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The Federal Government has listed fresh conditions for telecommunication service subscribers to replace lost, stolen, misplaced or damaged SIM cards. According to the Nigerian Communications Commission, subscribers must present their National Identification Numbers for their SIM cards to be replaced. The National Identity Management Commission will also verify the National Identification Numbers presented by subscribers before Mobile Network Operators replace such SIM cards. Telcos are also expected to adhere to other SIM replacement guidelines, according to a statement jointly signed on Friday by the Director, Public Affairs, NCC, Ikechukwu Adinde; and Head, Corporate Communication, NIMC, Kayode Adegoke. The statement said the decision was taken by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami after he considered the report by a technical committee “charged with the operationalisation of the process to ensure an expedited linkage of all SIM Registration Records with ...

 Mikel Arteta revealed that he is unsure whether Mesut Ozil will return to the Arsenal squad in January but has suggested the club will not look to cut short the contracts of players that are not in his plans. Ozil and Sokratis Papastathopoulos were not registered by the Gunners’ for the first half of the Premier League season and are yet to be included in a matchday squad in any competition. William Saliba, who joined Arsenal from Saint-Etienne for around £27m in July 2019, has also failed to make a first-team appearance, and Arteta says he expects fringe players to leave in this month’s transfer window. But when it was suggested Arsenal could terminate the contracts of players such as Ozil and Sokratis – which expire at the end of the season – Arteta said: “You have to respect the players’ contracts. “What you can do is just try to be open with them, tell them your intentions, the role that they have in the team and why that is. They are entitled to make the decision in their liv...

The Ogun State government says the Southwest Security Network, codenamed Amotekun, will kick off in the state this January. The state government also announced the commencement of the implementation of Residents Identification Cards with a view to providing a reliable database of the people living in the state. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Kunle Somorin, said the state governor, Dapo Abiodun, made these known in his New Year broadcast, on Friday. Governor Abiodun added that the State Health Insurance Scheme, which had been provided with N100m seed fund, will take off in the first quarter of 2021. According to the governor, the Amotekun security outfit, which would complement the efforts of existing security agencies, would be headed by a retired Commissioner of Police, as its Commandant ongoing. He said “Our Amotekun Security Network will also take off this month to complement the efforts of other security agencies including the community policing of the Ni...

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), says the recent reopening of the land borders will boost the fortunes of business owners in the country. Buhari, who stated this in his 2021 New Year Broadcast on Friday, informed West African neighbours like Ghana, Togo, Benin Republic, amongst others that Nigeria is now “fully open” for business in the Year 2021. He said, “With the recent opening of our borders, we expect that the pent-up demand of legitimate cross-border and international trade will boost the fortunes of the many small businesses and agricultural enterprises that depend on Nigeria’s trade and commerce. “The message to our West African neighbours is that Nigeria is once again fully open for those willing to conduct business in a fair and equitable way.” Nigeria had in August 2019 closed its land borders to curtail illegal importation of drugs, small arms, and agricultural products into the country from neighbouring West African nations. But the Federal Government...

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, says the survival of individuals in the Year 2021 is in their hands. He stated this in his ‘Prophecies for 2021’ released on Friday morning shortly after the church’s virtual crossover service held from 9pm on Thursday to about 1am on Friday. Pastor Adeboye also said some of the events of the Year 2020 will recur in the New Year 2021. The Year 2020 was marred by economic and health turmoil caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The West African nation also suffered the #EndSARS nationwide protests against police brutality and extrajudicial killings which degenerated into morbid violence and mass destruction of lives and property. Adeboye said, “God wants us in Nigeria to know that only God can lift a siege. 2 Kings 7:1-end. “The humble who put their trust in God will see the end of the siege. James 4:6. “The erstwhile ignored will become vessels unto honour in God’s hands. 1 Corinthians 1:27. “God says...

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The Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria has announced that subscribers with National Identification Numbers can now replace their lost or damaged SIM at any of the customer centres across the country. This was disclosed on Wednesday in a statement titled ‘ALTON’s Update on SIM Registration and NIN Integration’ signed by ALTON Chairman, Gbenga Adebayo and Publicity Secretary, Damian Udeh. Subscribers with lost or damaged SIM cards had been complaining of the challenges they had been experiencing difficulties to get SIM swaps. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, had instructed the telecoms industry regulator, Nigerian Communications Commission, to stop the sale of SIM cards in Nigeria pending an audit of the SIM registration database. Omolola Adedeji, an MTN subscriber who spoke to our correspondent, complained that she had been unable to communicate since her SIM card got damaged, even though her National Identification ...