The minister while speaking in an available video said he was misquoted. Clarifying further, Pantami said he meant NIMC has been 14 years in existence, since 2007. Minister for Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has made clarifications on an earlier statement in which he said Nigerians without National Identification Number (NIN) risk up to … Read more
Pantami warned that while the failure to obtain the NIN could lead to between seven and 14 years imprisonment for Nigerians… At least 51 million Nigerians have enrolled for the National Identity Number (NIN), the Federal Government has announced. Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, disclosed this on Thursday while briefing State House … Read more
The Federal Government has issued an ultimatum to all telecommunications (telcos) operators in the country to block all Subscriber Identification Modules (SIMs) without a valid National Identification Number (NIN). This according to a statement issued by the spokesman for the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, Ikechukwu Adinde. Adinde noted in the statement on Tuesday … Read more