Tag: NIN

‘Nigerians should present NIN even before using a restaurant’ — Pantami

Aminu Imam

The Minister for Communication and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Pantami, has stated that in order to secure Nigeria in the next few years, Nigerians should present and verify their National Identity Number, (NIN), even before using a restaurant. Dr. Pantami said this in Gombe, during the 6th to 35th Convocation Lecture of the Federal College of Education, Technical, Gombe, tagged: “Deployment of Emerging Technologies to Enhance Security of Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria” after he joined other dignitaries to commission various projects within the institution. He said the ministry had…

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“NIN is useless, security agencies never trace bandits’ calls” – Victims

Aminu Imam

Some kidnap victims on Monday explained how bandits had been thwarting the Federal Government’s security regulations in the telecommunications sector. Residents of Katsina, Zamfara and Kaduna States, who recounted their experiences in kidnappers’ dens, told newsmen that they made the bandits’ telephone numbers available to security agents. They, however, lamented that nothing was done to apprehend the hoodlums, thus making a mess of the Federal Government’s directives on registration of telephone subscribers and the linkage of SIM with the National Identification Number, (NIN). In Zamfara State, a kidnap victim, Mallam…

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Breaking: FG extends NIN-SIM linkage deadline

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government has extended the deadline for linking Subscriber Identification Modules (SIMs) with valid National Identity Numbers (NIN) by one month. This was contained in a statement by the spokesperson of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Kayode Adegoke. The statement said the deadline was extended from April 6, 2021, to May 6, 2021, after participants at the meeting of the Ministerial Task Force on NIN-SIM data linkage agreed to have an extension of the process. The statement reads: “The meeting took place on Thursday, April 1, 2021, and…

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NIN not mandatory for voter registration – INEC

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…Commences registration June 28 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the National Identification Number (NIN) is not mandatory for voter registration. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the clarification to newsmen yesterday, in Abuja, saying that the NIN was only a means of identification for registration as listed in the Electoral Act. “I want to make this important clarification. NIN is not going to be made mandatory for voter registration. This is for a simple reason that we are operating on basis of the law establishing INEC.…

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Kaduna govt. announces mandatory use of residents’ card, NIN

Aminu Imam

The Kaduna State Government has announced that its Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) will only offer services to residents who have the Kaduna Residents Card, or the National Identification Number, (NIN), as from May 1st, 2021. The Executive Secretary of the Kaduna State Residents Registration Agency, (KADSRRA), Dr. Zayyad Tsiga, who made this known yesterday in a news conference, said to achieve 100% enrolment of Kaduna State Residents into the National Database in the nearest future, there will be additional enrolment centres in all the 255 wards in the State.…

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FG to replace BVN with NIN

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government has said arrangements are ongoing to replace the Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) with the National Identity Numbers (NIN). The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, who disclosed this to newsmen shortly after a tour of telecoms operators and NIN licensees in Abuja, said President Muhammadu Buhari has been briefed on the on-going NIN registrations. Pantami said the President was excited with the conducts of the exercise so far. He explained that he had made a presentation to the National Economic Sustainability Committee and drew the…

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NIN holders have risen to 47.8 million – FG

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government yesterday warned telephone subscribers to protect their Subscriber Identification Modules, (SIMs) and their National Identity Numbers, (NINs), as it would now use the NIN to trace people for either good or bad reasons. t also announced that a total of 47.8 million NINs had been collected by the mobile operators, as it expressed the hope that more NINs would be collected before the February 9, 2021 deadline. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami,  gave the warning in a statement issued in Abuja by the…

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NIN mandatory for foreign diplomats – FG

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government says the National Identity Number, (NIN), is mandatory for foreign diplomats who will reside in Nigeria for a continuous period of two years or more. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, stated this yesterday in a statement by his Technical Assistant, Dr Femi Adeluyi. He said that an enrolment centre has been established for the foreign diplomats at the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to the statement, “The National Identity Number is mandatory for diplomats who will reside in Nigeria for a…

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FG approves NIN enrolment centre for diplomats

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, has approved the setting up of a National Identity Number (NIN), Enrolment Centre at the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja. Dr Femi Adeluyi, Technical Assistant on Information Technology to Pantami, who made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the desk would be set up on Jan. 19. Adeluyi said that the centre, which would provide support for members of the Diplomatic Corps, would be managed by the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, through…

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NIN: FG invalidates SIM integration using BVN

Aminu Imam

Ø  Says applicants must visit NIMC offices The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said that applicants must complete their National Identification Number (NIN) registration even if their Bank Verification Number (BVN) has generated NIN. This is as NIMC pointed out that NIN generated by the BVN can only be used after it has been updated at the NIMC enrollment centre. This disclosure was made by NIMC in a statement through a tweet post on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday, January 12, 2021. The NIMC, in its statement insists…

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