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    MTN shuts down offices nationwide over SIM blocking outrage

    Telecoms giant, MTN, has shut all its stores and service centres across Nigeria. This was coming on the heels of an outrage by some of its subscribers across the country after the network provider barred their lines on Sunday. In a viral video on social media Monday seen by Quicknewsafrica, a mob is seen destroying a barricade fence just outside…

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  • Tech9mobile urges subscribers to link NIN to avoid disconnection

    9mobile urges subscribers to link NIN to avoid disconnection

    9mobile, a telecommunications company, has urged its subscribers to link their SIM cards to their National Identity Numbers (NINs) to avoid disconnection. The company said this in a statement in Lagos on Friday, signed by its Director, Customer Care, Mr. Ehimare Omoike. Omoike appealed to subscribers to carry out the exercise on or before Feb. 28, 2024, to avoid disconnection…

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  • News

    NCC bars Nigerians below 18 years from obtaining SIM

    The Nigerian Communications Commission has barred anyone below the ages of 18 from registering and owning a Subscriber Identity Module in Nigeria. This is according to the draft copy of the modified Registration of Telephone Subscribers Regulations published on the commission’s website. In the modified regulations, NCC limited telecoms subscribers to only include anyone above the age of 18. “‘Subscriber’…

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  • NewsNigeria's Communications and Digital Economy Minister, Isa Pantami

    Relief! Nigerian Government approves activation of new SIMs

    FG Approves the Activation of New SIM Registration with Mandatory NIN in line with the Revised National Digital Identity Policy for SIM Card Registration The Nigerian Communications Act (NCA) 2003, Section 23(a), specifies the role of the Minister to include the formulation, determination and monitoring of the general policy for the communications sector. In line with this, on behalf of…

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  • Technology

    Nigerian Government approves SIM replacement policy

    The Federal Government has approved a replacement policy for subscribers whose Subscribers Identification Module (SIM) may have been lost, stolen, misplaced or damaged. Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), and Mr Kayode Adegoke of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), jointly made this known in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Adinde explained that the policy…

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