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- 31 Mar 2025
Questions Over House of Reps Threat to Arrest NIMC DG
Questions have been mounting over the House of Representatives threat to order the arrest of Mrs. Bisoye Coker-Odusote, director-general, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), for failure…
- 27 Mar 2023
Public Procurement Act: NIMC DG Charges Management on Compliance, As Expert Calls for Amendment
Engr. Aliyu Aziz Abubakar, Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), has charged members of the Management of the Commission to ensure strict…
- 23 Nov 2015
Buhari Taps Aziz as New DG of NIMC
President Muhammadu Buhari may have approved the appointment of Engineer Aliyu Aziz Abubakar, as the new director general and chief executive officer of the National Identity Management Commission…
- 15 Sept 2021
Airtel, NIMC Urge Nigerians to Embrace Digital Identity Enrollment
Airtel Nigeria, leading telecommunications services provider, has announced a strategic partnership with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to intensify the campaign on the need for…
- 20 Feb 2019
NIMC Explains Reasons Behind New Digital Identity Ecosystem
Engr. Aliyu Aziz, Director-General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), has said that the Federal Government launch of the new Digital Identity Ecosystem programme is to facilitate…
- 6 Sept 2019
FG Approves September 16 as National ID Day
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said that September 16, has been approved as the National Identity Day by the Federal Government. In a statement by signed by Abdulhamid…
- 6 Sept 2019
NIMC says FG has Approved September 16 as National ID Day
The National Identity Management Commission, has announced that September 16, has been approved as the National Identity Day by the Federal Government. In a statement by signed by Abdulhamid Umar,…
- 12 Nov 2021
IIM Africa Holds 2021 National Summit, 31st Investiture & Inaugural CDOIQ Symposium
All is now set for the 2021 National Summit of Institute of Information Management (IIM) Africa scheduled to hold on Saturday, November 13 in Abuja. The occasion will equally feature 31st…
- 13 Jul 2026
Tinubu Orders NIMC to Enrol Every Nigerian by End of this Year - DG
President Bola Tinubu has directed the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to ensure that every Nigerian is enrolled in the national identity database before the end of 2026, according to…
- 15 May 2018
Dangote Urges Nigerians to Register for National IDs
Aliko Dangote, president, Dangote group, has called on Nigerians to get enrolled in the ongoing registration for National Identity Cards being carried out by the National Identity Management…
- 25 Oct 2020
Pantami, Industry Stakeholders Restate Commitment to Digital Economy
Dr lsa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy, and industry stakeholders have re-emphasized their unflinching commitment to support the drive by the Federal Government to…
- 20 Oct 2013
Inter-agency Squabbles May Hobble NIN Rollout
Peter Asolo, chief executive officer, PetVini Global Concepts Limited, has identified inter-agency squabbles as a major roadblock to the attainment of the December 2014 deadline for the registration…
- 27 Nov 2022
CIO Awards Honours Exceptional Chief Information Officers
Transformational personalities in the tech ecosystem were celebrated at the third edition of the CIO Awards, with the theme "Honouring Digital Eminence". Edniesal Consulting Limited, an enterprise…
- 7 Jul 2026
NIN Enrollment Hits over 136m as New ID Law Takes Effect
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said thet more than 136 million Nigerians and legal residents have been enrolled in the National Identity Database (NIDB). In a statement on…
- 21 Dec 2022
50 MDAs Back Nigeria Digital ID4D Project, As NIMC Updates Stakeholders on NIN Enrolment
No fewer than fifty public institutions in Nigeria, on Tuesday, pledged their support for the implementation of the Nigeria Digital Identification for Development (ID4D) Project. Dr. Walter Duru…
- 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…
- 11 Jun 2014
E-PPAN' 3rd Summit Focuses on Increasing Govt Revenue Via E-Payment
The E-Payment Provides Association of Nigeria (E-PPAN) is set to host the 3rd edition of its Annual E-Payment Government Summit from the 8th – 9th of July 2014 at the Shehu Musa Yar’adua Centre,…
- 1 Sept 2017
Indo-Africa ICT Expo & Summit to Explore Africa’s ICT Future
As new technologies and innovations emerge and become ubiquitous and demanding, African communications ministers led by Barrister Adebayo Shittu, Nigeria’s Communications Minister, and Mrs. Ursula…
- 14 Oct 2020
Pantami Charges NIMC to Increase Digital Identity Enrolment by 500%
Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has charged the management of National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to ensure a 500% increase in the number of…
- 6 Aug 2017
NIMC Targets 28m by Year End, Registration Centres Hit 809
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has set a target to register 28 million Nigerians into the National Identification Number (NIN) system by the end of 2017. Engineer Aliyu Aziz, NIMC's…
- 9 Feb 2021
Pantami Commends Airtel for Compliance with ongoing NIMC Enrolment Exercise
Dr. Isa Pantami, the Honorable Minister of Communication & Digital Economy, has commended leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, for its compliance with the ongoing…
- 12 May 2026
NIMC Launches WhatsApp, Live Chat Support for Faster NIN Services
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has introduced new digital customer support channels, including WhatsApp and live chat services, to improve accessibility and service delivery for…
- 7 Nov 2021
Cybersecurity: "NCC is Committed to Responsive Regulations for Sustainable Growth of Digital Economy" - Danbatta
Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has stated that the Commission is irrevocably committed to boosting the nation's digital…
- 13 Jan 2025
NIMC Trains 388 Personnel to Boost NIN Enrolment
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has kicked off a three-day training program for 388 personnel aimed at enhancing the National Identification Number (NIN) enrolment process across the…
- 14 May 2023
NIMC Seeks Improved Internet Access to Drive Financial Inclusion
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), has stressed the need for expansion in broadband connectivity to drive financial inclusion across the country. The commission also called for…
- 9 Jan 2025
FG to Add Iris Biometrics to Digital ID for more Inclusion
National Identity Management Commission of Nigeria (NIMC) has said that it is looking at ways of streamlining and expanding the rollout of digital ID in Nigeria and one of the options on the table is…
- 23 Apr 2021
Pantami Commissions NCC's Emergency Communication Centres in Enugu, Ogun
Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has commissioned the Emergency Communication Centres (ECC) established by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in…
- 17 Nov 2019
Court Stops Mastercard from Issuing Cards as Chams and CCL Seek N114Bn Damages
Mastercard and her agents have been told to stop issuing the National Identity card by Justice R.M. Aikawa of the Federal High Court in Lagos. This order was made following an exparte motion…
- 19 Dec 2021
9mobile, NIMC Partner to Register 10Million Nigerians
9mobile has announced plans to register no fewer than 10 million Nigerians in the rural areas under the National Identity Management, NIMC enrollment scheme. It made the announcement during a…
- 28 Jul 2022
World Bank, Stakeholders Canvass Data Protection in Nigeria
In the wake of the rapid growth of the digital economy, the World Bank and stakeholders have advised the Federal Government of Nigeria to enact a data protection and privacy law as soon as possible.…