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Check If Your NIN Is Successfully Linked To Your SIM, As FG Orders Blockage Of Sim Cards

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This Article contain details on how to check if you NIN is linked to your SIM which will guide you on how to check if your NIN has successfully linked to your MTN, Glo, Airtel and 9mobile lines.

Recall that News Rain Nigeria reported that the federal government announced January 19 as a deadline for mobile network users in Nigeria to get National Identification Number (NIN) and link it to their SIM cards.

According to reports, Mobile subscribers that are yet to register for National Identification Number, FG has orders blockage of Sim Card not linked to NIN.

Below Is How To Check If You Have Successfully Linked To Your SIM To NIN

How to check if you have linked your NIN to your Airtel line

To check if you have successfully linked your NIN to your Airtel line, dial 1211#. Enter your 11-digit NIN and SEND.

You will receive a message that you have successfully submitted your NIN to Airtel.

How to know if you have linked your NIN to your MTN line

The easy way to check this on MTN Network is to dial *785#

After dialing the USSD code, it will show you an option to enter your NIN.

Enter your 11-digit NIN. After entering the number, tap “SEND,” button, it will display this message; “Yello! your NIN has been successfully received.

Kindly note that this is subject to verification, as all NINs will be validated by NIMC. Thank you.”

Note: If you are not sure that your NIN has been linked to your MTN SIM, try it again until you see the “successfully” message as shown above.

How to check if you have linked your NIN to your 9mobile line

To check for 9mobile line : Dial this USSD code: 2008#.

you will be given two options to verify if you have linked your NIN to your 9mobile SIM or you just want to link it. Press “1” and SEND to verify.

A message would be displayed that you have successfully linked your NIN to your SIM.

How to check if you have linked your NIN to your Glo line

Glo network sends a message to users whose NINs have been successfully received.

Dial *109#, you will be ask to enter your 11-digit NIN, followed by your first name and last name.

After that the following message will be displayed; “Dear esteemed customer, your NIN has been successfully received. Thanks“.

Note: you can do this more than once if you are not sure if you have linked your NIN to your Glo line before.