{"id":32474,"date":"2024-05-17T06:00:27","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T06:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/ncc-warns-nigerians-against-use-of-pre-registered-sim-cards\/"},"modified":"2024-05-17T06:00:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T06:00:27","slug":"ncc-warns-nigerians-against-use-of-pre-registered-sim-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/ncc-warns-nigerians-against-use-of-pre-registered-sim-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"NCC warns Nigerians against use of pre-registered SIM cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has issued a stern warning to Nigerians on the dangers of purchasing pre-registered SIM cards.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission emphasized that this practice was illegal and could lead to severe consequences, including imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p>The NCC highlighted that individuals using such SIM cards might inadvertently become implicated in crimes such as identity theft, financial fraud, kidnapping, and armed robbery.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the NCC pointed out that the use of pre-registered SIM cards compromises the accuracy of consumer information and hampers efforts to track criminals effectively.<\/p>\n<p>By using such SIM cards, the reliability of data collected on consumers was undermined, making it challenging for authorities to identify and apprehend the actual perpetrators of crimes.<\/p>\n<p>The NCC\u2019s message aimed to educate the public on the risks associated with pre-registered SIM cards and encourage compliance with legal guidelines to enhance national security.<\/p>\n<p>NCC warns Nigerians against use of pre-registered SIM cards<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has issued a stern warning to Nigerians on the dangers of purchasing pre-registered SIM cards.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4170,15,15380],"tags":[15381,4172,180,2513],"class_list":["post-32474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncc","category-news","category-sim-cards","tag-cards","tag-ncc","tag-news","tag-sim"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}