All mobile phone lines that have not been linked to the National Identification Number platform will no longer be able to make calls. This move may affect up to seventy-two-point-eight million mobile telecoms subscribers who are yet to comply with the government directive to link their SIM cards to their National Identification Numbers. This is as a…
The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria has warned about disruption of communication services in parts of the country. Areas to be affected include Kogi, Nassarawa, Benue, Enugu, Anambra, Edo, Ondo, Ekiti, Kwara, and Niger states, as well as parts of Abuja. The association said this is because of pressure by the Kogi State Internal Revenue…
The Federal Government has extended the NIN-SIM verification exercise by three months. The extension means that the earlier deadline of December 31st, 2021, has now moved to March 31st, 2022. The Director of Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission, Ike Adinde and Head of Corporate Communications, National Identity Management Commission, Kayode Adegoke, confirmed the development in a joint…