Airtel begins NIN Registration in Retail Outlets across Nigeria

Airtel Nigeria, has commenced the National Identity Number (NIN) registration exercise in its retail outlets across the country following an approval from the Federal Government granting the operator a verification and enrolment licence to register citizens.

 

The telco says while select retail outlets in Lagos and Abuja are now fully operational to register Nigerians for NIN, work is currently ongoing to expand its NIN footprints to cover more areas and states.

 

It added that residents of Abuja can now visit Transcorp Hilton situated in Mataima or Airtel showrooms at Carpet Plaza and Kano Crescent in Wuse 2, while those in Lagos can walk into Airtel Express Point, Oyin Jolayemi, Victoria Island or Airtel showroom in Adeniran Ogunsanya, Surulere, Lagos.

 

Lagos residents can also visit the Airtel showroom in Tejuosho, Yaba; Airtel showroom in Isheri Road, Ogba and the Airtel showroom in Oba Akran, Ikeja to register for the NIN.

 

Speaking on this new development, the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Airtel Nigeria, Segun Ogunsanya, commended the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Pantami, for expanding the registration footprints and taking definitive steps to smoothen the NIN registration process for Nigerians.

Extremists attack telecom facilities in Maiduguri

Follow @olujay5

Gunmen suspected to be members of the terrorist group Boko Haram attacked some telecom infrastructure and offices in Gwange ward, Maiduguri, the Borno State capital earlier this morning. Four are feared dead.

The assailants also set ablaze a telecom company’s offices and destroyed nine telecommunication masts belonging to other telecom companies in Dala, Bulunkutu, Bayan Quarters, Gwange, Sulimanti, Bolori, Adam Kolo and Bulabulin wards of the metropolis, giving the impression that it was planned.

It would be recalled that early this year, an Islamic sect issued a statement threatening that some telecommunication companies would be attacked.

Nigeria is one of the fastest-growing telecom markets in the world, with major players such as MTN, Airtel, Globacom, and Etisalat. The rapid growth recorded in the telecom sector is unparalleled in the country, placing the sector well above others in terms of performance and positive impact on the massive population.

The attack came one week after operatives of the Joint Task Force (JTF) raided the house of a suspected key member of an Islamic sect where they recovered 54 assorted GSM SIM cards and a cache of arms in Dala ward of Maiduguri metropolis,

JTF Spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa, in a telephone interview with National Mirror, confirmed the attacks.

He however stated that nobody was killed.

"I can only confirm to you that some telecommunication masts and MTN regional office were set ablaze by suspected Boko Haram sect, but I am not aware of any killing in Gwange,” he said.