The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, says his life has been under threat because of the National Identification Number (NIN) and Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) linkage policy. He stated this on Friday September 16, at an event held at the International Conference Centre in Abuja, the …
Read More »NIN linkage is delaying passport production – Immigration Chief
The Acting Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Isa Jere Idris, has blamed the delay in passport production on linkage of National Identification Number (NIN) with the passport details. In a statement released on Sunday May 8, Jere noted that the challenge of verifying NIN before the issuance of passport …
Read More »NIN Linkage: SERAP sues Buhari for blocking over 72m phone numbers
This lawsuit came on the heels of Federal Government directive to telecommunication operators to place an embargo on outgoing calls on all unlinked lines, due to the expiration of verification deadline on March 31, 2022. Following the directive, the telcos have now barred over 72 million subscribers from dialing out …
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