Tag: National Identification Number

Subscribers must now present NIN for SIM card replacement ? FG

Aminu Imam

A new condition for the Subscriber Identification Module, (SIM) card replacement is that subscribers must present their National Identification Numbers (NIN). This is part of new conditions the Federal Government has announced for subscribers to replace lost, stolen, misplaced or damaged SIM cards. In a statement issued on Friday by the Nigerian Communications Commission, (NCC) Director, Public Affairs, Ikechukwu Adinde and its Head, Corporate Communication, National Identity Management Commission, (NIMC), Kayode Adegoke, telecommunication companies are expected to comply with other SIM replacement guidelines already in place. It stated that NIMC will…

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FG lifts suspension order on SIM replacement

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government, yesterday, lifted the earlier suspension order on replacement and activation of old Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card, but on the condition that such persons must have enrolled and obtained the National Identification Number (NIN). The Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), who conveyed the federal government’s lifting of suspension in a statement it issued, said: “Further to engagements with government on the matter, we are pleased to report that our members have been granted permission to carry out SIM replacement upon verification of the customer’s…

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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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