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JUST IN: Nigerians should start submitting mobile IMEI to NCC – Buhari

Damilola Adeyemo

ABUJA – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a policy that Nigerians start submitting the IMEI of their mobile phones to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).

The IMEI numbers is a 15-digit number unique to each phone. With the IMEI number, a phone can be tracked and located irrespective of the cellular number in it.

The regulatory body said this in the commission’s Revised National Identity Policy for SIM Card Registration.

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