SIM cards
29 Jul
It was a very chaotic situation on Monday at the MTN office in Maitama, Abuja, as hundreds of subscribers whose Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards were disconnected over the weekend besieged the office to get their lines reconnected. While only a few were allowed into the premises, hundreds were kept outside the MTN office while…
29 Feb
The deadline for the linkage of subscribers Identification module (SIM) cards to National Identification Number (NIN) ended yesterday as directed by the Federal Government through the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
6 Feb
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) warned that SIM cards that are not linked to the owners’ National Identity Number (NIN) will be deactivated by the end of February. NCC vice chairman, Aminu Maida, said this in an introductory meeting with the media in Abuja. Maida's announcement follows a 2021 policy requiring NIN linkage with SIMs.…
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