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- 13 Oct 2020
Pantami Directs NIMC to Adopt Digital ID Rather than Plastic ID Cards
Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has directed the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to shift its focus from producing plastic identity cards…
- 20 May 2016
HID Global Partners Media Concepts on 1st Mobile ID Programme in Nigeria
H ID Global®, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, recently announced a partnership with Media Concepts of Lagos, Nigeria to deploy mobile IDs on Nigerian citizens’ smartphones using the…
- 18 Sept 2013
Survey Shows Nigerians Back NIMC on New ID Card
About 8 in 10 Nigerians have expressed support for the introduction of the new national identification (ID) card scheme, confirming that it is a priority for Nigeria as revealed in the latest weekly…
- 6 Mar 2022
Report Says over 100m Nigerians Don’t Have Recognised ID
Over 100 million Nigerians lack access to any form of recognised identy Card (ID), and about 500 million Africans do not have any form of recognisable legal identity, according to a report by…
- 15 May 2019
P &ID Offers FG Olive Branch Over Contract Dispute
Nigeria stands to lose up to $9 billion worth of its foreign assets following an enforcement application to US and UK courts by Process and Industrial Development (P &ID), a British firm tied up…
- 5 Sept 2025
FG Says Tax ID Mandatory for Banking, Allied Services from January Next Year
Federal government has made Tax Identification, (Tax ID) compulsory for people getting involved in banking and allied services in the country. Consequently, all taxable Nigerians are to obtain a…
- 5 May 2015
HID Global, Botosoft Launch Mobile Student ID System to Authenticate WAEC Results
HID Global®, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, has announced it has successfully launched a mobile student ID system in collaboration with Botosoft, the leading provider of…
- 4 Jan 2016
HID Global, Botosoft to Authenticate 2.2m Students' ID for WAEC
HID Global, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, said it has successfully launched a mobile student ID system in collaboration with Botosoft, the leading provider of technologies in…
- 4 Mar 2019
ID Africa Acquires TheNETng to Form Marketing, Media and Technology Powerhouse
ID Africa, a leading Nigerian digital agency is acquiring NET Newspaper Limited (NNL), seizing the opportunity to expand its frontiers in the media and marketing communications industry. The…
- 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…
- 12 Apr 2022
ID Africa Launches Operation in Ghana & Kenya, Celebrates 7th Anniversary
Info Digital Africa (ID Africa), a Nigerian public relations, marketing communications and strategic advisory company, has announced the launch of its operations in Ghana and Kenya. The announcement…
- 4 Mar 2019
ID Africa Names Femi Falodun CEO
Creative Communications and Digital marketing company, ID Africa, has announced the appointment of Femi Falodun as CEO of the organization. Femi Falodun was named CEO, upon the organization’s…
- 4 Dec 2025
Africa’s $1bn Biometric ID Rollout Raises Concerns Over Privacy and Exclusion
Millions of citizens across Africa are being denied access to essential services due to the rapid imposition of biometric digital-ID systems, a new report by the African Digital Rights Network has…
- 10 Dec 2023
Court Awards Nigeria 20 Pounds Against P&ID
Nigeria has recorded a fresh legal victory over the Irish firm, Process & Industrial Developments (P&ID), after a London court awarded £20 million in damages and compensation in favour of the…
- 20 Dec 2019
ID Africa Named Best Digital PR Agency of 2019
Info Digital Africa (ID Africa), Innovative marketing, media and technology company has been named Best Digital PR Agency for a second consecutive year by the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations…
- 17 May 2022
How COVID-19 Awareness Campaign Earned ID Africa Global SABRE Recognition
ID Africa, a pan-African communications advisory firm, has made its debut on the global public relations and communications awards table, with a prestigious nomination at the forthcoming SABRE Awards…
- 24 Sept 2025
Mastercard and Smile ID Partner to Scale Digital Identity Across Africa
Mastercard has deepened its strategic partnership with Smile ID, a leading African identity verification provider, to accelerate the deployment of secure digital identity solutions across the…
- 20 Jul 2025
UN Appoints Sa’id, Nigerian to Nuclear Panel
In a historic announcement, António Guterres, United Nations secretary-general has named Professor Rabia Sa’id, a Nigerian physicist, to a newly established global independent scientific panel tasked…
- 18 Dec 2015
Discovery Networks Brings ID Xtra to DStv Subscribers
Discovery Networks have announced changes to its channel portfolio on DStv with the addition of ID Xtra, an all-new, high-quality mystery and suspense channel launching on…
- 10 Apr 2024
Confusion, Criticisms Hit NIMC’s Proposed Multiple National ID Cards
There’ve been mixed reactions in Nigeria after the federal government unveiled plans to introduce a new multi-purpose national digital ID card, with some describing it as a duplicative effort and a…
- 25 Apr 2018
HID Global Unveils e-ID Cards to Ease Movements in ECOWAS
HID Global®, a worldwide leader in trusted identity solutions, has introduced an end-to-end solution for national e-ID cards that complies with the recommendations provided by the Economic Community…
- 19 Dec 2014
NIMC Commences SMS Alerts, Issuance of e-ID Card
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has again pleaded with Nigerians for more patience with the registration and issuance of the new e-ID Card, even as it commences SMS alerts…
- 24 Dec 2018
BHM Group, ID Africa Bags Best PR Agency for Use of New Media
Nigerian media and public relations consultancy, BHM and its sister company, the digital communications and marketing agency, Info Digital Africa (ID Africa) have been named Best PR Agency Using New…
- 18 May 2026
FG Says All Taxable Nigerian Must Obtain Taxpayer ID
Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS), in collaboration with the Joint Revenue Board (JRB), has announced the implementation of a nationwide Taxpayer Identification (Tax ID) system, mandating all taxable…
- 20 Oct 2017
Visa Launches ID Intelligence for Smarter Customer Authentication
Visa has launched Visa ID Intelligence, a platform that lets issuers, acquirers and merchants quickly adopt emerging authentication technologies, according to a press release. Available through Visa…
- 1 Jul 2015
Nigerian National e-ID Card Bags Award for Financial Inclusion
Nigerian National Electronic Identity (e-ID) card, powered by MasterCard, has been named “the Best Financial Inclusion Product” at this year’s Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) Card, ATM and Mobile…
- 4 May 2022
Femi Falodun, ID Africa CEO Urges PR Practitioners to Interrogate Technology Trends
Femi Falodun, chief Executive Officer, ID Africa, has called on professionals to study new trends and critically interrogate how emerging technologies like AI, cryptocurrencies, web3, metaverse and…
- 21 Jun 2010
Secure ID Acquires VISA Certification
Secure ID has acquired the VISA International certification for card manufacture, chip milling and embedding. With its current status, the company is poised to supply both VISA chip and magnetic…
- 20 Jun 2022
ID Africa Reveals Date for NET Honours Awards 2022
ID Africa, owners of the Nigerian Entertainment Today (Netng), has announced that the sixth edition of NET Honours Awards, one of the world’s most prestigious audience data-based awards, will hold on…
- 13 Nov 2015
Printronix to Sell Thermal/AIDC Product Line to TSC Auto ID Technology
Printronix Inc., a worldwide leader in industrial printing solutions, has disclosed it has reached an agreement to sell its Thermal/AIDC business to TSC Auto ID Technology Co., Ltd. TSC will acquire…