The Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Investment has directed applicants of the Presidential Conditional Grant Scheme to submit their National Identification Numbers as part of the necessary requirements to obtain a grant earmarked to cushion the effect that recent economic reforms have had on businesses in the country. The government through the Bank of Industry...
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NIN: Telecom consumers reject January introduction of digital token
Telecom consumers under the aegis of the National Association of Telecoms Subscribers have kicked against the plan by the Federal Government to introduce a suite of digital tokens to enhance the verification of the National Identity Number, effective January next year According to the Federal Government, the digital token consisting 16 alphabets and numbers will...
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NIMC suffers network delay amid race to meet SIM/NIN deadline
The National Identity Management Commission is currently facing a network delay which has slowed down the generation of National Identity Numbers even as the deadline for customers to link their SIM to their NINs draws closer. UGAMATV learnt that while newly registered customers usually obtained their NIN within a day or two in the past, some...
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NIN-SIM linkage: Subscribers want two-month extension as deadline nears
Telecommunication subscribers are clamouring for a two-month extension of the October 31 deadline for National Identity Number-Subscriber Identity Module data verification. The President of National Association of Telecoms Subscribers, Adeolu Ogunbanjo, highlighted the need to further extend the deadline of the SIM-NIN exercise to allow for the full implementation of the security policy. He said,...
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FG approves July 26 as NIN-SIM verification deadline
The Federal Government has approved the extension of the deadline for NIN-SIM data verification to the July 26, 2021. Earlier, the government had stipulated June 30, 2021 as the deadline for the verification exercise but the joint press statement signed by Ikechukwu Adinde, Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission and Mr. Kayode Adegoke Head, National...
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NIMC EXTENDS SIM-NIN LINKAGE BY ONE MONTH
The Federal Government has extended the National Identity Number, NIN-Sim linkage by one month. The Government also revealed that National Identity Number database has exceeded 51 million records. This was contained in a statement signed by Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, and Mr Kayode Adegoke, Head, Corporate Communications, National Identity...
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Airtel Commences NIN Registration In Retail Outlets Across Nigeria
Nigeria’s telecommunications service provider, Airtel Nigeria, has begun to register NIN. Airtel, on Thursday says it has commenced the National Identity Number (NIN) registration exercise in its retail outlets across the country. Airtel in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos said it was following an approval from the...
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NIN Registration: NIMC Makes Fresh Announcement
A new information concerning the registration of National Identification Number has been released. According to the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, it has announced the commencement of enrolment of foreign diplomats in Nigeria. This was contained in a statement signed by Kayode Adegoke, Head, Corporate Communications of the agency. “The Minister of Communications and Digital...