Nigeria’s Telecom Sector Undergoes Massive Shake-Up as NIN–SIM Cleanup Wipes Out Nearly 60 Million Lines

Nigeria’s telecommunications landscape witnessed one of its most dramatic resets in decades as mobile network operators cut off 59.7 million unverified phone lines in 2024, following the full implementation of the National Identification Number–Subscriber Identity Module (NIN–SIM) linkage directive. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), in its newly published 2024 Subscriber & Network Performance Report, revealed […]