Sunday, 30 June 2013

Nigeria Senator Pius Ewerhido Dies

Pius Ewerhido
By SaharaReporters, New York
Senator representing Delta Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Pius Ewherido has died.
The senator reportedly fell down three days ago and collapsed at his Abuja home while making a phone call and had been hospitalized at the National Hospital Abuja in preparation for treatment in Germany when he suddenly collapsed and died in hospital

27million lines at risk as NCC disconnects unregistered SIMs today

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*164 million phones connected, 119m active
If you are reading this and you have not registered your phone line(s), it may just be almost late. In fact, you need not wonder why you may neither receive nor complete any calls from today.
By Prince Osuagwu
*164 million phones connected, 119m active
If you are reading this and you have not registered your phone line(s), it may just be almost late. In fact, you need not wonder why you may neither receive nor complete any calls from today.
This is because the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, says the collation, harmonisation and authentication of the subscriber’s identification modules, SIMs card registration it embarked upon in conjunction with all the telecom operators in Nigeria, since 2011, ends today, and those whose numbers were not captured will be disconnected.
For the past two years, the industry regulator (NCC) has embarked on a massive campaign, sensitizing telephone subscribers on the need to register their phones to enable a proper record of subscribers in the country, effective monitoring of telecommunications activities and cut down on phone-related crimes.
The regulator also made it clear that after a  six-month period which expires on September 2011, those who did not register their lines stood the risk of losing them by deactivation
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/06/27million-lines-at-risk-as-ncc-disconnects-unregistered-sims-today/#sthash.ap9M0zwT.dpuf