Tag: SIM-NIN policy

How my life was threatened over NIN-SIM data tracking - Pantami
Business

How my life was threatened over NIN-SIM data tracking – Pantami

The former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has stated that his life was threatened by criminals when he reintroduced NIN-SIM data tracking. According to The PUNCH, he expressed dissatisfaction with security services’ failure to use the National Identity Number linked to Subscriber Identity Module data to combat crime, particularly kidnappings and phone-related offences. This […]

Multipurpose NIN, debit cards free, not mandatory - FG
Banking

Multipurpose NIN, debit cards free, not mandatory – FG

The Federal Government has said that the multipurpose NIN and debit cards given to Nigerians by banks are free but not compulsory. Nairametrics reported that the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, revealed this on Wednesday after banks were given permission to provide Nigerians with NIN cards. According to the Minister, Nigerians can […]

Telecommunications

NIN: Telcos lose 12.33 million subscribers in 2021

The number of Internet subscriptions fell from 154.29 million as of December 2020 to 141.96 million as of December 2021, showing an eight per cent decline on a year-on-year analysis. This is according to the 2021 Subscriber/Network Data Annual Report released by the Nigerian Communications Commission on Thursday. The report read in part, “As at […]

Telecommunications

SIM-NIN: Deactivated subscribers want three-month extension

A large number of telecommunication subscribers trying to link their National Identification Number and Subscriber Identity Module together were left frustrated on Wednesday as heavy traffic on telecom networks slowed down the process. This is coming after the Federal Government through telecom companies barred Nigerians who had not linked their SIMs and NINs together from […]