Tag: SIM

SIM-NIN deadline now Sept. 14, as linked lines hit 153 million

Aminu Imam
NCC NIN

The Nigerian Communications Commission, (NCC), has announced September 14, 2024, as the new deadline for all Subscriber Identification Modules (SIMs) to National Identity Numbers (NINs) linkage. NCC spokesman, Reuben Muoka, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, directing all mobile network operators (MNOs) to complete the verification and linkage of SIMs to NINs by September 14, 2024. “Effective September 15, 2024, the Commission expects that no SIM operating in Nigeria will be without a valid NIN”, the statement read. Mouka said over 153 million SIMs have been successfully linked to…

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“Police, others refusing to track kidnappers, bandits with NIN-SIM data” – Pantami

Aminu Imam

Former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, has blamed the Nigeria Police and other security agencies for failing to utilise data generated from the National Identity Number (NIN) linked to the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) in tracking kidnappers and curbing other crimes involving the use of a phone. Recall that in 2020, former President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime ordered SIMs to be linked to the NIN of every citizen.  Nigerians who failed to link their SIM to NIN had their lines disconnected. Media aide to ex-President Buhari, in…

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Insecurity: Pantami pleads with security agents to utilise NIMC, SIM to curtail menace

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami has appealed to security agencies to make use of databases by National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to address security challenges. Pantami said this at the 4th National Identity Day celebration in Abuja with the theme ‘Traditional Institutions as Critical Stakeholders for Citizens Mobilisation”. He said both the Subscribers Identification Module (SIM) and the NIN were available to solve the security challenges currently faced in the country. “We are pleading with security institutions to make use of the database. “It is not…

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