Tag: Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy

Nigeria to produce SIM cards, smartphones for African continent – Pantami

Aminu Imam

Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, says Nigeria has the capacity to produce SIM cards and smartphones for the African continent. The minister said this at an event organised by the All Progressives Congress (APC) Professional Forum yesterday, in Abuja, at the party’s National Secretariat. The event was organised by the Forum for government appointees to give an account of their stewardship in office to Nigerians. Pantami, while speaking at the event, assured that henceforth, importation of Subscriber Identification Module, (SIM) cards and other 60-70 percent of…

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SIM registration: FG extends deadline for NIN update

Aminu Imam

Ø  As SERAP asks Buhari to stop registration The Federal Government has extended the deadline for the provision of National Identification Number, (NIN), by telecommunication service subscribers. This was contained in a statement on Monday by the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy. The statement, titled: ‘Extension of Registration Period and Cancellation of USSD and Verification Fees’, was jointly signed by the Executive Vice-Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission, Umar Danbatta and the Director-General, National Identity Management Commission,(NIMC), Aliyu Aziz. The statement further stated that the NIMC has provided strategies to…

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‘No inappropriately registered SIM on networks’ – Pantami

Aminu Imam

The Minister of the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has dismissed the claim that the Senate summoned him concerning the role of communication devices in national security.  The Minister, in a statement made available to media, said the claim was baseless, noting that there was no improperly registered Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) on networks after 9.2 million SIMs were blocked in September 2019 based on the report submitted by the regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission, (NCC) on the 26th of September 2019. While…

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