NIN

NINs enrollment reaches over 70m unique figure

…As 15m users download NIMC mobile App The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has recorded positive growth with enrolment drive by successfully registering and issuing Seventy Million (70 Million) unique National Identification Numbers (NINs) to Nigerians and legal residents. This…

NIMC registers 1.2m Nigerians in Bauchi

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has so far registered 1.2 million Nigerians into the National Identity Database and has issued them with the National Identification Number (NIN) in Bauchi. Malam Isa Abdulmumin, NIMC Bauchi state coordinator, made this known…

FG extends deadline for NIN-SIM linkage to May 6

By Ogaga Ariemu Federal government has extended deadline for National Identity Number (NIN), linkage with Subscriber Identity Module (SIM), by telecommunications subscribers to May 6th. Also the FG revealed that NIN dababase has exceeded 51million as the number of monthly…

NIN not mandatory for voter registration – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the National Identification Number (NIN) is not mandatory for voter registration. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the clarification while fielding questions from journalists in Abuja on Thursday. Yakubu said that NIN was…