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Monday 17 February 2014

Goats and yams register for SIM cards

Want to buy a new SIM card? Too tired to wait in line and register the SIM? Send your goat or yam instead according to this report from The Telegraph...lol. Find it below...

SIM card registration agents across the country are using pictures of goats and foodstuff instead of human beings during the registration process, Efosa Idehen, the Head, Compliance, Monitoring and Enforcement of Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC),  said on Monday.
He said: “It may interest you to know that after the telephone operators might have completed their own part of the registration and forwarded it to us as the regulators; we sometimes find pictures of goats and yams. We also do find pictures of  women with men’s name and vice versa.
“When information got to the NCC that some people were buying SIM cards without their biometrics, it became worrisome to us because the main purpose of SIM card registration was going to be defeated.”
According to Idehen, investigation by the regulator showed that SIM cards that were not registered were  used by criminals like kidnappers.

He added that the pre-activated SIM cards were usually sold at a premium sum of N1,500 as against N100 for the normal ones.

“We have had to sanction GSM operators in the past for not monitoring the activities of their agents,” he said. “Anyone who sells fully activated SIM cards is as guilty as the person who registers the card because they are not supposed to be registered before sale.

“In Osun state, I arrested some teenagers of 13 and 14 years of age, took them to their parents and verbally warned them that what their children were doing would land them in problem.”
Idehen said anyone found with pre-activated SIM cards would be prosecuted and may end up paying a fine of N200,000.

The NCC is mandated to create a credible data base of Nigerians using the GSM.

61 comments:

Unknown said...

This is Super story. ⌣̊┈̥-̶̯͡»̶̥♡thanks ⌣̊┈̥-̶̯͡»̶̥ 

MARKET MONITOR said...

took them to their parents and verbally warned them that what their children were doing what??
video of Aaua lecturer having sex with a female student leakes online!see here.

BONARIO NNAGS said...

Hehehehehehehe Naija I dey hail.
Always innovating from behind

~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA3310

Unknown said...

Rubbish

Bonita Bislam said...

Ahahahahah quite hilarious.Yam and goat,luvly concept

Anonymous said...

Lol naija pple @ anizy

♥ ȊƦȋƺȟ ƘƦȋϻ ♥ said...

Lol 9ja I hail thy wetin we no go hear

Josh said...

Well,nothing works in this part of the world,so deal with it

Unknown said...

Wonderland Nigeria!

Anonymous said...

Issokay, we yaff hear

Unknown said...

Hahahahahahahahaha my belle oooo, this Can't be true.. It must be Yahoo Boyz..

¤¤AWA O TUSH OH¤¤
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Anonymous said...

Lmao. Let me also get a new sim and use a pic of my dog and end up paying a fine of 200k. B-)

chy baby said...

i trust my people lol.. i can't stop laughing. naija, there must always be a solution to everthing. NCC take heart naa, shey na u dey ask for pic.

Unknown said...

Lol very hilarious... Funny country

Unknown said...

Hahahahahahahahaha my belle oooo, this Can't be true.. It must be Yahoo Boyz..

¤¤AWA O TUSH OH¤¤
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@MEETD®EALEVANS™ said...

In nigeria anytin goes

Anonymous said...

Linda dis is a big lie.i work wit telecomms neva seen dat b4.

Wildflower said...

Nigeria.......

Wildflower said...

Nigeria.......na wa o

Anonymous said...

Hehehehe....what don't we see nd hear in this God forsaken country....JONATHAN GOODLUCK

Anonymous said...

please, this is off topic but i will appreciate if you can confirm this? I am hearing that Tu'Face Idibia has impregnated his account officer that work's in one of this new generation banks? They said her name is Teniola. If this is true i give up on Tu'Face I beg!!!!

Unknown said...

Hahahahaha.. Funny!! But I'm sure people are just being skeptical and tired of the whole exercise..

Topebrass said...

Naija people ! ! ! We always find our way around something. Chai. ℓ̊ LOVE. NAIJA

Anonymous said...

Prosecuted? Or charged. Isn't that a civil crime?

daisy said...

Na naija we dey

daisy said...

Na naija we dey nah

Anonymous said...

Nigerians are sick #bright bravo#

Apple said...

Nigeria!!!!

Anonymous said...

What is d meaning of dis Linda

AnnMarie said...

This is a good step especially in terms of kidnapping. I wonder if it will work in Nigeria sha, don't be surprised they will start registering with dead people's pictures

Olubukola Ozone said...

As in, is dis suposed to be a joke or sometin??? Goats nd yams for sim registrations?? Loz... 9ja my country. Network operators are suposed to b monitoring d activities of thr agents per time

Anonymous said...

Aunty linda why is there no news on NUGA naah...biko we're waiting!
Dessie

Unknown said...

Thats 9ja for YOU.

Unknown said...

Wonders shall never end in Naija.


That Linda Ikeji’s husband to be.

Anonymous said...

Goat and yam ke! I love my country, we no dey carry last.*lol*

*adefunke*

Unknown said...

Wat a healthy
Goat and yam .....#village new yam festival on ma mind .......oooooops , ℓ almost forgot , wat has goat and yam got †̥♥ do with biometrics ?......onwekwaa ife mmadu agaghi afu ?

sweetchyj2000 said...

God bless naija! Nothing is impossible.

Anonymous said...

I get their point

Anonymous said...

NCC is quite trying.Sm peeps are only fooling around.









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Anonymous said...

Mtcheew,I first do sim reg wella and d mumu network wey I dey work for no dey pay in time,so tell me how I no go take dey sell pre-activated sim?yeye..........linda no track my fone abeg I no wan pay fine of 200k#gbam#

Unknown said...

Hmmmm goat n yam...nawa ooo

TBELLZ said...

Really? While one may be quick to condemn the act,I think more blame should be ascribed to the ineptitude of the offiicials saddled with the responsibility of registraton. If they were thorough,we definitely wouldn't be having this discussion. Pictures of yams and Goats? Somebody pls wake me up

pleasant said...

Wahala dey ooooo

ary said...

Only in Nigeria

DENNIS DaManOftheYear* said...

lol...you go fear brain work na

9ja Ao fah

Unknown said...

Na wa oooo. Nko n be

Anonymous said...

Selling fully activated sim cards! Olodo. Read and understand

Niquese said...

Naija always repping...hahahha..sooo criminally creative..I remove head dress fr una..

Ceeflo said...

Lol,funny story

Anonymous said...

Useless people.....gerrout jhur


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Anonymous said...

Naija I hail u

Walata said...

Not only funny but stupid also why wud the NCC registration officer register goat n yam silly ppl

Anonymous said...

Naija pple I salute oo,our grandgrandgrand mother done born us well,we too much

Amarachukwu. said...

It can only happen in Nigeria.

Unknown said...

na today we don de hear dis kind gist? na dem dem

Unknown said...

Hahaha........

Blog Admin said...

HOPE THEY WONT VOTE IN NEXT ELECTION.STILL ON SIM REGISTRATION....NG IS SO ENDOWED WITH FRAUDSTERS

Unknown said...

jesu christi oba iye......bingo oya go register my etisalat sim mke sure u rub powder b4 dem snap u o lol

Unknown said...


Lol .... make em dey put sheep and lion too

#daveydave

Anonymous said...

Gosh I am tired of dis bitchy fake blogger called linda... U r too useless. If u don't have news don't post.go and get examples frm ur fellow naija bloggers idiot

Anonymous said...

old story. nothing is impossible in Nigeria. all na hustle

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