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- 9 Jul 2026
New NIMC Act Strengthens Data Protection, Privacy - Director
Uche Chigbo, coordinating director of Operations, National Identity Management Commission, (NIMC), has said the newly enacted NIMC Act strengthens data protection and privacy, expands identity…
- 26 Jun 2026
Tinubu Signs New NIMC Act to Strengthen Digital Identity, Data Protection
President Bola Tinubu has assented to the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) Act, 2026, replacing the 2007 law with a new legal framework aimed at strengthening Nigeria's digital identity…
- 26 Mar 2025
Senate Passes Bill to Re-enact NIMC Act
The Senate has passed a bill, seeking to repeal and re-enact the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) Act. This followed adoption of report of Committee on National Identity Card and…
- 27 Oct 2014
Experts Want NIMC Act Repealed, Multi-Dimensional ID Approach
Experts at the 2014 annual lecture of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) have called for a multi-dimensional approach and a review of the National Identity Management…
- 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…
- 19 Sept 2018
FEC Approves Implementation of Strategic Roadmap for Digital Identity Ecosystem
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the immediate commencement of the implementation of a strategic roadmap for a new Digital Identity Ecosystem in Nigeria. FEC at its meeting, held on…
- 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…
- 11 Aug 2017
NIN: Google Shows Nigerians Apprehensive Of Losing Citizenship
This week’s Google search trend report shows Nigerians, yet unregistered, are seemingly apprehensive about losing their citizenship hence they swoop on the website of the National Identity Management…
- 19 Sept 2018
FG to Enforce Mandatory Use of National IDs from January 2019
The Federal Government said it is enforcing the mandatory use of the National Identification Number (NIN) beginning from January 1, 2019, according to Aliyu Abubakar, director-general of the National…
- 2 Jan 2019
Mandatory Use of NIN Begins
In line with Federal Government directive, the implementation of mandatory usage of the National Identification Number (NIN) took effect on January 1, 2019, the National Identity Management…
- 28 Aug 2014
Unified Payments Pioneers Processing of National eID Cards
In further demonstration of its leadership role in the e-payment industry, Unified Payments has announced its pioneering role in processing the payment application in the new National Electronic ID…
- 26 Jul 2024
National Assembly Moves to Strengthen NIMC’s Regulatory Functions
The National Assembly has moved to repeal the 2007 National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) Establishment Act and enact a new bill to strengthen the regulatory functions of the commission.…
- 25 Sept 2024
FG to Capture Foreigners in Tax Net with Proposed NIN Registration
An executive bill seeking to amend the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) Act is to be forwarded by President Bola Tinubu to the National Assembly. The bill aims to provide that everybody…
- 25 Dec 2024
World Bank Raises Nigeria’s NIN Target to 180m
World Bank has raised Nigeria’s target for National Identification Numbers (NIN) issuance under the Digital Identity for Development (ID4D) project from 148 million to 180 million, reflecting…
- 21 Nov 2018
NIMC, ALTON Discuss January 2019 NIN Deadline
Ahead of the January 1, 2019 deadline given by the Federal Government for the mandatory use of the National Identification Number (NIN), Director-General of the National Identity Management…
- 31 Aug 2015
NIMC Extends Mandatory Use of NIN to January 2016
the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), the ssuing Authority for National Identification Number NIN, has shifted the date for the commencement of the mandatory use of the National…
- 9 Apr 2025
Security Operatives Arrest Suspects behind Illegal NIN Collection in Exchange for Money
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), has announced that operatives of the Department of State Security and Nigeria Police Force have arrested suspects involved in the illegal collection of…
- 19 Oct 2017
MRA Inducts NIMC into FOI Hall of Shame
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has inducted the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) into its Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame, saying it was recognizing the agency for its determined…
- 22 Jun 2015
No Going Back On NIN September Deadline- NIMC
The issuing authority for National Identity, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has put 1st September, 2015 in which all transactions involving the identification of individuals must…
- 16 Jul 2026
NITDA Transfers PKI Framework to NIMC to Strengthen Nigeria's Digital Identity Ecosystem
In a major milestone for Nigeria's technological advancement, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has officially handed over its Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) framework…
- 24 May 2023
FG Approves National ID Card that Doubles as Debit Card
Federal Executive Council, (FEC) on Wednesday, approved a memo from the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) allowing banks to print debit cards that double as National identity cards. With…
- 9 Apr 2025
FG to Make Citizen Registration Mandatory under any Circumstance
Nigeria is in the process of making registration for national digital ID compulsory for every citizen under any circumstance. Engr. Abisoye Coker-Odusote, DG, NIMC This aspect is contained in a draft…
- 5 Jul 2018
Enrolling for NIN, a National Call – Aziz, NIMC Boss
Perhaps never before in the history of nations has the issue of identity been as crucial as it is today. From Africa to America, Australia to Asia and Europe, how well or badly each country in each…
- 9 Nov 2014
NIMC, CBN at Loggerheads over BVN Scheme
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) last week failed to agree on who should have full control over the Biometric Bank Verification Number (BVN)…
- 24 Mar 2025
NIMC to Prosecute Nigerians Printing ‘NIN Cards’, Says Only Slip is Legal
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) yesterday said that it has mandated security agencies to arrest and prosecute Nigerians printing what it described as ‘NIN cards’ ahead of its planned…
- 6 Oct 2022
Pantami Extols Legislations as Crucial for Citizen’s Identity Protection
Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami FNCS FBCS FIIM, the Honorable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has said that it has become imperative to implement legislations that will ensure the…
- 20 Nov 2014
NIMC, NIS Fine-Tune Vetting of Persons with Questionable Nationality
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) have strengthened their partnership for national progress, particularly in the on-going national identity…
- 6 Apr 2024
NIMC, Others to Unveil National ID Card with Payment Features
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), in collaboration with Nigeria Inter-bank Settlement System (NIBSS) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), is set to launch an improved national…
- 19 Dec 2025
NIMC rolls out Pre-Enrolment Portal for seamless NIN registration
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has launched the NIMC Pre-Enrolment Portal to revolutionise the National Identification Number (NIN) enrolment process, enabling applicants within…
- 17 Sept 2021
FG Orders Biometric Collating Agencies to Harmonise Citizens’ Data before 2023
President Mohammadu Buhari has directed all government data and biometrics collating agencies to harmonise their data collation before the end of his second term in 2023. He gave the directive, in…