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- 20 Feb 2024
Students Registering for Public Exams Face Digital ID Obtention Hassles
The sufferings of Nigerian students in Lagos seeking the National Identification Number (NIN) in order to facilitate their registration for some public exanimations have been laid bare. A report by…
- 29 Jan 2020
Concerns as Tech Firm Moves to Identify, Track Nigerians
Nigeria may be become a large research laboratory to develop facial recognition that will help Chinese big tech companies identify and track Nigerians and indeed black people, according to Nelson…
- 22 Jun 2015
Customers Besiege Banks for BVN Exercise Few Days to Deadline
Many bank customers in Makurdi on Monday besieged their banks to collect their Bank Verification Number (BVN) a week to the deadline of the exercise. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that…
- 19 Oct 2021
FG Begin Collection of Biometrics of School Children for Meal Programme
Nigeria is creating a database of children’s biometrics ostensibly to increase transparency in a school meals scheme. The National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) aims to have a win-win…
- 28 Nov 2025
FG Unveils ECOWAS Biometric ID Card
The Federal Government on Friday intensified its regional security posture and modernised its identity management architecture with the official rollout of the ECOWAS National Biometric Identity Card…
- 15 Jul 2024
Police Suspends eMotor Registry Enforcement Following Outcries
Kayode Egbetokun, inspector general of police, has announced the suspension of the the enforcement of electronic central motor registry registration otherwise e-CMR for vehicle owners in the country.…
- 10 Sept 2013
Police Switch to Biometric Motor Registry to Fight Crime, Terror
Nigeria Police Force (NPF) will change the process of motor registration from analogue Central Motor Registry (CMR) to a digital Biometric Central Motor Registration system (BCMR) in renewed bid to…
- 2 Apr 2023
eVoting Innovators Demand N77Bn from INEC, FG for Alleged Suppressed Proposal
Dr Adah Edache Obekpa, US-based medical professional, and Renaissance Network Africa (RNA) have filed a lawsuit against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Federal Government…
- 18 Feb 2014
SIM Registration Agents Using Pictures of Goats, says NCC
Efosa Idehen, head, Compliance, Monitoring and Enforcement of Nigeria Communication Commission, on Monday said some SIM card registration agents were still using the pictures of goats and foodstuff…
- 29 Nov 2020
FRSC to Introduce NIN for Vehicle Registration, Licence -Oyeyem
Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, corps marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has said that the corps will introduce the National Identity Number (NIN) information by first quarter of 2021 for vehicles…
- 29 Jul 2015
MasterCard Invites Customer Input at Digital Security Lab
MasterCard has opened its digital security facility to its customers in order to promote collaboration on payments security issues, according to a company news release. The lab is based in England…
- 19 May 2025
Court to Hear NIBSS Suit Seeking Exclusive Power to Manage BVN Database
Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday fixed 26 May to hear a suit filed by the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) Plc against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and others. NIBSS, in the…
- 21 Dec 2018
10 Cyber Security Trends to Watch in 2019
Biometric hacking, an increase in phishing attacks and sophisticated use of artificial intelligence (AI) are among the top cyber security threats to be expected in 2019, as attackers stop at nothing…
- 13 Feb 2025
Nigeria Worst Hit by Crypto Currency Fraud
Fraud in the crypto industry in African continent has soared by 48 percent over the past year and Nigeria is worst hit according to report by CAJ News. This is according to the Sumsub State of the…
- 6 Feb 2018
Stakeholders meet on developing digital identity ecosystem
By Wale Oguntokun The Senior Special Assistant to the President on ICT, Mr. Lanre Osibona, has debunked online news reports that the Nigerian government will be spending additional $3.1bn on…
- 1 Jun 2022
Enrolments for BVN Hit 54.7m, Rises by 3m in May 2022
Enrolments for the Biometric Verification Number (BVN) by bank account owners in the country rose to 54.7 million as of May 29, 2022, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek has learnt. According to the data…
- 3 Aug 2016
Samsung Boosts BYOD Space with Intelligent Smartphone ‘Galaxy Note7’
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd continues to drive the smartphone market with the Galaxy Note7 by building on the company’s category-defining leadership with innovative features that set a new standard…
- 26 Jul 2018
NIMC Registers 31m Nigerians for NIN
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) says it had captured over 31 million Nigerians in its database as at July 2018. Mr Loveday Chika, head of Corporate Communications, said the…
- 31 Dec 2020
How Technology has Changed in the Past Ten Years
By Michael Björn Predicting the future is easy – we do it all the time. The only tricky part is getting it right. Since it is that time of year again when we publish our annual 10 Hot Consumer Trends…
- 13 Dec 2022
Konga Offers 12 Shoppers All-expense Paid Knowledge Weekend with Ekeh, Zinox Boss for Konga Jara, 2022
Twelve lucky shoppers are set to enjoy an all-expenses paid weekend mentorship programme with Chairman, Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh as Konga, Nigeria’s leading composite e-commerce giant flags off its…
- 8 Dec 2023
Eight Important Steps to Secure Your Bank Account this Holiday
One of the factors limiting financial inclusion among the unbanked is the perception that banks are not safe to store money. This concern increases exponentially with digital banking platforms as the…
- 28 Nov 2013
National Identity Card to Become ATM, Travel Card -- NIMC
The new national identity card can be used as Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card anywhere there is MasterCard logo in the world, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said. Emmanuel…
- 9 Apr 2024
NIMC’s Proposed National ID Gets Cold Reception
Federal government recently announced plans to launch three new national identity cards in May, targeting 104 million citizens. This initiative is part of a broader effort to establish a unified and…
- 6 Dec 2022
12 Konga Shoppers for all-expenses paid Knowledge weekend with Ekeh, Zinox boss
As part of efforts to empower budding entrepreneurs with the right business success tips and strategies to create new wealth in the 21st Century, 12 lucky shoppers on Konga will be hosted to an…
- 24 Oct 2022
Tourism and Technology Summit Africa Returns in Hybrid Edition with Focus On Designing Africa’s Tourism Playbook
In furtherance of the initiative to drive the digital transformation of the Tourism and Hospitality industry in Africa, Travel Technology Company, My Beautiful Africa, in partnership with Technology…
- 13 Mar 2019
Paylater Lending app Eyes Full-Service Digital Bank
Paylater, Nigerian retail lending startup, is working on a plan to transition to a full service digital bank after securing a $5 million debt facility from Nairobi-based Lendable, technology-enabled…
- 20 Jul 2025
NIMC Enrolls 122m for NIN, Cuts Extortion by 40 Percent
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said that it has reduced incidents of extortion and unofficial charges in the identity enrolment process by over 40 per cent. Abisoye Coker-Odusote,…
- 13 Sept 2018
NIMC Says National e-ID Card is Multi-Purpose
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), says that the national electronic identity card can be used for money transactions and other national benefits. Mr Loveday Ogbonna, head,…