Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has mandated telecommunications operators in the country to disconnect all phone lines of subscribers who have not linked their National Identification Numbers, NIN, with their SIM cards. The disconnections are set to take place on Friday, March 29,2024, following a directive from the NCC mandating all registered SIMs without proper NIN linkage to be either corrected or completely disconnected from networks. The NIN-SIM Linkage process, which began on February 28, 2024, is part of the government’s initiative to combat criminal activities such as banditr…