LAGOS JANUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, has extended deadline of NIN Linkage with SIM to February 9, 2021 This is contained in a Notice posted at the Twitter page of the Commission The Commission urged the public to conclude their linkage before the deadline “All Nigerians and legal residents are advised to…
LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-With about 22 days to the February 9 deadline for the enrolment, verification and linking of the National Identification Numbers (NIN) to Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards, telecoms operators have raised the alarm over the challenge they have with the backend integration of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). The Guardian gathered…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The on-going National Identity Number registration at the National Identity Management Commission was disrupted on Tuesday afternoon, as gunmen suspected to be cultists stormed the commission’s premises in Port Harcourt. Though the mission of the men, numbering seven, with some holding guns was not known, but eyewitnesses said they descended on…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said that National Identification Number (NIN) processed through the Bank Verification Number (BVN) would not be honoured. Applicants must complete their NIN registration even if their BVN has generated NIN. In addition, NIMC pointed out that NIN generated by the BVN can only be used…
LAGOS JANUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said that the ongoing enrollment for the National Identification Number (NIN) is free across the country. In a tweet on Thursday, NIMC warned that those who extort applicants risk a seven-year jail term if found guilty of the offence. While citing Sections 14, 20 and…
LAGOS DECEMBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), on Tuesday, issued fresh guidelines for applicants to obtain their National Identification Number (NIN). NIMC spokesman, Kayode Adegoke, made this known in a statement titled, ‘NIMC Adopts Booking System For NIN Enrolment’. The statement partly read, “Mindful of the second wave of the COVID-19 which continues…
LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Citizens Common Advocacy International, an Abuja based non-profit has approached the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja for an order of interim injunction to stop the implementation of the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) regulation directing telecommunication companies to disconnect mobiles lines of Nigerians by 30th December 2020 for failure to link National…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGER)-Nigeria government said it has licensed 173 centres and 30 state government institutions to conduct the enrollment of the National Identity Number (NIN) across the country. “The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), has approved the licensing of 173 Agents and 30 State Governments/Public Sector Institutions to conduct…