The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), has finalized plans to introduce a new National Identity Card equipped with payment and other social services features. The New National Identity card would be delivered in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Inter-bank Settlement System (NIBSS). Accordingly, […]
Telecom operators across the country have been instructed by the Federal High Court in Lagos not to deactivate or block any phone line or SIM card of users who have not linked them to their National Identification Number (NIN). During the ruling on an application for restraining orders by rights activist Olukoya Ogungbeje, trial judge, […]
A spokesperson of the Obi/Datti campaign council, Nana Kazaure has alleged that iit is curious and demoralising for Nigerians to hear that the identity of the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has been cloned. This comes after the politician traveled to the United Kingdom and was allegedly detained and interrogated. Kazaure alleged […]
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has announced a new deadline for the National Identity Number (NIN) registration across the country. The new date is the 9th of February, 2021 instead of the 19th of February, 2021. The latest deadline was posted in the Commission’s Twitter page last night. NIMC expressed satisfaction with what it […]
The National Identity Management Commission have continued as super spreader centres for the highly contagious covid19. Staff of the Commission called off their one-day strike today after the management assured them that their grievances would be addressed within the shortest time possible. The State Government has continued to shut down events centres where large crowds […]
Workers of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) have agreed to suspend the strike action they embarked on. The workers embarked on an industrial action on Thursday to press home demands for better working conditions. They complained in particular, about their fear of exposure to covid19 as mammoth crowds throng their offices across the country […]
The Federal Government has extended the deadline given telecommunications operators to block Subscriber Identification Modules (SIMs) the are not linked to users’ National Identification Number (NIN). This follows the meeting of the Task Force on NIN and SIM Registration which took place on Monday in Abuja. The extended deadline is part of the resolutions reached […]
There was a mammoth crowd at the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) office in Lagos today as people struggle to beat the NIN registration deadline. Federal Government has given 14 days for everyone to get the National Identity Number (NIN). This is in spite of the state government’s efforts to curb the rising cases of […]
The Federal government has ordered all telecommunications companies to block every Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) that have no National Identification Number (NIN). It also asked network operators to ask their subscribers to provide valid NIN to update their records. The exercise is scheduled to last 2 weeks effective 16th December and end on the 30th […]
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has been instructed as a matter of urgency to revise the Policy on the use of SIM Cards as well as the registration. Dr. Isa Ibrahim Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, gave the directive in a statement on Wednesday. The directive which falls within the purview of the Minister is […]