Are you interested in Linking your NIN to MTN, Glo, Airtel, 9mobile number via USSD and Online ? If yes, then you are on the right page. In this post, I will show you the easy and quick steps for Nigerians to link their National Identity Number (NIN) to their MTN, Glo, Airtel, 9mobile number via USSD and Online without much stress.
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In this post, I will show you the easy and quick steps for Nigerians to link their National Identity Number (NIN) to their MTN, Glo, Airtel, 9mobile number via USSD and Online without much stress.
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) had earlier instructed the telecommunications service provider to disconnect all customers that are not registered with their National Identity Numbers (NIN) within 2 weeks. Any subscribers who fail to register with NIN will be disconnected from using their mobile line by the end of the year. Despite the Covid-19, Nigerians have to ask NCC to provide ways they can easily link their mobile number to reduce the spread of Covid-19.
The NIN number is also called the National Identification Number. It is a unique number assigned to an individual upon successful enrolment and during enrollment data such as Demography, occupation, state, and more are collected. The National Identification Number (NIN) consists of 11 non- intelligible numbers randomly chosen and assigned to an individual at the completion of enrolment into the National Identity Database (NIDB)
For Nigerians, who already have their NIN and are unable to link their phone numbers to their NIN. Here are easy steps to link your NIN to your Phone number:
The easiest way to check/retrieve your NIN number is to Dial *346# on your phone to check your NIN Number and this works on MTN, Airtel, Glo & 9mobile networks in Nigeria.
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To link your NIN Number to your MTN mobile number is by using the mobile shortcode (*785#) created for MTN users by MTN Network. The *785# created by MTN is by far the best and easiest way to link NIN to your MTN number.
To link your phone number using MTN online:
To link your NIN using your Mobile Number:
if you get an error, just wait for some time and try again with the linking.
If you want to link your NIN number to your Glo number all you need to do is visit the Glo official portal for NIN registration and fill the online form to link your NIN to your Glo Number.
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Another way to Link NIN number to Glo number is simply sending ‘UPDATENIN NIN FirstName and LastName’ to 109 e.g ‘UPDATENIN 12345678903 Paul Peter’ to 109.”
To link your NIN Number to your Airtel mobile number is by using the mobile short code *121# on your airtel line and follow the prompt on your mobile device to link the NIN number to your Airtel number. Check through the steps below:
if you get an error, just wait for some time and try again with the linking.
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To link your NIN number to your Etisalat/9Mobile number is by visiting the Etisalat NIN portal to fill the form to link your NIN to your Etisalat mobile number. You can also link your NIN to 9Mobile number by visiting the nearest 9Mobile outlet with your NIMC form (Or your NIN number) and your 9Mobile sim pack.
After you have followed the steps above to link your phone number, it is advised to check & confirm if your verification was successful: Here is how you can do that on various networks:
Dial *346# on your phone to retrieve your NIN. This service is FREE OF CHARGE on all the Nigerian Mobile Networks including MTN, AIRTEL, GLO and 9mobile.
To check if your National Identity Number (NIN) card is ready, visit the National Identity Management Commission [NIMC] website
Scroll down the homepage and click on ‘e-ID Card Status Portal’ to check if your card is ready and now available at the activation centre.
After, fill in your first name, last name and your NIMC check tracking ID and hit the ‘check now’ icon button.
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