NIN

Authorities instruct telecom companies to block numbers that are not associated with NIN

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Telecom companies in Nigeria are under pressure from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to cut off service to anyone whose NIN has not been associated with their phone number by February 28, 2024. At Wednesday’s 45th Kaduna International Trade Fair, the directive was made by the Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Aminu Maida, through … Read more

Customers of participating banks are rushing to get their NIN-BVN links in before the deadline of March 1

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As the deadline for linking Nigerian National Identification Numbers (NINs) to Bank Verification Numbers (BVNs) draws near on March 1, banks are now seeing an influx of consumers. The Nigerian central bank issued a circular in 2023 requiring all existing clients to finish the full profiling of accounts opened through agents in the Nigeria Inter-Bank … Read more