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NIN Data: Over Half Of Nigeria’s Population Are Unregistered
In the early weeks of December, the Nigerian Communication Commission issued a directive to all mobile network operators to deactivate all SIM cards that will not be duly registered with valid national identity cards by December 30, 2020. At that time, only 41.5 million Nigerians of the estimated 200 million, according to the commission, had…
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FG Threatens 14-Year Jail Sentence For Nigerians Without NIN
The minister for communications in Nigeria has warned Nigerians without the National Identification Number could be facing a 14-year jail sentence. In an address centred on encouraging Nigerians to register for their NIN, Communications and Digital Economy Minister, Isa Pantami, reiterated the fact that no country could be successful without a reliable database of its…