SIM CARDS

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has disclosed that Nigeria has been able to locally produce over 100 million Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards in the last year. NCC’s Head of Financing and Stakeholders Engagement Team, Aderonke Sola-Ogunsola, made the disclosure...

BEVERLY HILLS, April 17, (THEWILL) - Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, on Friday said that foreigners living in Nigeria could freely register and obtain the National Identification Number (NIN). Pantami, who made this known while reacting to...

BEVERLY HILLS, March 08, (THEWILL) – In this piece, ANTHONY OKECHUKWU examines the different levels of difficulties network subscribers face in order to retrieve their sim cards. Since the Federal Government approved new modalities for SIM replacement, subscribers who want...

BEVERLY HILLS, February 02, (THEWIL) - The ongoing National Identification Number (NIN) and Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) integration exercise has been extended by eight weeks, with a new deadline of April 6, 2021. This was disclosed by the Minister of...

BEVERLY HILLS, January 31, (THEWILL) - Rights activists under the aegis of Edo Civil Society Organizations (EDOCSO), have dragged the federal government to court, over its directive that all mobile phone subscribers should link their phone numbers to their...

BEVERLY HILLS, January 20, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government has extended the deadline for millions of Nigerians unable to link their National Identity numbers (NINs) with Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards to February 9. The mobile network operators (MNOs) said...

SAN FRANCISCO, January 09, (THEWILL) - Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, has said that more than one SIM number can be linked to one National Identification Number on the National Identity Management Commission Mobile App...

SAN FRANCISCO, January 02, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government has approved a replacement policy for subscribers whose Subscribers Identification Module (SIM) may have been lost, stolen, misplaced, or damaged. A joint statement on Saturday by the Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications...

BEVERLY HILLS, December 21, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government has extended the deadline for the provision of National Identification Number by telecommunication service subscribers. In a statement jointly signed by the Executive Vice-Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission, Umar Danbatta; and Director-General,...

BEVERLY HILLS, December 21, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) has called on the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to extend the deadline for...