Nigeria - NCC gets six months to register Sim cards.

Nigeria's House of Representatives Committee on Communications has directed the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) to ensure the compulsory registration of all Sim cards used by mobile phone subscribers in Nigeria within the next six months. The registration exercise will capture the biometric identity of each mobile phone user, eliminate the problem of anonymity in telephony in Nigeria and curb the excesses of the kidnappers and other criminal elements who have perpetrated various acts of criminality using unregistered mobile phones. The order came just as the NCC unveiled plans to build model Emergency Communication Centres in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory …