The federal government has launched the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) mobile application to enhance the subscriber identity module (SIM) and national identification number (NIN) linkage. The federal government has
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MTN Nigeria, the largest network by market share, says it lost 7.6 million mobile subscribers in the first half of 2021. This is a 9.9 percent decline from December 2020.

Aziz Aliyu, the director-general of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), says the agency has so far registered 56 million Nigerians with their national identity number (NIN). Aliyu stated this

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says foreigners residing or employed in Nigeria for less than two years are exempted from the mandatory national identification number (NIN) and subscriber identity module

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) says it has not authorised the sale of National Identity Number (NIN) enrolment form.

The federal government has again extended the deadline for subscribers to link their national identification number (NIN) with their SIM