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9mobile NIN Registration - 9mobile has launched a portal to enable its subscribers link their subscriber identity module (SIM) cards with their national identification number (NIN). In a statement on Saturday, 9mobile said its online self-service NIN update portal, www.9mobile.com.ng/nin, also helps its customers to verify and update their NIN...

Workers in the nation’s Communications industry under the aegis of Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PTECSSAN, weekend rejected the two weeks deadline given by the Federal Government to telecommunications operators to block subscribers’ lines that failed to link them up with the National Identification Number, NIN....

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday said Lagos may slip into a second wave of Coronavirus pandemic, if residents failed to comply with the precautionary measures against the spread of virus. The governor disclosed that of every 100 tests that the state has performed, an average of 10...

Three policemen and six palace guards have been killed as suspected armed bandits attacked a Zamfara monarch, the Emir of Kaura Namoda Sanusi Muhammad, at Marabar Maska in Katsina State. We gathered that the attack occurred on Friday morning when the emir was returning to his kingdom from Abuja. The emir,...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has given telecommunications operators in the country two weeks to block all SIM cards that are not registered with the National Identity Numbers (NIN). Failure to do so will lead to your line being blocked or disconnected by the 31st of December 2020. Read also...

The Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has revealed how he facilitated the release of the 344 schoolboys of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State without the payment of ransom, DAILY NIGERIAN is reporting. According to the newspaper, the Governor spoke in an exclusive interview with it. Matawalle was reported...

The federal government (FG) has ordered the cancellation of N20 fee for retrieval of national identity number (NIN) on mobile networks. The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) had said that Nigerians subscribed to MTN, Airtel, 9mobile and Glo networks could retrieve their NIN on their phone by dialing *346#. The N20 fee...

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 Pandemic has warned Nigerians to avoid large gathering events during the Christmas/New Year festivities. Chairman of the PTF and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Boss Mustapha, who was represented by the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, stated this on...