By Seun Ibiyemi The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has issued a strong warning to the public, particularly residents of Anambra State, against submitting their National Identification Numbers (NIN) to unauthorized individuals or organizations. This follows reports of illicit attempts…
By Blessing Emmanuel The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has announced that all changes to National Identification Number (NIN) details must now be processed exclusively through its newly introduced self-service modification portal. This measure is aimed at safeguarding Nigerians from…
By Blessing Emmanuel, Abuja The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS) has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to roll out a NIN-enabled farmer registry and the Government-to-People (G2P) card. The…
The World Bank has updated Nigeria’s target for the Digital Identity for Development project, increasing the number of Nigerians to be issued the National Identification Number from 148 million to 180 million. Despite missing the original target by June 2024,…
By Matthew Denis and Blessing Emmanuel The National Identification Number (NIN) linkage exercise seems to be taking a stronger turn as it may now be directed to birth registration of newborns to get accurate information on the population for better…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has described the directive of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) “to immediately revoke the apparently unlawful directive to network providers to bar the phone lines of millions of Nigerians who have linked their…
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has called on its Front End Enrolment Partners (FEPs) to ensure the inclusivity of all individuals in the National Identity Number (NIN) registration process. The Director-General of the Commission, Abisoye Coker-Odusote, made the call…
Telecom subscribers risk disconnection by February 8, 2024 upon failure to link their National Identity Numbers (NIN) with their SIM cards. This was made known by MTN Nigeria via a statement of the company to the Nigerian Exchange Limited. According…
The Telecommunications Operators in Nigeria announced February 28, 2024 as the deadline to disconnect Subscriber Identification Modules, SIMs not connected to the National Identity Number. Gbenga Adebayo, Nigeria’s Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators, confirmed this to newsmen exclusively on Tuesday.…
By Sodiq Adelakun Starting from March 1, 2024, individuals holding Tier-1 bank accounts and wallets in Nigeria will be required to have either the Bank Verification Number (BVN) or National Identity Number (NIN), or both. This announcement was made by…
