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The Federal Government has approved for the Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to establish dedicated SIM Swap Centres across the Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Nigeria The approval was given at the meeting of the Ministerial Task Force on the NIN-SIM registration held February 26, 2021 and chaired by the Minister …

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Dr Isa Pantami, has disclosed that the Federal Government was working towards replacing the Bank Verification Numbers, BVN, with the National Identity Numbers, NIN. Mr Pantami made the disclosure during a tour of telecoms operators and NIN licensees in Abuja. According to him, …

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Ali Pantami, has directed the immediate suspension of officials involved in extortion of applicants at the NIMC Bauchi and Kaduna State offices. This directive came on the heels of public outcry that some personnel of NIMC, particularly at some enrolment centres in Bauchi …

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami has approved the development and release of an improved National Identity Number (NIN) slip and a Mobile App. This is part of the Federal Government’s policy to improve the process of obtaining NIN and linking it to SIM, …

The average cost of 1GB of data has reduced from the January 2020 cost of N1,000 to N487.18 in November, 2020, a report by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) submitted to the Minister Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has revealed. A statement by Dr Femi Adeluyi …

In line with the Federal Government’s desire to consolidate the achievement of the SIM Card registration exercise of September, 2019, the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), has directed the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to embark on another audit of the Subscriber Registration Database …

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has threatened to sanction any individual or institution found wanting in the event of evidence that there is an improperly registered subscriber identification module (SIM) on networks in Nigeria. A section of the media reported that the Senate …

The Federal Executive Council has approved the sum of N653,886,584 to procure and deploy a hybrid spectrum monitoring system that will cover the southern part of the country, most importantly the south-east. The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Issa Pantami, disclosed this on Wednesday, at the end of the …

With the impact of COVID-19 on education sector, the Federal Government has said that it is considering pursuing a new National Policy on zero rating on educational websites which would allow the consumption of contents without charges to normal data plan. The Policy, according to the Minister of Communications and …