

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