ABUJA — The Federal Government has ordered telecommunication companies in the country to bar all outgoing calls on all unlinked lines from Monday, April 4, 2022. Unlinked lines are Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMS) not yet registered and linked with the National Identification Number (NIN) by users. The government’s directive was announced in a statement jointly signed on Monday by the Director of Public Affairs at the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Ikechukwu Adinde, and the Head...

ABUJA — The extension granted to telecom subscribers across Nigeria to link their Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) with their National Identity Numbers (NINs) ends today. The March 31, 2022 extension was granted last December by the Federal Government after the earlier deadline had elapsed. Last year, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, had conveyed the approval of the Federal Government to extend the deadline for the NIN-SIM data verification till March 31,...